GEO_Vocab_GP5_Geosphere_Plate Tectonics

Question 1

folding; folded

Answer 1

Occurs when rock layers bend due to stress. Mountains created in this manner are called _______ mountains. Examples include the Jrura Mountain within the European Alps and parts of the Appalachian Mountains,

Question 1

Movement and rearrangement of continents due to tectonic activity.

Answer 1

continental drift

Question 2

Mountains can also be created through _____________________.

Answer 2

Volcanism

Question 3

Occurs when stress causes rocks to break away and slide past each other. Tension usually creates the normal type of this while compression usually creates the reverse type of this. A strike-type of this occurs when the rock moves horizontally.

Answer 3

Faulting (general);

Question 4

divergent boundaries

Answer 4

Occur when tectonic plates are pulling apart from each other. Sometimes two oceanic plates spread the sea floor apart at mid-ocean ridges and new crust is created. Other times continental plates spread creating great rift valleys.

Question 4

Slab Pull

Answer 4

More dense crust will sink beneath less dense crust, pulling plates with it in a process called

Question 5

convergent boundaries

Answer 5

Occur when two tectonic plates push into one another. When two continental plates collide they thicken and push upwards creating huge mountains. When an oceanic plate collides with the continental plate, the oceanic plate subducts under the continental plate. The same happens when two oceanic plates collide.

Question 5

transform boundaries

Answer 5

Occur when two tectonic plates are sliding past each other horizontally . These commonly cause earthquakes but not volcanic activity.

Question 6

stress

Answer 6

The amount of force per unit area. It can both compress(push together) and pull apart (tension) the crust causing it to break and move around.

Question 6

Richter Scale

Answer 6

The strength of an earthquake is measured using the __________ ________. The higher the number on the scale, the more dangerous the earthquake is.

Question 6

A sudden release of energy in the earth’s crust in the form of seismic waves which causes the ground to shake. Most of these occur at tectonic boundaries where the plates move against each other.

Answer 6

Earthquake

Question 7

Tectonic Plates

Answer 7

Pieces of the lithosphere that move around on top of the asthenosphere.

Question 7

Earthquake

Answer 7

A sudden release of energy in the earth’s crust in the form of seismic waves which causes the ground to shake. Most of these occur at tectonic boundaries where the plates move against each other.

Question 7

Describes the movement of tectonic plates and how they interact with each other

Answer 7

plate tectonics

Question 8

More dense crust will sink beneath less dense crust, pulling plates with it in a process called

Answer 8

Slab Pull

Question 10

plate tectonics

Answer 10

Describes the movement of tectonic plates and how they interact with each other

Question 11

Occur when two tectonic plates are sliding past each other horizontally . These commonly cause earthquakes but not volcanic activity.

Answer 11

transform boundaries

Question 13

Volcanism

Answer 13

Mountains can also be created through _____________________.

Question 13

Many _____________ can be built to reduce or withstand the shaking from an earthquake.

Answer 13

Structures

Question 15

S Waves

Answer 15

Secondary waves because they arrive second, and shear waves because they shear rock back and forth. This stretches the rock side to side.

Question 17

Released

Answer 17

When a fault is under stress the rock will bend and deform until enough stress is applied to cause the energy to be ____________.

Question 18

Faulting (general);

Answer 18

Occurs when stress causes rocks to break away and slide past each other. Tension usually creates the normal type of this while compression usually creates the reverse type of this. A strike-type of this occurs when the rock moves horizontally.

Question 19

Occur when tectonic plates are pulling apart from each other. Sometimes two oceanic plates spread the sea floor apart at mid-ocean ridges and new crust is created. Other times continental plates spread creating great rift valleys.

Answer 19

divergent boundaries

Question 20

The strength of an earthquake is measured using the __________ ________. The higher the number on the scale, the more dangerous the earthquake is.

Answer 20

Richter Scale

Question 22

Occur when two tectonic plates push into one another. When two continental plates collide they thicken and push upwards creating huge mountains. When an oceanic plate collides with the continental plate, the oceanic plate subducts under the continental plate. The same happens when two oceanic plates collide.

Answer 22

convergent boundaries

Question 24

P Waves

Answer 24

Primary waves because they are the fastest moving wave and therefore the first to arrive and pressure waves because they move stretching and compressing the ground,

Question 25

When shaking causes soil to behave like liquid.

Answer 25

Liquefaction

Question 27

continental drift

Answer 27

Movement and rearrangement of continents due to tectonic activity.

Question 29

Scientists cannot perfectly predict the time and place of an earthquake, but they can use the knowledge of __________ __________ and past earthquakes to predict the likelihood of an earthquake occuring in a populated area.

Answer 29

Tectonic Movement

Question 30

The amount of force per unit area. It can both compress(push together) and pull apart (tension) the crust causing it to break and move around.

Answer 30

stress

Question 31

Primary waves because they are the fastest moving wave and therefore the first to arrive and pressure waves because they move stretching and compressing the ground,

Answer 31

P Waves

Question 32

Occurs when rock layers bend due to stress. Mountains created in this manner are called _______ mountains. Examples include the Jrura Mountain within the European Alps and parts of the Appalachian Mountains,

Answer 32

folding; folded

Question 33

Pieces of the lithosphere that move around on top of the asthenosphere.

Answer 33

Tectonic Plates

Question 34

Secondary waves because they arrive second, and shear waves because they shear rock back and forth. This stretches the rock side to side.

Answer 34

S Waves

Question 35

When a fault is under stress the rock will bend and deform until enough stress is applied to cause the energy to be ____________.

Answer 35

Released

Question 36

Liquefaction

Answer 36

When shaking causes soil to behave like liquid.

Question 37

Structures

Answer 37

Many _____________ can be built to reduce or withstand the shaking from an earthquake.

Question 38

Tectonic Movement

Answer 38

Scientists cannot perfectly predict the time and place of an earthquake, but they can use the knowledge of __________ __________ and past earthquakes to predict the likelihood of an earthquake occuring in a populated area.