Layers of the crust
What is the layer of earth that we are standing on right now?
The Crust
Tectonic plates make _______, they are also the creators of the Hawaiian islands.
Volcanoes
Sediment can compact to make ___________ rocks.
Sedimentary
Sea-Floor spreading is when the crust under an ocean (Sea Floor) gets this material pushed out of Divergent plate boundaries to add and spread the sea floor.
Magma/lava
True or False, Conduction is when heat moves through conducters.
True (the heat moves through Metal etc)
What is the outer core mostly made up of?
Iron and Nickel
_____ _______ was the man who came up with the idea that tectonics plates were the cause of the earth's continents moving.
Alfred Wegener
These rocks are made from heat and pressure from inside the earth.
Metamorphic
Mid ocean ______ are the places where new crust is formed.
Ridges
Tension is when something is _______ thin.
Stretching (and any other synonyms)
True or False, The crust under/around the oceans is thicker than on land?
False
There are three different faults:
Strike-slip faults are when plate tectonics shear
Reverse faults are when plate tectonics compress together
_____ faults are when plate tectonics move apart
Normal
Igneous rocks are made from the cooling of ____.
Lava
Divergent plate boundaries are the main cause of ________.
Sea-floor spreading
This form of heat transfer allows the heat to move through the air.
Radiation
What is the largest layer of earth?
The mantle
There are three different types of plate boundaries, transform, convergent, and _________.
Divergent
Diamonds are _______ rocks.
Igneous
Alfred Wegener was the man to come up with Sea floor spreading, he did this to prove how the huge ______ moved.
Continents
______ is a type of stress that pushes things together.
Compression
In meters, How long was the deepest hole ever?
A. 10k exactly
B. 12,262
C. 8,489
D. 26,392
B.
Divergent boundaries move ______, this creates holes for magma.
Outwards/apart
The Grand Canyon is made out of _______ rocks.
Sedimentary (and some Igneous)
_____ ______ _____ happen when divergent tectonic plates are separated.
Deep ocean trenches
Convection is the process where hot water ______, and cool water _____.
Rises, Lowers