IGCSE GEOGRAPHY

Key Terms - Plate Tectonics

Crust:

Mantle:

Inner Core:

Outer Core:

Pangaea:

Continental Crust:

Oceanic Crust:

Plate Boundary
(margin):
Destructive Plate
Boundary:
Constructive Plate
Boundary (divergent):

Collision Plate
Boundary:
Conservative Plate
Boundary:

Ocean Trench:

Ocean Ridge:

Fold Mountains:

Subduction zone:

Earthquake:

Volcano:

Convection currents:

Magma:

Lava:

Rift Valley (Graben):

Earthquake Focus:

Epicentre:

Island Arcs:

Magma Chamber:

Shield Volcano:

Composite Cone:

Pyroclastic flow:

Lahar:
(mudflow)

Crater:

Vent:

Eruption:

Viscous:

Richter Scale:

Primary Hazard:

Secondary Hazard:

Magnitude:

Ring of Fire:

Lava or Volcanic
Bomb:
Ash Cloud:

Divergent:

Convergent:

Preparedness:

Geothermal energy:

Aftershock:

Plates:

Dormant Volcano:

Extinct Volcano:

Seismology:

Benioff Zone: