Earth's Layers
Plate Boundaries
Earth Processes
Earth Landforms
Science Inquiry
100
There are ___________ main layers to the earth.
What is four
100
There are _____ types of plate boundaries
What is three
100
This person created the Continental Drift Theory
What is Alfred Wegener
100
The Himalayan mountains are the result of a ___________________________ boundary
What is convergent
100
When a student spills or breaks something in lab, the proper procedure is
What is notify the teacher
200
The thickest layer of the earth
What is mantle
200
The mid-ocean ridge is an example of a ____________________ boundary and ___________________ occurs here where new ocean floor is formed.
What is divergent boundary; sea-floor spreading
200
This is the mechanism (what causes) the plates to move
What is convection currents in the mantle
200
The San Andreas Fault in California is an example of a ____________________ boundary
What is transform
200
Scientists often repeat experiments multiple times because
Repeating an experiment helps to verify the results.
300
Plates float on top of the __________
What is asthenosphere
300
The two types of convergent boundaries
What is subduction and collision
300
A subduction zone is an area where a denser tectonic plate sinks underneath another one due to
What is gravity
300
Mid-ocean ridge is formed by this boundary
What is divergent
300
The TWO main variables in an experiment
What are the independent and dependent variables
400
The rigid part of the Earth including the crust and the upper mantle (makes up the plates of the Earth)
What is lithosphere
400
Earthquakes and Volcanoes are usually located in relation to these
What is plate boundary
400
Crustal plates scrape and slide past each other along faults at their boundaries causing this natural disaster
What is earthquake
400
Volcanoes often occur near this zone of a convergent boundary
What is subduction
400
The three main skills scientists use to when studying the natural world
What is observing, predicting, inferring
500
Although the hottest layer of the Earth, this layer is solid metal
What is inner core
500
This type of boundary is found when two plates slide past each other.
What is transform boundary
500
This provides the most evidence for the theory of plate tectonics
What is sea-floor spreading
500
This large land form is supported through fossil and rock evidence.
What is Pangea
500
Explanation of an observation
What is an inference
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