Plate Tectonics and Earth's Surface

Type of boundary that causes mountain ranges to form

Type of boundary where plates slide past each other

Which picture represents Earth currently?

Type of stress that stretches rock so that it becomes thinner in the middle is called _____.

A boundary is where Earth's plates meet together and interact

_____ is a force that acts on a rock to change its shape or volume.

Process that breaks down rock through chemical changes.

Type of boundary where plates move towards each other

Mid-Ocean Ridge is an underwater mountain range

Process which molten materials adds new oceanic crust to the ocean floor

Continental crust is thicker and less dense than oceanic crust

_______is a process where water, ice, wind or gravity moves weathered particles of rock or soil

____ is a type of stress that squeezes rock until it folds or breaks.

____ is a type of stress that pushes masses of rock in opposite directions.

An undersea valley that represents one of the deepest parts of the ocean

Geology is the study of water and ice

Which number represents PANGEA?

Several processes by which gravity moves sediment downhill is called ______ ______.

Undersea mountain chain where new ocean floor is produced

The process by which wind removes surface materials

The process of _____ is when sediment is laid down in new locations.

Process when ocean crust sinks beneath deep ocean trench and back into the mantle.

Type of weathering in which rock is physically broken into smaller parts

Type of boundary that causes earthquakes

Volcanoes and earthquakes are most typically to occur in an area called the "Ring of Fire"

Type of boundary that causes seafloor spreading

What boundary does this picture represent?

What boundary does this picture represent?

Volcanoes are measured by seismographs

What boundary does this picture represent?

Small, solid pieces of material that come from rock is called _____.

Type of boundary where plates move apart from each other

Pangea is the name of the supercontinent that had broken up into smaller continents

Earthquakes are large pieces of Earth's crust sliding past each other