Layers of the Earth
The only liquid layer of the Earth
Outer Core
Two plates that are sliding past each other
Continental to Continental convergent boundaries create these features
mountains
This was his theory. (either the name or what it was)
What is continental drift (the idea that the continents were once together and have since moved)
This is how earthquakes give us hints as to what is inside the Earth.
The two layers of the Earth that aren't rock
The cores
Mid ocean ridges are created at these boundaries
Oceanic to Oceanic Divergent boundaries
Oceanic and Continental convergent boundaries create these features.
Subduction zones/ trenches
How the continents were moving.
Transform
What layer of the Earth is comprised of ductile, malleable and pliant, molten rock?
What is the Asthenosphere (you learned some new synonyms, yah!)
The Himalayan Mountains are the result of what type of plate boundary interaction?
Continental to Continental convergent
Cinder cone, composite, dome, shield and caldera are all words associated with these.
volcanoes
This is the three pieces of evidence that we have talked about that Alfred Wegener used to back up his theory.
- Fossil evidence (similar species found on opposite sides of the Atlantic)
- Mountain ridges (same rock formations meaning the mountains on either side of the Atlantic are the same mountains)
- The continents just kind of look like puzzles. uh, what is?
An area of high volcanic activity not near a plate boundary
What is a hotspot
This is the layer of the Earth that contains all of the tectonic plates
lithosphere
In the type of boundaries that create subduction zones, this type of crust is the most dense.
Oceanic crust
Daily Double (decide as a team how many points you would like to wager)
The question: Continent to Continent divergent boundaries often create these features.
This is where Alfred Wegener died and was buried (not something on the test though)
What is Greenland?
Explain the process of Convection moves the plates
material in the mantle being heated and expanding rises, then cools down and sinks, moving the lithosphere with it.
Explain the process that creates the Earth's magnetic field inside the outer core.
Convecting iron swirling around creates these magnetic fields. I mean, what is?
Sea floor spreading
The location on Earth's surface directly above where an earthquake occurs
What is the epicenter?
What was Alfred Wegener's job before becoming interested in Geology? (not on the test)
What is a meteorologist?
Sea floor spreading and divergent boundaries and all that ya'll.