Question 1

a plate boundary at which plates move towards each other and collide

Accepted Answer

Convergent Boundary

Question 2

a plate boundary at which plates move apart

Accepted Answer

Divergent Boundary

Question 3

the name given to the theoretical land mass that included all the continents millions of years ago

Accepted Answer

Pangea

Question 4

the energy waves released by an earthquake

Accepted Answer

seismic waves

Question 5

Earthquakes, volcanoes, and mountains

Accepted Answer

Plate tectonics cause

Question 6

a plate boundary at which plates slide past each other

Accepted Answer

transform boundary

Question 7

shaking of the ground caused by the sudden release of energy that is stored in the bedrock

Accepted Answer

earthquake

Question 8

the place on the surface of the Earth that is directly above the focus of an earthquake

Accepted Answer

epicenter

Question 9

a crack in the bedrock along which rocks break and move during an earthquake

Accepted Answer

fault

Question 10

the place deep in the Earth's crust where an earthquake begins

Accepted Answer

Hypocenter

Question 11

the scale used to measure the strength of an earthquake

Accepted Answer

Richter scale

Question 12

the machine used to measure the strength of earthquakes

Accepted Answer

seismograph

Question 13

boundary where 1 plate is going under the other one.

Accepted Answer

subduction boundary

Question 14

the continents drifting across the earth's surface through time.

Accepted Answer

continental drift

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