Plate tectonics
What's the name of the rigid outer layer of earth
crust/lithosphere
Point inside Earth where an earthquake starts.
Focus
What layer do we live on?
Crust
Where does new ocean crust form?
What's justo's last name?
McLoughlin
Plates move because of currents in which Earth layer?
Mantle (molten rock has convection currents)
Point directly above the focus.
Epicentre
Which layer is liquid
outer core
What was proposed first - continental drift or seafloor spreading?
What type of boundary forms new crust?
divergent
Fastest type of seismic wave
P waves
Which layer is the hottest and most dense?
inner core
What pattern in rocks supports seafloor spreading?
Magnetic striping
What retail store did Ms Douglas work at
Target
What happens when an oceanic plate meets a continental plate?
Subduction - ocean plate is more dense so it sinks under
Waves that cause the most shaking and damage.
Surface waves
How do scientists know how far away an earthquake is?
Measure distance between p and s waves on a seismograph
What plate boundary creates volcanoes
convergent
What is Cooper's little brothers name?
Bailie
What evidence shows continents were once joined?
Fossils, shape of continents
Why do S-waves not travel through the outer core?
Because it is liquid
Name all layers from surface to centre.
Crust, mantle, outer core, inner core
what plate boundary is two plates sliding against each other
transform
How many behaviour OneSchools does Jaxon have from this year?
64 (I'll accept an answer in the 60s)