Plate Tectonics and Rock Cycling Vocabulary

An aftershock is

• The movement of continents resulting from the motion of tectonic plates

• Openings, or vents where lava, small rocks, and steam erupt onto the Earth’s surface

• The section of the crust between earthquakes lines

• A smaller earthquake following the main shock of a large earthquake

The term 'Constructive' means

• To build up

• The point on Earth’s surface directly above where an earthquake occurred

• The movement of continents resulting from the motion of tectonic plates

• The section of the crust between earthquakes lines

Continental crust is described as

• Plate material containing less dense, granite, usually found underground or on continental land.

• Openings, or vents where lava, small rocks, and steam erupt onto the Earth’s surface

• The movement of continents resulting from the motion of tectonic plates

• The section of the crust between earthquakes lines

Continental drift is

• Openings, or vents where lava, small rocks, and steam erupt onto the Earth’s surface

• The section of the crust between earthquakes lines

• The point on Earth’s surface directly above where an earthquake occurred

• The movement of continents resulting from the motion of tectonic plates

The term 'Destructive' means

• The section of the crust between earthquakes lines

• The movement of continents resulting from the motion of tectonic plates

• The point on Earth’s surface directly above where an earthquake occurred

• To cause damage or to destroy

A Divergent boundary is

• the section of the crust between earthquakes lines

• The movement of continents resulting from the motion of tectonic plates

• Openings, or vents where lava, small rocks, and steam erupt onto the Earth’s surface

• A boundary where two plates are moving away from each other and new crust is forming

The Epicenter is

• The point on Earth’s surface directly above where an earthquake occurred

• Openings, or vents where lava, small rocks, and steam erupt onto the Earth’s surface

• A smaller earthquake following the main shock of a large earthquake

• The section of the crust between earthquakes lines

Match the term 'Oceanic crust' with its correct definition.

• Openings, or vents where lava, small rocks, and steam erupt onto the Earth’s surface

• Plate material containing dense basalt rock that is usually found under the ocean

• The movement of continents resulting from the motion of tectonic plates

• The section of the crust between earthquakes lines

Match the term 'Plate' with its correct definition.

• The section of the crust between earthquakes lines

• The point on Earth’s surface directly above where an earthquake occurred

• The movement of continents resulting from the motion of tectonic plates

• Openings, or vents where lava, small rocks, and steam erupt onto the Earth’s surface

Match the term 'Ridge' with its correct definition.

• Openings, or vents where lava, small rocks, and steam erupt onto the Earth’s surface

• The section of the crust between earthquakes lines

• The movement of continents resulting from the motion of tectonic plates

• A seafloor mountain range formed by plate tectonics