Plate Tectonics Vocabulary

What happens in a liquid or gas when the warmer parts rise and the cooler parts sink.

• Subduction
• Erosion
• Deposition
• Convection

The hot, plastic-like layer of Earth, made of magma. 

• Inner Core
• Mantle
• Crust
• Outer Core

The hot, liquid layer of Earth, made of iron and nickel.

• Inner Core
• Mantle
• Crust
• Outer Core

The dense, solid center of Earth, made of iron and nickel.

• Inner Core
• Mantle
• Crust
• Outer Core

A long, narrow volcano that forms at cracks and weak points in the earth's crust.

• Composite Volcano
• Shield Volcano
• Fissure Volcano
• Cinder-Cone Volcano

The place in the rocks where pressure releases and an earthquake begins.

• Fault
• Epicenter
• Seismic Waves
• Focus

The way in which energy during an earthquake travels through the earth.

• Fault
• Epicenter
• Seismic Waves
• Focus

The boundary between two plates that collide with one another.

• Divergent Plate Boundary
• Convergent Plate Boundary
• Transform Plate Boundary
• Subversive Plate Boundary

Mountains that are formed by the folding up of rock layers due to the collision of two plates

• Folded Mountains
  
• Dome Mountains
  
• Fault-Block Mountains
  
• Volcanic Mountains
  

A smaller, narrow volcano with steep slopes that has been formed by explosive eruptions.

• Composite Volcano
• Shield Volcano
• Fissure Volcano
• Cinder-Cone Volcano