Tectonic Plates

The outermost layer of the Earth. This is the layer we walk on.

• Mantle
• Core
• Atmosphere
• Crust

1. Huge piece of crust that slowly moves on the upper, ductile part of the mantle.

• Tectonic Plate
• Tectonic Plate Fragment
• Mantle Slab
• Crustal Block

1. Movement caused by warm fluids rising and cooler fluids sinking.

• Evaporation
• Insulation
• Convection
• Radiation

1. A place where two tectonic plates move away from each other.

• Subduction zone
• Transform boundary
• Divergent boundary
• Convergent boundary

1. A place where two tectonic plates move toward each other and collide.

• Convergent boundary
• Subduction zone
• Transform boundary
• Divergent boundary

1. A place where two tectonic plates slide past each other.

• Divergent boundary
• Subduction zone
• Transform boundary
• Convergent boundary

1. A tectonic plate division of the lithosphere that includes the continental crust of Africa and the surrounding oceanic crust.

• Eurasian Plate
• Pacific Plate
• Antarctic Plate
• African Plate

1. A tectonic plate division of the lithosphere that includes the continental crust of Antarctica and the surrounding oceanic crust.

• Antarctic Plate
• South Pole Plate
• Antarctica Plate
• Arctic Plate

Density is the amount of matter in a given space or volume; oceanic crust is thinner but denser than continental crust.

• Continental of Plates

• Oceanic of Plates

• Mass of Plates

• Density of Plates

Major geological event that occurs when plates shift suddenly and release stored energy; a frequent occurrence along all types of plate boundaries

• Earthquake
• Tsunami
• Volcano eruption
• Hurricane