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The thickest layer of the Earth. The liquid is viscous.
The Mantle
The interior of Earth is made up of several physically different layers. The solid layer of Earth that moves over a viscous layer is called the
A) core.
B) crust.
C) asthenosphere.
D)atmosphere.
The Crust
This is the point where an earthquake starts to move.
Focus (hypocenter)
Who is the person who came up with the continental drift theory?
Alfred Wegner
What are the parts of a transverse wave?
Crest and trough
This is the thinnest layer of the Earth.
The Crust
Which layer is primarily made up of solid iron and nickel.
Inner core
What are the three types of seismic waves?
Primary, Secondary, and Surface.
This is the deepest part on earth and it was created due to subduction zones.
Mariana Trench
Conduction, convection, radiation
The central part of the Earth
The Core
The difference between continental crust and oceanic crust is that....
The continental crust is less dense and oceanic crust is denser.
What is the area above the focus (hypocenter)
The Epicenter
What tectonic plate do we live on?
North American Plate
Define a wave
The energy that travels through a medium and or a vacuum.
This is the rock layer
Lithosphere
Which geologic feature is evidence that the North American Plate once collided with the Eurasian and African Plates?
A) the Appalachian Mountains
B) the Mohave Desert
C) the Mississippi River
D) the Great Lakes
The Appalachian Mountains
True or false: seismic waves travel in ripples away from the point of the focus.
True
Do the hand gesture for divergent plate boundaries.
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The soft layer of the mantle on which the tectonic plates move.
What forms at subduction zones?
Trenches
How are Earthquakes are formed?
Tectonic plates shift and move because of convection currents in the mantle.
Do the gesture for transform plate boundaries
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What are the 6 steps to the scientific method
(correct order)
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