vocabulary
vocabulary
Layers of the earth
Continental plates
Effects in the shift of the plate
100
A zone of rock in the upper mantle that can flow.
What is the Asthenosphere
100
The theory that earth's landmasses, once connected have drifted to where they are today.
What is continental drift.
100
Where is the earth's crust thickest.
What is under the continents.
100
The boundary where the plates pull apart.
What is divergent boundary.
100
It causes earthquakes, volcanoes, and mountain building.
What is tectonic plate motion.
200
The transfer of heat energy by movement of matter.
What is convection.
200
A trace or sign of past life.
What is fossil.
200
What is the name of the cold, brittle area that contains the crust and part of the mantle.
What is lithosphere.
200
The boundary where one plate moves under the other or pushes up more of the earth's crust.
What is convergent boundary.
200
The three types of faults are what?
What is normal, reverse, and strike-slip.
300
The layer of the earth that extends from earth's center to the bottom of the mantle that is mostly metallic iron and nicke.
What is core
300
The theory that earth's crust is divided into constantly moving plates.
What is plate tectonics.
300
The part of the layer of the earth that has an outer and inner part.
What is core.
300
The boundary where the two plates move from side to side.
What is transform boundary.
300
The three types of mountains are what?
What is fold mountains, fault-block mountains, and volcanic mountains.
400
The rigid, cool portion of earth that includes all of the crust and part of the upper mantle.
What is lithosphere.
400
A release of energy at a fault that causes earth's crust to shake.
What is an earthquake.
400
It is located around the Pacific ocean on the plate boundaries.
What is Ring of fire.
400
Scientists find the epicenter of the earhtquake by what?
What is triangulation.
400
The three types of volcanoes are?
What is shield, cinder-cone, an composite
500
The thick layer of earth beneath the crust.
What is mantle.
500
A chain of mountains in the ocean.
What is mid-ocean ridge.
500
What can help scientists show continents are moving because of volcanic activity and other signs.
What is maps.
500
The result of an earthquake in the form of an ocean wave which can be deadlier than the earthquake.
What is tsunami.
500
The main method of heat transfer by which heat moves from earth's interior to earth's surface.
What is convection.
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