Layers of Earth
Subduction/Seafloor Spreading
Continental Drift
Plate Boundaries
Grab Bag
100
The least dense layer of the Earth
What is the crust
100
Seafloor spreading occurs at what type of plate boundary
What is divergent
100
Name the scientist that proposed the theory of continental drift
Who is Alfred Wegener
100
Boundary where tectonic plates separate from each other
What is divergent boundary
100
What is the formula for density?
What is Density=mass/volume
200
This layer is made of liquid iron and nickel
What is the outer core
200
This is the landform on the ocean floor formed by seafloor spreading
What is the mid-ocean ridge
200
What year did he propose the theory of continental drift
What is 1923
200
Name the boundary where tectonic plates meet together and collide
What is convergent boundary
200
Name the steps of the scientific method, in order
What is S..G..F...P..A..D
300
Layer of the mantle made of magma
What is the asthenosphere
300
What landform comes as a result of subduction
What is the deep ocean trench
300
Name the last supercontinent
What is Pangaea
300
Name the plate boundary where the tectonic plates slide by each other
What is transform boundary
300
Name the dinosaur whose fossils were found in Africa and South America
What is the mesosaurus
400
Rank the layers of the Earth from hottest to coldest
What is inner core, outer core, asthenosphere, lithosphere, crust
400
Which process creates new crust?
What is seafloor spreadin
400
Describe in detail one piece of evidence that helps prove continental drift
What is fossils, puzzle
400
At what boundary are mountains formed
What is convergent boundary
400
If the mass of an object is 600 grams and the volume is 50 cm3, then what is the density
What is 12 g/cm3
500
This is the layer where convection currents exist
What is the asthenosphere
500
When two plates of continental crust collide, what is formed?
What are mountains
500
Describe how the Himalayas formed
What is (answers will vary)
500
the San Andreas Fault is an example of which type of plate boundary
What is Transform Boundary
500
Which type of crust sinks beneath the other in a subduction zone
What is oceanic crust
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