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Core to Crust
Giant Jigsaw and Slow Going
Collision
Push and Pull
Word Wise
100
What is the "core."
What is the name of the earth's center?
100
What is rock being heated by the core and then cooling?
What is the cause of the earth's plates moving?
100
What is the result of two colliding plates in Asia?
What created the Himalaya mountains?
100
What happens when two plates move apart?
What is the cause of valleys forming?
100
What is a geologist
What is the name of scientists who study the earth and it's parts?
200
What is the "mantle"?
What is the layer of earth above the core?
200
Rock in the mantle gets lighter as it heats up
What causes partially melted rock to rise?
200
What are earthquakes, volcanoes, mountain ranges, and hot springs?
What is the results of shifting plates?
200
What is the East African Rift Zone?
What is a rift valley filled with volcanoes?
200
What are tectonic plates.
What are huge, slow-moving pieces of the earth's crust and upper mantle?
300
What is the"crust"?
What is the coolest, outer layer of the earth?
300
What is the constant rising and sinking of the rock?
What is a slow circular current?
300
What is the push upward of the plates?
What is happening when two continent plates collide?
300
What do we call the edges of the Pacific plate where 75% of earth's active volcanoes and about 80% of the planets earthquakes happen?
What is the Ring of Fire?
300
What is a place where one of Earth's plates collides with or dives under another plate?
What is a convergent boundary?
400
What are metals, mostly iron and nickel.
What is the core made up of?
400
The currents pushing and pulling the plates from below.
What is causing the movement of the earth's plates?
400
What continent is crunching into the Asian plate?
What is India?
400
What is a deep fracture in California where two plates slide past each other called?
What is the San Andreas Fault?
400
What is a divergent boundary?
What is a place where two of Earth's plates move apart?
500
What is over 6,650 degrees C(12,000 degrees F)?
What is the temperature of the core?
500
Continents are split apart and oceans are split.
What is happening when plates move apart slowly?
500
What is the cause of an ocean plate taking a dive under the continental plate?
What is the result of a heavy ocean plate colliding with a continental plate?
500
What happens when two plates split apart, leaving cracks in earth's crust?
What is a way Volcanoes can form?
500
What is a place where two of Earth's plates grind against each other?
What is a transform fault?