3 Flashcards
Pacific ring of fire
Violent geologic activity on the Pacific Ocean
Continental drift hypothesis
All of earths land was once Pangea
The Hawaiian island chain formed due to
The pacific plate sliding over a hotspot
Converging continental plates form
New mountain ranges
San Andreas fault
Marks junction between pacific and North American plates
Volcanic and earthquake activity takes place at
Divergent, transform, convergent plate boundaries
The most violent volcanic eruptions are found at
Convergent plate boundaries
At convergent plate boundaries crust is
Destroyed
Plate tectonics
Continental drift and sea floor spreading
At divergent plate boundaries crust
Created. Molten material rises to fill in the gap between the slabs of crust that are moving apart. How ocean basins form