Plate Tectonics Vocabulary

Mountains created by movement of broken pieces of crust; some push upward others slide downward

• Folded Mountains
• Dome Mountains
• Fault-Block Mountains
• Volcanic Mountains

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

• Fault
• Epicenter
• Seismic Waves
• Focus

The dense, solid center of Earth, made of iron and nickel.

• Inner Core
• Mantle
• Crust
• Outer Core

A long, narrow volcano that forms at cracks and weak points in the earth's crust.

• Composite Volcano
• Shield Volcano
• Fissure Volcano
• Cinder-Cone Volcano

A wide volcano with gentle slopes that has been formed by quiet, runny lava flows.

• Composite Volcano
• Shield Volcano
• Fissure Volcano
• Cinder-Cone Volcano

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

A moderate-sized volcano, has been formed by the alternating of lava flows and explosive eruptions

• Composite Volcano
• Shield Volcano
• Fissure Volcano
• Cinder-Cone Volcano

Mountains that are formed by pressure when magma pushes upward, causes land to bulge upward

• Folded Mountains
• Dome Mountains
• Fault-Block Mountains
• Volcanic Mountains

The boundary between two plates that collide with one another.

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