Geology Vocabulary

Meaning of :

Convergent Boundary

• Tectonic plates pushing against each other

• Tectonic plates sliding and grinding against each other

• Tectonic plates pulling away from each other

• Tectonic plates overlapping

Meaning of:

Divergent Boundary

• Tectonic plates pushing against each other

• Tectonic plates sliding and grinding against each other

• Tectonic plates pulling away from each other

• Tectonic plates overlapping

Meaning of:

Transforming Boundary

• Tectonic plates pushing against each other

• Tectonic plates grinding and sliding against each other

• Tectonic plates pulling away from each other

• Tectonic plates overlapping

What is the Ring of Fire

• The boundary around the the Pacific Ocean where volcanic activity is greatest

• The place where all of the volcanoes are

• The circle at the top of the volcano

• The boundary around the Atlantic Ocean where volcanic activity is greatest

What is the Mid-Antlantic Ridge?

• A mid-ocean ridge and divergent plate boundary in the Atlantic Ocean

• A mountain range located on top of a tectonic plate boundary

• An underwater mountain range in the Atlantic Ocean

• A plate boundary where there is a lot of seismic activity

Meaning of:

seismic

• Related to earthquakes

• Related to size

• Related to the size of an earthquake or volcano

• Related to the study of rocks

What is seismology?

• The study of rocks

• The study of earthquakes

• The study of volcanoes

• The study of tectonic plates

What are seismologists?

• People who study rocks

• People who study volcanoes

• People who study earthquakes

• People who study tectonic plates

What is a fault line?

• The place where an earthquake has cracked the earth

• The place where earthquakes are most likely to happen

• The place where two or more tectonic plates connect

• The Ring of Fire

What is the Richter Scale?

• Measures the power of volcanoes

• Measures the power of earthquakes

• Measures the movement of tectonic plates

• Measures the hardness of a rock