Plate Tectonics/Earths Layers
Seafloor Spreading
Continental Drift
Earthquakes/Volcanoes
Rocks
100
The liquid layer of the earth composed of nickel and iron
What is the outer core
100
What seafloor spreading makes
What is new oceanic crust
100
The hypothesis that Pangea broke apart into continents that moved slowly to where they are today
What is continental drift
100
The flat, less intense volcano
Whats a shield volcano
100
The rock formed from magma
What is igneous rock
200
The famous fault in california that causes a lot of damage
What is the San Andreas fault
200
How much the continents move every year
What is one inch
200
The big supercontinent from 100 million years ago
What is Pangea
200
The most common events along tectonic plate boundaries
What are earthquakes and volcanoes
200
A rock formed from extreme heat and pressure
What is a metamorphic rock
300
The densest layer of the Earth
What is the inner core
300
What seafloor spreading is caused by
What are convection currents
300
3 pieces of evidence that support continental drift theory
What are fossils, mountain ranges, and what is fitting like a puzzle
300
The instrument that detects earthquakes
What is a seismograph
300
A rock formed from erosion, deposition, compaction, and cementation
What is a sedimentary rock
400
How scientists measure damage from an earthquake
What is the richter scale
400
The landform that is formed at convergent ocean plate boundaries
Whats a trench
400
The man who proposed the idea of continental drift
Who is Alfred Wegener
400
The big wave in the ocean that can be causes by an Earthquake
Whats a tsunami
400
What rocks are made of
What are minerals
500
The layer that is the lower part of the mantle
Whats the mesosphere
500
The landform that is formed from a divergent plate boundary in the ocean
What are mid ocean ridges
500
The process that split apart Pangaea (hint: its not continental drift. what is continental drift CAUSED by?)
What are convection currents
500
The point in the Earth where an Earthquake begins
Whats the focus
500
The process that most likely formed this rock
What is erosion