boundary landforms name the boundaries vocabulary
100
What are earthquakes
transform boundaries cause a lot of these
100
what is continental-continental collision
this is when two land masses hit
100
what was pangea
the supercontinent ______ was all of the continents joined together
200
What is subduction
continental continental boundaries do NOT have this.
200
what is oceanic continental subduction
this is when an ocean sinks under a piece of land
200
what is the lithosphere
Earth's crust and part of the upper mantle
300
What are volcanoes
oceanic continental boundaries have these on their shore.
300
what is oceanic oceanic subduction
this is when two ocean plates collide and one sinks under the other
300
what is the asthenosphere
what the lithosphere floats on
400
What is a mid ocean ridge
this occurs where two oceanic plates meet
400
what is a divergent boundary
this is when two plates move away from each other
400
what are convection currents
differences in temperature cause these. they cause the plates to move.
500
What is a deep ocean trench
this occurs where two oceanic plates move apart
500
what is a transform boundary
this is where two plates slip past each other
500
what are plates
these are what float around and cause the different boundaries






plate tectonics

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