Layers of the Earth
The inner most layer of the Earth
What is the INNER CORE
The person who first suggested the theory of continental drift
Who is Alfred Wegener
The number of major plates the earth's crust is divided into
What is 13
A pure substance that forms naturally as a solid in the earth.
What is a mineral.
This is the closest planet to Earth
What is Mercury.
The largest layer of the Earth
What is THE MANTLE
The amount that the continents are drifting each year
What is a few centimeters.
Deformation of the crust as a consequence of plate interaction
What is "Tectonic"
Two of the most common minerals
What are quartz and Mica
The forward force that propels an object through the air.
What is thrust.
Two layers that are liquid
What are: OUTER CORE and UPPER MANTLE
The name of the super continent
What is Pangea?
Two plates pulling apart
What is divergent boundary
This type of rock is formed by volcanoes.
What are igneous rocks
Materials that allow electricity to easily flow through them.
What is a conductor
The outer most layer of the earth (BE SPECIFIC)
What is the continental crust?
Evidence that all the continents seem to fit together like a puzzle
What is paleogeographical evidence
Two plates pushing together
What is a convergent boundary
These rocks are formed by great heat and pressure
What are metamorphic rocks
A circuit that only has one path for electricity to flow
What is a series circuit
The two parts of the mantle
What is the upper and lower mantle?
Evidence that similar rocks are found on different continents.
What is geological evidence.
The place where two lithospheric plates come together, one riding over the other.
What is a subduction zone.
These rocks are formed by years of sediment compacting together
What are sedimentary rocks
Animals that do not have a backbone.
What are invertebrates