What type of plate movement causes volcanoes?
This type of movement also causes the mid-ocean rift
What is divergent movement
100
A student is hiking through a forest in the Piedmont region of Virginia. What might the student see that could be attributed to human impact on Earth?
F A meadow of wildflowers
G A river eroding away the riverbank
H A pile of fallen rocks
J A wooden bridge over a creek
What is J, a wooden bridge over a creek
200
What is the layer of the earth that is made of solid iron and nickel?
What is the inner core
200
What type of plate movement causes earthquakes?
What is sliding movement
200
Name one way that humans impact the earth?
What is (multiple answers)
300
What is the thickest layer of the earth?
What is the mantle
300
What is the theory of Pangea called?
What is the continental drift
300
Name a way that humans impact the earth?
What is (multiple answers)
400
What two layers are made of iron and nickel?
What are the inner and outer core
400
Large continent-size plates move slowly about the Earth’s surface driven by—?
What is heat
400
Name 2 ways that heat from inside the earth affects what happens on the earth's surface?
What is it creates different landforms (multiple 2 answers)
500
What is the hottest layer of the earth? Why is it solid metal?
What is the inner core and it is solid because all of the pressure has pushed the metal together.
500
What is the difference between Continental Drift and Plate Tectonics?
What is the continental drift is the theory (Pangea) that the plates are moving and plate tectonics are how the plates move (convergent, divergent, and sliding).
500
Convergent plate movements cause mountains on the earth's surface, what does this cause in the ocean?