Plate Tectonics

The boundary between two plates that collide with one another.

• Divergent Plate Boundary
• Convergent Plate Boundary
• Transform Plate Boundary
• Subversive Plate Boundary

The boundary between two plates that pull apart from one another.

• Divergent Plate Boundary
• Convergent Plate Boundary
• Transform Plate Boundary
• Subversive Plate Boundary

The boundary between two plates that slide past one another. 

• Divergent Plate Boundary
• Convergent Plate Boundary
• Transform Plate Boundary
• Subversive Plate Boundary

What happens in a liquid or gas when the warmer parts rise and the cooler parts sink.

• Subduction
• Erosion
• Deposition
• Convection

A break in the rock created by pressure and movement in the rock. 

• Fault
• Mid-Ocean Ridge
• Ocean Trench
• Focus

The place in the rocks where pressure releases and an earthquake begins.

• Fault
• Epicenter
• Seismic Waves
• Focus

The point on Earth's surface directly above the place in the rocks where an earthquake begins.

• Fault
• Epicenter
• Seismic Waves
• Focus

The way in which energy during an earthquake travels through the earth.

• Fault
• Epicenter
• Seismic Waves
• Focus

Scientists hypothesize that a super continent existed 200 million years ago.  This continent is called

• America
• Super Earth
• Pangea
• Eurasia

_______________ Currents within the mantle cause the earth's plates to move and shift s molten material rises and falls due to density and gravity

• Convection
• Radiation
• Conduction
• Wind