Boundaries
What are two different types of crust?
Oceanic and Continental
List all the layers of the earth from top to bottom.
Crust, Mantle, Outer core, Inner Core
Who is Alfred Wegner?
The scientist responsible for Continental Drift.
What is a magma Chamber?
The body of molten rock deep in the earth.
What is My dog name?
Ghost
What are the three types of boundaries?
Convergent, Divergent, Transform
What is the scientific name for Earth's Crust? What's the scientific name of the upper mantle?
Lithosphere, Asthenosphere
What was the name of the "super continent"
What is the LEAST EXPLOSIVE volcano?
Shield Cone Volcano
What is silica?
Magma: Thick and stiff in consistency
What boundary do we get mountains from?
Convergent
What is the difference between the inner and outer core?
The inner is solid and made of iron. The outside is liquid.
What were two pieces of evidence he provided?
Fossils, Puzzle pieces, Ancient climates, Rock sequences
Double Points: Where is the Ring of Fire???
Around the Pacific Ocean
Where did Mr. Clark go to college?
Alabama A&M
Explain what Subduction is.
THicker, denser crust going under the less dense crust at a convergent boundary.
What is the mesosphere?
Middle and largest part of the mantle.
What continents fit like puzzle pieces?
South America and Africa
*all of them Mr. Clark*
What is a Hot Spot?
Areas of rising magma.
When is your notebook check?
*Pause game* Right now. Bring notebooks to the front. Lets gooooo they chose my trap card!
DOUBLE POINTS Explain how sea floor spreading occurs? How does it make new Crust?
Occurs at a divergent boundary when the plates move apart. Magma rises from that and hardens. Making new crust.
What are convection currents in regards to Earth's composition?
Rising of hot magma and the falling of cooler magma.
DOUBLE POINTS: What was the problem with his theory???????
He could not prove how and why the continents moved
How does a convergent boundary produce a volcano?
Oceanic plate subducts under continental plate, magma rises and builds pressure, then explodes. *short version*
What type of waves are produced from an earthquake? Longitudinal or transverse?
Both