Vocabulary
Earth's outer layer is Called....
What is Crust?
Plates move very slowly. It takes ________ ___ __________ for Continents to move far apart.
Millions of years
What do the plates do when the are Diverging?
Moving Apart
Plates Moving apart.....
Diverging
A set of interacting parts forming a complex whole.
System
What is made of Hard, solid rock under both land and the ocean.....
What is the Crust?
Fossils of the same extinct organisms found on different _______________ are evidence that these places were once connected.
Continents
What do plates do when they are Converging?
Moving toward each other
Soft, solid rock rises, then _____________ to form new rock.
Hardens
To examine in detail for a purpose
Analyze
Earth's outer layer is broken into large pieces called.......
What is Plates?
A sudden shaking of Earth's surface
What is a Earthquake?
When plates are Diverging, _________ ______ _______ from underneath can _____ ___ _________ and form new rock at the edge of both plates.
Soft, solid rock
rise and harden
Plates moving toward each other.....
Converging
Any of Earth's main continuous areas of land, such as Africa, Asia, and North America
Continent
Scientists use ________ Technology to measure plate movement
GPS
An extinct reptile that lived about 300 million years ago
What is a Mesosaurus
When plates are Converging, sometimes one plate will _________ under another plate
Subduct
What causes earthquakes?
The movement of plates at boundaries
A diagram that shows what the inside of something looks like
Cross Section
The layer of soft, solid rock underneath Earth's plates
Mantle
A long, deep indentation in the ocean floor formed when two plates move together
What is a Trench?
Where are Mesosaurus fossils found?
South America and Africa
Did South America and Africa separate suddenly or gradually?
Gradually
A feature that forms on the surface of a planet, such as a mountain, channel, or sand dune
What is a Landform?