Plate Tectonics Review

These are considered crust creation areas.

The Earth is shrinking at these boundaries.

At a subduction zone, what pattern do earthquakes show?

What evidence did Wegener NOT use to formulate his theory?

The idea that all the continents used to be connected together as Pangaea 

This type of plate boundary only produces earthquakes.

A convergent boundary can form a volcanic mountain chain and a(n) ____ .

The San Andreas Fault in California is this

Subduction happens at these boundaries.

At what boundary type do you find sea floor spreading centers?

Two pieces of ocean crust collide. Which piece subducts?

This type of boundary produces earthquakes and folded or uplifted mountains.

The Aleutian Islands (AK) were formed because of this type of boundary.

Iceland is found at this type of boundary.

The force behind tectonic plate movement

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The layer of the earth that is broken into tectonic plates

The Andes Mountains in South America were formed from this type of boundary.

The scientist who came up with the theory of Continental Drift

The Himalaya mountains are a result of this kind of boundary.

This type of boundary produces earthquakes, volcanoes in a line, and deep sea trenches

Most of the tectonic plates are named after ___.

At the mid-ocean ridges, where is the youngest crust located?

Which is the only plate boundary that doesn't involve magma?

This type of boundary produces earthquakes, and new crust through volcanic activity.