Plate Tectonics Vocabulary

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

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

The hot, plastic-like layer of Earth, made of magma. 

• Inner Core
• Mantle
• Crust
• Outer Core

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 hot, liquid layer of Earth, made of iron and nickel.

• Inner Core
• Mantle
• Crust
• Outer Core

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

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

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

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

• Fault
• Epicenter
• Seismic Waves
• Focus

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

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