Name the four layers of the Earth in order from the outest layer to the innest layer.
Crust, Mantle, Outer Core, Inner Core
100
What is a hypothesis that the continents used to be a single landmass, broke up, and move to their present locations?
Continental Drift
100
This type of fault line is created at a divergent boundary where forces pull apart Earth's crust.
Normal Fault
100
This type of volcano is made up of alternating layers of lava. It is also known as a stratovolcanoes. Mt. St. Helens is an example.
Composite Volcano
100
What is the breaking down of Earth's surface.
Weathering
200
What is the supercontinent that formed 300 millions years ago, broke apart 250 millions years ago.
Pangaea
200
This type of plate boundary occurs when 2 plates collide into each other.
Convergent Boundary
200
This type of fault is created a convergent boundary where forces squeeze the Earth together.
Reverse Fault
200
This type of volcano is the largest. Kilauea is an example.
Shield Volcano
200
What is the movement of rock on Earth's surface?
Erosion
300
This layer of Earth is the coolest and also contains plates that move.
The Crust
300
This type of plate boundary occurs when two plates divide.
Divergent Boundary
300
This type of fault is created at a transform boundary where two plates slide past one another.
Strike-Slip
300
Which type of landform might occur at a normal fault where forces pull apart the Earth's crust
Rift Valley or a Mid-Ocean Ridge
300
What type of change results from mechanical weathering?
Physical Change
400
This layer of the Earth is divided into 2 parts, one liquid and one solid. This layer is the hottest layer.
The Core
400
This type of plate boundary occurs when 2 plates slide past one another.
Transform Boundary
400
When a continental plate collides with an oceanic plate, the oceanic crust sinks into the mantle while the continental plate pushes higher. Why does the oceanic crust sink?
The oceanic crust is less dense
400
Which type of landform might occur at a reverse fault line where forces squeeze the Earth's surface together?
A Mountain Range or a Volcano
400
Which is an agent of chemical weathering?
A. Ice wedging
B. Plant growth
C. Burrowing animals
D. oxidation
D. Oxidation
500
What process deep within Earth do scientists suggest causes plate movement on Earth’s surface?
Convection Currents in the Mantle
500
This man determined that the Earth's plates were moving.
Alfred Wegener
500
Why do earthquakes occur more frequently in California than in Massachusetts?
California is located on the boundary of two crustal plates, but Massachusetts is not.
500
What might occur at a strike-slip fault line when two plates slide past one another?
Earthquake
500
The Appalachian Mountains, which extend from Canada to Alabama, were much taller in the past than they are today. What two processes are most responsible for the decrease in the height of the Appalachian Mountains?