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Convection Currents
Layers of the Earth
Earth's Surface I
Earth's Surface II
100

Name three landforms in the United States.

What are Mountains, Canyons, Valleys, Rivers, Lakes, and plains

100

Magma heats up when it is closest to the....

core.

100
This is the layer of the Earth we live on.
What is the crust?
100
The crust is made up of pieces called THIS.
What is tectonic plates?
100
This is an example of a natural disaster caused by the Earth's crust.
What is a tsunami, earthquake, volcano?
200
What are the three disasters caused by tectonic activity?
volcanoes, tsunamis, earthquakes
200
Magma cools down when it is close to the...
crust.
200

this layer of the earth is home to convection currents, which drive the movement of lithospheric plates.

What is the mantle?

200
The Himalayas are caused by this.
What is the Indian plate subducting under the Asia plate.
200
This is the difference between plate boundaries and faults.
What is faults occur in the middle of a plate, boundaries are on the edge.
300
Where do faults occur?
Middle of plates
300
When a liquid heats up, what happens to its volume?
Expands, gets bigger
300

The thickest layer of the earth is called..

What is the mantle?

300
Volcanoes happen when two plates BLANK.
What is come together, subduct?
300
Tectonic plates move because....
What is convection currents in the mantle?
400

When two plates collide this is called a _____________ Boundary.

What is Convergent

400
When a liquid heats up, what happens to its density?
Becomes less dense
400
This layer of the Earth causes the magnetic poles.
What is the outer core?
400
This type of plate is more dense and heavier: oceanic crust or continental crust.
What is oceanic crust?
400
The San Andreas fault is an example of this type of fault.
What is strike-slip?
500
Which is less dense- something floating on top of the water or something that sinks in water?
Floating
500
Hot liquid will __________ cold liquid.
Float above
500
These layers of the Earth are solid.
What is the Inner Core and the Crust?
500
This is where two plates are separating.
What is Atlantic ocean or Pacific Ocean? Divergent plate boundary
500
The Tetons are an example of this type of fault.
What is normal fault (moving apart)?