Tectonics Key Terms (Part 1: plate boundaries)

An earthquake that happens after the initial one (and tends to be smaller) is called...

• Aftershock

• Postshock

• Rearshock

• Hindshock

Currents in the lithosphere that move plates are called...

• Convection

• Condensation

• Congregation

• Consociation

Oceanic crust is subducted below continental crust at destructive plate boundaries because it is...

• Hotter

• Denser

• Smellier

• Smoother

Which TWO types of plate boundary are convergent?

• Destructive

• Constructive

• Collision

• Conservative

Which type of plate boundary is also known as transform?

• Destructive

• Constructive

• Collision

• Conservative

The upper layers of the mantle and the crust together are called the...

• Lavasphere

• Lithosphere

• Troposhere

• Transphere

Which TWO layers of the Earth are solid?

• Crust

• Mantle

• Inner core

• Outer core

The mantle is neither solid or liquid - it is...

• Vicious

• Viscous

• Vaporous

• Villainous

The effect which is created when the rough plates try and move past each other is called

• friction

• electromagnetism

• nuclear

• tension

The type of waves generated by plate movement are called

• Seismic

• Siesmic

• Seismac

• Siesmac