Borders
What is the border between two tectonic plates called?
Boundary
What are the four layers of the earth?
Crust, mantle, inner core, outer core
What is created when 2 continental plates collide?
Mountains
What is the large, extremely dangerous wave that can be created by an underwater earthquake?
tsunami
What builds up as the transform boundaries slide past each other?
stress
How many tectonic plate boundaries are there?
3
How many layers does the mantle have?
2
Which landform is created with a continental divergent boundary?
Valley
What are the two types of earth's crust?
Continental and Oceanic
What is the result of stress being released in a transform boundary?
earthquake
What type of boundary has 2 plates sliding past each other?
transform
What was the land called 250 million years ago when all the continents were together?
Pangea
What is created with 2 transform boundaries?
A crack in the earth.
A crack in the earth's crust that is caused by transform boundaries is called a what?
Fault
Which of the earth's crust is thicker?
continental crust
Which tectonic plate boundary has 2 plates pulling away from each other?
divergent
Which layer of the mantle can you find the tectonic plates?
Lithosphere
What is created with a Convergent continental plate and oceanic plate?
Volcanoes
Who began the tectonic plate theory?
Alfred Wegener
What mountain range was formed 40 million years ago?
Himalayan mountain
What type of boundary has 2 plates colliding with each other?
Convergent
In another 250 million years ago, there is the belief that all the continents will move back together. What name did they give the land for this?
Pangea Ultima
What is created when 2 oceanic plates collide?
Island arcs
What is the ring of volcanoes called in the Pacific Ocean know as?
Ring of Fire
What is the best studied fault in California?