Layers
Plate Tectonics
Continental Drift
Volcanoes
Earthquakes
100
The outermost layer of the Earth
What is the Crust
100
The crust is broken into large pieces called...
What are plates.
100
The theory that the ______________ have drifted apart over time.
What are continents.
100
The hot liquid material found in the mantle under a volcano.
What is magma.
100
The boundary that creates earthquakes.
What is transform.
200
The layer that includes the lithosphere and asthenosphere
What is the Mantle
200
The plate boundary that rubs one side against another in the opposite direction.
What is a transform boundary.
200
The type of clue where the same type of plant and animal remains were found on the coast of S. America and Africa.
What are fossil clues.
200
It erupts slowly and has gently sloping sides. Found in Hawaii.
What is a shield volcano.
200
Movement in the ____________ makes the crust move, which creates earthquakes.
What is the Mantle.
300
The layer that is liquid metal
What is the Outer Core
300
The boundary that creates underwater volcanoes and seafloor spreading.
What is a divergent boundary.
300
Type of clues that show ice bergs, layers of earth showing weather events, and similar locations of continents.
What are climate clues.
300
The most dangerous type of volcano. Located in Yellow Stone.
What is an Ash Flow Cauldera.
300
The location where an earthquake begins.
What is the focus.
400
The layer that is at the very center of the Earth
What is the Inner Core
400
The place where an oceanic plate goes underneath a continental plate.
What is the subduction zone.
400
Type of clue that shows the same rocks on the coast of N. America and Eurasia.
What are rock clues.
400
Explosive eruptions that form wide mountains.
What is a composite volcano.
400
The most famous crack in the Earth's surface is in California.
What is San Andreas Fault.
500
The layer that includes the uppermost mantle and the crust.
What is the Lithosphere.
500
The boundary that creates mountains.
What is a convergent boundary.
500
The name of the man who created this theory.
Who is Alfred Wegner.
500
The part of the volcano that forms after the explosion.
What is the crater.
500
The scale used to measure an earthquake.
What is the Richter scale.
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