Plate Boundaries
Trivia
Vocab
Earth's Spheres
Layer's of Earth
100
When magma pushes upward to the surface and pushes plates apart
What is divergent boundary
100
At one point in time all plates were pushed together to form a super continent known as...
What is Pangea
100
one of the rigid layers of the lithosphere
What is tectonic plate
100
contains gasses such as, oxygen that organisms use for their life processes
What is atmosphere
100
much hotter and has the ability to flow
What is mantle
200
when two plates slides past one another causing friction. usually causes earthquakes
what is transform boundary
200
What surrounds the atmosphere and keeps gasses in while protecting the earth from the suns radiation
What is ozone
200
a mountain, island, or continent formed by the collisions and separations of tectonic plates
What is landforms
200
rigid outermost shell of a rocky planet
What is lithosphere
200
second to last layer, magma like liquid layer
What is outer core
300
when two plates collide, resulting in moutains
What is convergent boundary
300
the layer of earth below the mantle
What is a core
300
semi rigid part of the middle mantle that flows like hot asphalt
What is asthenosphere
300
innermost layer, solid ball like
What is inner core
400
when one plate slides underneath the other
What is subduction
400
the outer core is composed of the melted metals of _____ and ______
What is nickel and iron
400
caused by the very hot material at the deepest part of the mantle
what is convection currents
400
consists of rock and minerals on earths surface and below it
What is geosphere
400
layer below mantle, thinnest layer
What is crust
500
Where can plates be located?
What is Asthenosphere
500
the earth's surface consists of about __ major tectonic plates
What is 15
500
super continent that existed during the late Paleozoic and early Mesozoic eras
What is Pangea
500
Part of earth in which living things interact with non living things
What is biosphere
500
Made of iron and nickel, has two parts
What is core
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