What's in the Earth?
4 Layers
Key Vocabulary
Plate Tectonics
Plate Movement
100
This layer of the Earth is made of solid metal due to pressure
What is the inner core
100
Label the inner core
What is the inner core
100
Physical features of the Earth
What is landform
100
Theory that the lithosphere is broken into moving plates
What is Plate Tectonics
100
Plates move as a result of convection currents in hot magma
What is Plate Movement
200
This layer of the Earth is extremely hot liquid metal
What is the outer core
200
Label the outer core
What is outer core
200
Map raised, three- dimensional representation of terrain
What is a relief map
200
All continents were once joined to form a super continent
What is Pangaea
200
Plates push against each other
What is colliding boundaries
300
This layer of the Earth is a thin, hot layer found under the Earth's crust, made of rock
What is the mantle
300
Label the mantle
What is mantle
300
Map to show both natural and man-made features
What is a topographical map
300
Large sections of the Earth's crust
What is plates (tectonic plates)
300
plates are pulled apart
What is spreading boundaries
400
This layer of the Earth is the thin, outer layer composed of solid rock.
What is the crust
400
Label the crust
What is the crust
400
layer of gases surrounding a planet or star
What is atmosphere
400
What is the largest tectonic plate?
What is Pacific Plate
400
two plates moving past each other
What is fault boundaries
500
This layer of the Earth is the thin, outer layer composed of solid rock. (what is the other name)
What is the lithosphere
500
Label the lithosphere
What is the lithosphere
500
all the waters of the Earth, including both surface and subservice water
What is hydrosphere
500
Who first proposed Continental Drift Theory?
Who is Alfred Wegener
500
What kind of boundary formed the Great Rift Valley in Africa?
What is spreading boundaries
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