Plate tectonics

The driving force that causes the plates to move.

Convergent boundaries cause plates to...

Type of stress where rock is pushed together and folds.

The 3 main parts to a volcano...

A land feature formed by converging plates...

This boundary creates faults in the crust.

Type of stress associated with a mid ocean ridge.

Evidence that all the continents were together 300 mya

An area where one plate slides under another plate is called a ____________ zone.

These areas can form islands, such as Hawaii.

The major belt of volcanoes around the pacific rim.

Means all the lands.

Which of the following is a main part of a volcano?

Boundary that forms at the mid ocean ridge.

Earthquakes are associated with this boundary type.

Evidence of sea-floor spreading.

This boundary has lithospheric plates sliding past one another.

The boundary where plates move apart.