Tectonic Plates Review for Quiz on 4/17/25

Divergent boundaries: plates pull apart

Transform boundaries: plates slide

Convergent plates: plates pushed together

Core: very hot, radioactive formation energy of Earth

Mantle: hot, rises due to convection currents, pushes Earth’s crust

Richter scale of earthquake magnitude

Seismographs

San Andreas Fault

Epicenter

Hypocenter

Magma chamber

Lahars

Earthquakes

Pumice

Gas Measurements

GPS coordinates/Visual bulges

Convergent Boundary

Subduction Zone

Mountain range

Island chain

Ocean trench

Magma

Intrusive Igneous Rocks

Extrusive Igneous Rocks

Hot Spot

Shield Volcano

Strato volcano

Pyroclastic flows

Tephra

Volcanic ash

Mid-Ocean ridges

Ocean mapping

Mercator projection

Ocean crust age map

Paleomagnetic data

East Africa rift

Island arc

Collision of continental plates

Collision of oceanic plates

Bathymetry map

Folded mountains

Faulted mountains

Cascade mountain range

Mount Rainier

Mount St. Helens