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WorksheetsPlate Tectonics Vocab
Total questions: 17
Worksheet time: 9mins
The thin layer of the Earth that the plates float on
Lithosphere
Mesosphere
Asthenosphere
Atmosphere
Stress that squeezes rock until it folds or breaks.
Compression
Stress
Divergent
Flex
A plate boundary where two plates move toward each other.
Convergiant
Divergiant
Transform
Boarder
A plate boundary where two plates move away from each other.
Convergent
Divergent
Transform
Break up
Term used to describe a volcano that is not currently active but able to become active in the future.
Extinct
Extinguished
Dormant
Divergent
The shaking that results from the movement of rock beneath Earth’s surface
Tsunami
Volcano
Earthshake
Earthquake
Term used to describe a volcano that is no longer active and unlikely to erupt again.
Extinct
Extinguished
Dormant
Divergent
A break in Earth’s crust along which rocks move.
Front
Trench
Fault
Boundary
the rigid outer part of the earth, consisting of the crust and upper mantle
Lithosphere
Asthenosphere
Mesosphere
Atmosphere
Liquid magma that reaches the surface.
asthenosphere
Lava
Magma
volcano
A molten mixture of rock-forming substances, gases, and water from the mantle.
Magma
Lava
Volcano
Soup
a hypothetical supercontinent that included all current land masses, believed to have been in existence before the continents broke apart
Panorama
Pandamonium
Pramesian
Pangea
The process by which molten material adds new oceanic crust to the ocean floor.
Sea Floor Expanding
Sea Floor Splitting
Sea Floor Spreading
Sea Floor Erupting
The process by which oceanic crust sinks beneath a deep-ocean trench and back into the mantle at a convergent plate boundary.
Submarine
Subduction
Conduction
Reduction
A plate boundary where two plates move past each other in opposite directions.
Convergent
Divergent
Transform
Border
A giant wave usually caused by an earthquake beneath the ocean floor.
Tsunami
Sumowave
Oceanic Uplift
Rip Tide
A weak spot in the crust where magma has come to the surface.
Earthquake
Tectonic Uplift
Tsunami
Volcano
