1 | ||
#1 | deep cracks that form between two tectonic plates that are pulling away from each other | rift |
#2 | The supercontinent that formed 300 million years ago | Pangea |
#3 | A long undersea mountain chain that has steep, narrow valley at its center | Mid-Ocean Ridge |
#4 | Large crater caused by the violent explosion of a volcano that collapses into a depression | Caldera |
#5 | a plate bounadry where two plates are moving towards each other forcing either subduction or upward folding | Convergent Boundary |
2 | ||
#1 | The process by which one lithospheric plate moves beneath another as a result of tectonic forces | Subduction |
#2 | Refers to the site of an earthquake within the Earth | Focus |
#3 | a large volcano with shallow-sloping sides and a flattened dome | Shield Volcano |
#4 | measure of how much damage an earthquake causes | intensity |
#5 | Seismic wave that travels along the earth's surface | surface waves |
3 | ||
#1 | the gradual movement and formation of continents apart and then back together | Continental Drift |
#2 | Crack in the earth's crust resulting from the displacement of one side with respect to the other | Fault |
#3 | the solid part of the earth consisting of the crust | lithosphere |
#4 | the process of change during which supercontinents develop and later break apart | supercontinent cycles |
#5 | a from of lava flow of basaltic rock, usually dark-colored with a smooth or ropey surface | pahoehoe |
4 | ||
#1 | A portion of the Earth's surface that may be far from tectonic plate boundaries and that experiences volcanism due to a rising mantle plume | Hot Spot |
#2 | molten rock within the earth's crust | magma |
#3 | A plate boundary where new crust is being created as the old crust on each side moves away as if on a conveyor belt | Divergent Boundary |
#4 | tectonic plate motion due to higher densities and one plate being pulled under the other | Slab pull |
#5 | landmass comprising more than one continent | Super continent |
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#1 | molten rock expelled by a volcano during an eruption | lava |
#2 | volcanic rock that has been framented by explosions during an eruption | pyroclastic material |
#3 | Shaking and vibration at the surface of teh earth resulting from underground movement along a fault plane or from volcanic activity | Earthquake |
#4 | the study of the record of the Earth's magnetic field preserved in various magnetic minerals through time | Paleomagnetism |
#5 | the point on the Earth's surface directly above the focus of an earthquake | Epicenter |
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