Layers of the Earth
This layer of earth is the most dense.
What is Inner Core?
This is another name for the lithosphere.
The opening of the volcano is named.
What is a crater?
Two plates that spread apart are
What is divergent?
Describe Pangea.
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This layer of Earth is least dense.
What is Crust?
The layer that consists of the tectonic plates is the.
What is the lithosphere?
Magma is in the Mantle" and "Lava is on the ______
What is Land?
Two plates that that come together.
What is convergent?
Describe subduction zones.
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This crust is thicker but less dense.
What is Continental Crust?
This layer is directly under the lithosphere.
What is the athenosphere?
Some volcanoes have a secondary port. The name is
What is a side vent?
Two plate that scrape horizontally
What is transform boundary?
Describe subduction.
the sideways and downward movement of the edge of a plate of the earth's crust into the mantle beneath another plate
This crust is thinner but more dense.
What is Oceanic Crust?
The is what the mantle contains.
What is Convection Currents?
A "Hot Spot" is an area where material from the mantle rises toward the crust. A volcano will form above a hot spot when _______ erupts through the crust and reaches the surface.
What is Magma?
Seafloor spreading is when molten material rises from the mantle and erupts. As it spreads out and cools, it pushes older rock to either side of the ridge. This process
What is adds new material?
Finish the sentence. Tectonic plates are a block of _________ that consists of the crust and the rigid, outermost part of the _______.
What is lithosphere and mantle?
This crust would sink if the two came into contact.
What is Oceanic would sink?
Describe a tectonic plate. (Definitional Answer)
Answer may vary. Ex: a block of the lithosphere that moves around on top of the asthenosphere
The difference between Lava and Magma is.
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Name the boundary that produces earthquakes.
What is convergent boundary?
Describe the ring of fire.
The area around the Pacific Ocean with active volcanoes and earthquakes.