Earth's Layers
Earth's Layers Cont.
Plate Tectonics
Earthquakes
Volcanoes
100
The 4 layers of our Earth
What is the crust, mantle, outer core, and inner core?
100

What is the theory that describes Pangea? 

What is the Theory of Continental Drift? 

100
Where 2 plates move toward each other
What are converging boudaries?
100

Cracks in Earth's crust

What is a fault?

100

The hot, molten rock that is found underground

What is magma?

200
The innermost of Earth's layers
What is the core?
200
The part of the core that is solid and probably made up of iron and nickel
What is the inner core?
200
The theory that explains that continents are moving across Earth's surface
What is the theory of continental drift?
200

A violent shaking of Earth's crust

What is an earthquake?

200

The magma that is found on the surface of the Earth

What is lava?

300
The uppermost layer of our Earth.
What is the crust?
300
Name a part of the mantle that aids in convection currents?

What is the asthenosphere? 

300
Name 2 kinds of plates.
What are oceanic plates and continental plates?
300

Which plate boundary forms earthquakes? 

What are transform boundaries? 

300

Earthquakes and Volcanoes are usually located in relation to these

What are plate boundaries?

400
The layer just below Earth's crust
What is the mantle?
400
The only layer that is in a liquid state - made mostly of molten iron and nickel
What is the outer core?
400

Where 2 plates move away from each other

What is divergent boundary?
400

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

400

The horseshoe pattern of many volcanoes and earthquakes on Earth.

What is the Ring of Fire?

500
The solid upper mantle and crust.
What is the lithosphere?
500

What causes tectonic plates to move? 

What are convection currents?

500

List one reason that supports plates moving?

What are fossils? (Also continents fitting like a puzzle and rocks)

500

The shock waves of energy that are measured to tell us how strong an earthquake is

What are seismic waves?

500

What are dormant volcanoes?

What are volcanoes that have become inactive, but it is uncertain if it will erupt again?

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