Continental volcanic arc - mountains formed in part by igneous activity associated with

subduction Of oceanic lithosphere beneath a continent

Convergent boundary - a boundary in which two plates move toward each other, causing
one of the slabs of the lithosphere to subduct beneath an overriding plate
Crust - the outer portion of the earth
Continental Crust - the thick part of the Earth’s crust, not located under the ocean
Oceanic Crust - the thin part of the Earth’s crust located under the oceans
Divergent boundary - a region where the crustal plates are moving apart
Earthquake - vibration of Earth due to the rapid release of energy
Fault - a break in a rock along which movement has occurred
Fracture - any break in a rock in which no significant movement has taken place
Geology - the science that studies Earth
Hot spot - a concentration of heat in the mantle capable of creating magma
Magma - a mass of molten rock formed at depth, including dissolved gases and crystals.
Mid-ocean ridge - a continuous mass of land with long width and height on the ocean floor.
Plates - rigid sections of the lithosphere that move as a unit
Plate tectonics - a theory which suggests that Earth’s crust is made up of plates
that interact in various ways, thus producing earthquakes, mountains,
volcanoes, and other geologic features
Primary (P) wave - the first type of seismic wave to be recorded in a seismic station
Rocks - consolidated mixture of minerals
Secondary (S) wave - second type of earthquake wave to be recorded in a seismic station
Seismogram - a record made by a seismograph
Seismograph - a device used to record earthquake waves
Subduction - an event in which a slab of rock thrusts into the mantle
Transform fault boundary- a boundary produced when two plates slide past each other
Trench - a depression in the seafloor produced by subduction process
Volcanic Island arc - a chain of volcanoes that develop parallel to a trench