Term |
Definition |
Rift |
Crustal feature formed at divergent boundaries |
North American Plate |
Continental plate in which the United States are found |
Volcano |
A place where gas, ash and melted rock come out of the ground |
Seismic |
The type of waves produced by earthquakes |
Geology |
The study of the Earth; what it is made of and the processes that effect it |
Pyroclastic |
A type of cloud filled with hot ash, and pieces of rocks from a volcano |
Transform |
The type of plate boundary in which the plates slide past one another |
Nazca |
The Oceanic plate found off the west coast of South America |
Pangea |
The name of the super-continent that may have existed in Earth's past |
Continental Drift |
The theory proposed by Alfred Wegner |
Convergent |
Tectonic plate boundary in which the Plates are colliding |
Fault |
A name given to the place where two tectonic plates meet |
Subduction |
When 2 plates collide and one plate is forced under the other |
Pacific |
The oceanic plate found off the west coast of South America |
San Andres |
Famous fault line that is made of the North American and Pacific plates |
Antarctic |
The Southern most tectonic plate |
Lava |
Magma that reaches the Earth's surface |
Caldera |
A type of hole in the ground produced when a magma chamber collapses |
Mountains |
The geologic action of colliding continental plates produce these |
Divergent |
The type of plate boundary in which the plates are dividing |
Trenches |
The lowest points in the ocean found at Subduction zones |
Indoaustralian |
The tectonic plate that holds Australia |
Islands |
The result of an Oceanic tectonic plate moving over a hot spot |
Magma Plume |
Another name for a hot spot |
Convection |
Hot fluid rising |