Earth's Layers
Scientific Theories/Laws
Plate Boundaries
Features
Science Skills
100
Layer D
What is the Inner Core?
100
Afred Wegener stated that all continents were attached at one point in time.
What is the theory of continental drift?
100
Move apart
What is divergent boundary?
100
Iceland is ________________ in size
What is increase (getting bigger)?
100
DRY MIX
What does the I stand for?
What is Independent Variable?
200
What is the Mantle?
200
The tectonic plates move due to convection currents in the asthenosphere.
What is the theory of Plate Tectonics?
200
Collide
What is Convergent boundary?
200
This event is responsible for the Hawaiian Islands
What is Hot Spot?
200
Where does the dependent variable go on a graph?
What is Y-Axis?
300
Layer C
What is the Outer Core?
300
Matter cannot be created nor destroyed
What is the law of conservation of matter?
300
Where plates meet
What is a boundary?
300
An oceanic plate is being subducted under a continental plate. What is parallel to the trench?
What are volcanoes?
300
Independent Variable?
What is Age?
400
The composition of layer A? (What type of rock(s) is it made of)
Basalt and Granite
400
Energy cannot be created or destroyed
What is the Law of conservation of energy?
400
The plates are _____________________
What is diverging (separating)?
400
Youngest Seafloor (letter?)
What is A?
400
Which Hawaiian Island is the youngest?
What is A?
500
The composition of the Inner Core. (What is it made of)
What are Iron and Nickel?
500
What is the theory of Hot Spots?
500
What boundary is at C?
What is divergent boundary?
500
The red dots are what feature?
What are volcanoes?
500
Which Hawaiian Island is the oldest?
What is C?