Earth Structure
Earth Structure 2
Earth Structure 3
Plate Boundaries
Mr. Danaher
100
Thinnest layer of the Earth
Crust
100
Where do most of the real changes to the Earth's surface occur?
At plate boundaries
100
What is the name of the supercontinent that was once all the continents combined?
Pangea
100
What happens to tectonic plates at divergent boundaries?
The plates spread apart
100
What type of dog does Mr. Danaher have as his background
Border Collie
200
Where do rift valleys form?
Divergent boundaries
200
What causes mid ocean ridges?
Divergent Boundaries
200
Who proposed that continents drift
Alfred Wegner
200
What feature do you find at transform boundaries
Faults
200
What is the name of Mr. Danahers dog
Bowie
300
Label the four parts of the Earth.
Outermost to innermost: Crust, Mantle, Outer Core, Inner Core
300
Which kind of tectonic plate is thicker?
Continental
300
What is the most obvious piece of evidence that supports the theory of plate tectonics?
All the continents fit together like a big puzzle.
300
What do all tectonic plate boundaries feature as a hazard
Earthquakes
300
Mr. Danaher has taught at MacKillop College for...
5 years
400
Which layer of the Earth protects us from solar radiation
Outer core
400
Which kind of tectonic plate is more dense?
Oceanic
400
What type of boundary involves tectonic plates that collide together
Convergent
400
What word describes another tectonic plate moving under another
Subduction
400
Mr. Danaher use to teach in what town/ city
Swan Hill
500
What is the outer and inner core mostly made of?
metals, Fe and Ni.
500
Mr. Danaher goes for what football team
Richmond