Boundaries Vocabulary

A plate boundary where two plates move toward each other.

• Divergent Boundary

• Convergent Boundry

• Transform Boundary

A plate boundary where two plates move away from each other.

• Divergent Boundary

• Convergent Boundry

• Transform Boundary

A plate boundary where two plates move past each other in opposite directions.

• Divergent Boundary

• Convergent Boundry

• Transform Boundary

any of the world's main continuous expanses of land

• Continental Crust

• Continental Shelf

• Oceanic Crust

• Continent

the relatively thin part of the earth's crust which underlies the ocean basins

• Continental Crust

• Continental Shelf

• Oceanic Crust

• Continent

the layer of igneous, metamorphic, and sedimentary rocks that forms the geological continents

• Continental Crust

• Continental Shelf

• Oceanic Crust

• Continent

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-1

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

the area of seabed around a large landmass where the sea is relatively shallow compared with the open ocean.

• Continental Crust

• Continental Shelf

• Oceanic Crust

• Continent

belt of volcanoes formed above a subducting oceanic tectonic plate, with the belt arranged in an arc shape as seen from above

• Volcanic Island Arc

• Oceanic Crust

• Fracture Zone

• Continental Crust

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-1

NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

a linear feature on the ocean floor—often hundreds, even thousands of kilometers long—resulting from the action of offset mid-ocean ridge

• Volcanic Island Arc

• Oceanic Crust

• Fracture Zone

• Continental Crust

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3