Earth's Enterior
Rocks
No
Category
Plate Boundaries
Zones of Interior and Other Stuff
100
The crust is the _______ layer.
coolest
100
The other type of rock is
Metamorphic
100
When and where did the mesosaurus live?
South America and Africa about 260 million years ago
100
Divergent plates boundaries do what?
move apart
100
hotspot
rising plume of magma that stays in on place as place slid over it and results in a volcanic zone.
200
The outer core is...
thick mobile liquid
200
Igneous rocks are...
volcanic rocks
200
When and where did the lystosaurus live?
Africa, India, and Antarctica about 240 million years ago.
200
At divergent plate boundaries, what happens __________ older crust.
destroys
200
Asthenosphere
Weaker hotter zone of the mantle
300
The mantle is capable of
flow
300
Sedimentary rocks are...
eroded rocks
300
This generates earthquakes, volcanoes, and mountains
mobility
300
Divergent plate boundaries result in __________.
upwelling which create new seafloor
300
The lysthosphere is the _______________
crust and upper-mantle
400
The outer core is made of
iron, sulfer, and oxygen
400
Sedimentary rocks form under
water
400
When and where did the cynaghathus live?
South America and Africa about 240 million years ago.
400
Convergent plate boundaries are where plates ________.
collide
400
Younger continents are _____ the mid-ocean ridge.
near
500
The inner core
solid & metallic and made of iron
500
Sedimentary rocks are cemented by
wind and/or minerals
500
When and where did the glossopteris live?
260 million year ago it lived everywhere
500
Transform Faults
Plates slide past each other. They don't destroy or create crust.
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