Vocabulary
Structure of the Earth
Continental Drift Theory
Plate Tectonics
Miscellaneous
100
The thinnest layer of the Earth
What is the crust
100
There are ______________ main layers of the Earth.
What is three
100
Who Created the Continental Drift Theory
Who is Alfred Wegener
100
Earthquakes and Volcanoes are usually located in relation to these
What is a plate boundary
100
The Himalayan mountains are the result of a ___________________________ boundary.
What is convergent boundary
200
Pieces of the lithosphere that move around on top of the asthenosphere. (makes up the plates of the Earth)
What is tectonic plates.
200
The thickest layer of the Earth
What is the mantle.
200
Continental Drift Theory was not accepted because it did not explain this
What is how the continents moved
200
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
200
When talking about converging boundaries, the more dense land will ________the less dense land
What is go on top or rise above
300
The theory that all continents are fragments of Pangaea now drifting apart
What is the Continental Drift Theory
300
Plates float on top of the _______________________.
What is the asthenosphere
300
Places where sea floor spreading take place
What is mid-ocean ridges.
300
Name and explain the movements of the 3 types of boundaries
What is Divergent, Convergent and Transform boundaries
300
_________________ are a result from the build up of stress at a plate boundary.
What is earthquakes
400
States that youngest rocks of ocean floor are at divergent boundaries, moving outward
What is seafloor spreading
400
Extends from the bottom of the asthenosphere to the Earth's core
What is the Mesosphere
400
What evidence did scientist discover that supported Wegner's theory of continental drift?
Students should explain about the fossils or how the contents look as if they fit together like a puzzle
400
This is the mechanism (what causes) the plates to move
What is convection cycles in the mantle
400
The San Andreas Fault in California is an example of a ____________________ boundary.
What is a transform boundary
500
Although the hottest layer of the Earth, this layer is solid metal
What is the inner core
500
List the 5 physical layers of the Earth in order from outermost layer to inner most layer.
What is Lithosphere, Asthenosphere, Mesosphere, Outer core, Inner core
500
Evidence of matching animal fossils from two separate continents _____________________ and _____________________
What is Africa and South America
500
The two types of convergent boundaries
What is subduction (where volcanoes often occur) and collision (where mountains are usually formed)
500
What is the definition of Fault, Uplift, Subsidence, Compression, Tension and Folding
Fault-Break Uplift-Up Subsidence- Down Compression- Squeeze Tension- Stretching Folding-Bending
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