Vocabulary
Spheres
Layers of the Earth
Plate Tectonics
Random
100
Solid part of the Earth that consists of all rock and soil
geopshere
100
Consists of rock
Geosphere
100
The innermost layer of the Earth
Core
100
When the tectonic plates are moving toward one another, it is called a __________________ plate boundary.
Converging
100
What are the 2 types of erosion?
Water and wind
200
A sliding plate boundary can cause this shaking of the Earth
Earthquake
200
Consists of water
Hydrosphere
200
The largest layer of the Earth
Mantle
200
When the tectonic plates are moving away from one another, it is called a __________________ plate boundary.
Diverging
200
How can volcanoes eruptions effect global climate change?
Ash and gases block the sun, decreasing temperature
300
The large slabs of Earth that are always moving very, very slowly.
Tectonic Plates
300
Consists of all living organisms
Biosphere
300
Outermost layer of the Earth
Crust
300
What ocean is the "Ring of Fire" located?
Pacific ocean
300

Volcanoes can form when this type of plate boundary occurs, because plates collide.

Converging(subduction)

400
The wearing down and transport of surface material
Erosion
400
Consists of air and gases
Atmosphere
400
The thinnest layer of the Earth
Crust
400
A ________ is a break in the Earth's crust along which blocks of the crust slide against each other
Fault
400
What part of the Earth takes up 64% of its mass?
Mantle
500
In a diverging plate boundary, this rises up out of the crack to form new land
magma
500
3/4 of the Earth's water(hydrosphere) is contained in the
Oceans
500
Label the layers of the Earth on the diagram on the board.
see board
500
When the tectonic plates are sliding past one another, in opposite directions, it is called a __________________ plate boundary.
Sliding
500
Mountains can form when this type of plate boundary occurs, because plates collide.
Converging
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