Predict what geologic features could

result out of this plate boundary.

MOUNTAINS
VOLCANOES
TRENCHES
The boundary that separates
the crust and the mantle.

MOHOROVIČIĆ
DISCONTINUITY (MOHO)
The process by which new ocean
floor is formed near the mid-
ocean ridge and moves outward.

SEAFLOOR
SPREADING
 Eruption of molten rock
(magma) onto the surface of
the Earth.

VOLCANISM
A continuous mass of land
with long width and height
on the ocean floor.

MID-OCEAN RIDGE
 A chain of volcanoes that
develop parallel to a trench.

VOLCANIC ISLAND ARC

 The thin part of the
Earth’s crust, located
under the oceans.

OCEANIC CRUST
The upper, outermost layer of soil. It has
the highest concentration of organic
matter and microorganisms and is where
most of the Earth's biological soil activity
occurs.

TOPSOIL
It is formed when plates
move apart.

DIVERGENT
BOUNDARY
Vibration of Earth due to the
rapid release of energy.

EARTHQUAKE
Deepest part of the world's
oceans.

MARIANA
TRENCH
A concentration of heat in
the mantle capable of
creating magma.

HOT SPOT
The thick part of the Earth’s
crust, not located under the
ocean.

CONTINENTAL
CRUST
 Rigid sections of the
lithosphere that move as a
unit.

PLATES
It is present when two
plates collide.

CONVERGENT
BOUNDARY
Consolidated mixture of
minerals.

ROCKS
A device used to record
earthquake waves.

SEISMOGRAPH
What is the plastic-like layer
that the plates move on?

ASTHENOSPHERE
 Characterized by plates
that are sliding past each
other.

TRANSFORM FAULT
 An event in which a slab of
rock thrusts into the mantle.

SUBDUCTION
Mountains formed in part by igneous
activity associated with subduction of
oceanic lithosphere beneath a
continent.

CONTINENTAL
VOLCANIC ARC
What theory states that the
lithosphere is divided into
plates?

PLATE TECTONIC
THEORY
Break in the rocks that make
up the Earth's crust.

FAULT
Rigid, solid outer layer of
the Earth.

LITHOSPHERE
The hottest layer of the
Earth.

INNER CORE
The moving, irregularly-shaped
slabs that fit together to form
the surface of the Earth.

LITHOSPHERIC PLATES
Which of Earth's layers is
the thickest?

MANTLE
The second to last layer of the earth. It
is a magma like liquid layer that
surrounds the inner core and creates
earth's magnetic field.

OUTER CORE
The outer layer of the Earth.

CRUST