Tectonic Plate Review

4. (2 words) type of fault where plates move past each other horizontally
5. a vent or fissure in Earth’s surface through which magma and gases are expelled
8. a movement or trembling of the ground that is caused by a sudden release of energy when rocks along a fault move
9. the boundary between two tectonic plates that are sliding past each other horizontally
11. the boundary between tectonic plates that are colliding
13. type of fault where hanging wall moves down relative to the footwall
14. the point Earth’s surface directly above an earthquake’s starting point or focus
15. a long high sea wave caused by an earthquake, submarine landslide, or other disturbance
16. (2 words) a sudden return of elastically deformed rock to its undeformed shape

1. the supercontinent that formed 300 million years ago and that began to break up 200 million years ago
2. (2 words)a block of lithosphere that consists of the crust and the rigid, uppermost part of the mantle
3. the boundary between two tectonic plates that are moving away from each other
6. (2 words) materials or substances such as minerals, forests, water, and fertile land that occur in nature and can be used for economic gain
7. the bending, tilting, and breaking of Earth’s crust, the change in the shape of a rock in response to stress
10. (2 words) a wave of energy that travels through Earth and away from an earthquake in all directions
12. type of fault where hanging wall moves up relative to footwall