Vocabulary
Structure of the Earth
Continental Drift Theory
Plate Tectonics
Miscellaneous
100
The thinnest layer of the Earth
What is the crust
100
There are ______________ main layers of the Earth.
What is four
100
Created the Continental Drift Theory
Who is Alfred Wegener
100
Earthquakes and Volcanoes are usually located in relation to these
What is a plate boundary
100
The Himalayan mountains are the result of this type of boundary
What is convergent boundary
200
A number of rigid, but moving, pieces of Earth's surface
What is tectonic plates.
200
The thickest layer of the Earth
What is the mantle.
200
Evidence of matching animal fossils from two separate continents _____________________ and _____________________
What is Africa and South America
200
The mid-ocean ridge is an example of this type of boundary
What is divergent boundary
200
Hot air or liquid is _______ compared to cooler air or liquid
What is less dense
300
This occurs at convergent plate boundaries when one plate is pushed under the other. 
What is subduction?
300
Plates float on top of this part of the Earth. 
What is the asthenosphere
300
Evidence of tropical plants were found on this continent
What is Antarctica
300
The Marianas trench formed by what plate boundary?
What is convergent
300
These are a result from the build up of stress at a plate boundary.
What is earthquakes
400
This type of fault occurs when one piece of land is pushed up onto the other.
What is reverse thrust fault
400
The rigid part of the Earth including the crust and the upper mantle (makes up the plates of the Earth)
What is the lithosphere
400
Pangaea existed this many millions of years ago
What is around 250 million years ago
400
This is the mechanism (what causes) the plates to move
What is convection cycles in the mantle
400
The San Andreas Fault in California is an example of a this type of plate boundary.
What is a transform boundary
500
Although the hottest layer of the Earth, this layer is solid metal
What is the inner core
500
The Earth's crust is thinnest under this type of crust
What is oceanic crust
500
Continental Drift Theory was not accepted because it did not explain this
What is how the continents moved
500
These two things can form at a convergent plate boundary
What are volcanoes and mountains
500
Japan experiences many earthquakes because of this reason
What is they have multiple convergent plate boundaries
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