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Ch#14 VOCAB

Published on Feb 06, 2016

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PRESENTATION OUTLINE

COMPRESSION

SQUEEZING FORCE AT A CONVERGENT BOUNDARY
Photo by Rosa Menkman

CONTINENTAL DRIFT

HYPOTHESIS STATING THAT CONTINENTS MOVE
Photo by catface3

CONVERGENT BOUNDARY

WHERE TWO PLANTS MOVE TOWARD EACH OTHER
Photo by Meg Stewart

DIVERGENT BOUNDARY

WHERE TWO PLANTS MOVE APART FROM EACH OTHER

SHEAR

SIDE BY SIDE DRAGGING FORCE AT TRANSFORMS BOUNDARIES
Photo by express000

SUBDUCTION

AREA WHERE ONE PLATE SLIDES UNDER ANOTHER

TENSION

PULLING FORCE AT A DIVERGENT BOUNDARY
Photo by colemama

CALDERA

LARGE DEPRESSION IN THE CENTER OF A VOLCANO

FAULT

SURFACE ALONG WHICH THE CRUST MOVES

HOT SPOT

LOCATION WHERE VOLCANOES FORM FAR FROM PLATE BOUNDARIES

LAVA FLOW

LONG STREAM OF MOLTEN ROCK

VOLCANIC ASH

SMALL PIECES OF LAVA

EARTHQUAKE

RUPTURE AND SUDDEN MOVEMENT OF ROCKS ALONG EARTHS CRUST
Photo by martinluff

MID OCEAN RIDGE

TYPE OF MOUNTAIN THAT FORMS AS LAVA BUILDS UP A D COOLS

SEDIMENT

MINERALS AND SMALL PIECES OF ROCK
Photo by Nick . Brooks