Layers of the Earth
Tectonic Plate Theory and Plates
Geographic Features
Weathering, Erosion, or Deposition
Fun facts
100
The outermost layer of the earth, also the thinnest layer.
What is the Crust
100
The super continent that broke apart to make the continents we know today...
Pangea
100
What type of plate boundary is this ...
What is divergent
100
Name the two types of weathering
What is mechanical weathering and chemical weathering
100
What is a baby goat called?
What is a kid
200
The two types of crust that are on Earths surface are known as
What is oceanic and continental crust
200
Plates flow slowly on a layer of fluid like rock in this layer of the Earth
What is the mantle
200
What type of plate boundary is this
What is transform
200
What is this and example of ...
What is mechanical weathering
200
This is the only fruit with it's seeds on the outside
What are strawberries
300
Deepest and hottest layer of the Earth. Made of iron and nickel. At temperatures of 5000° this layer would normally be solid, however the great pressure of the other layers causes it to be solid
What is the inner core
300
How do plates move?
What is convection currents
300
At what type of plate boundary do Earthquakes occur ?
What is transform boundary
300
This is considered a constructive process that produces and builds up the land and it's features.
What is deposition
300
How much do plates move per year?
What is 1-10 cm
400
The largest and most complex layer of Earth. There is and upper and lower part of this layer. The top layer is solid but so soft that it behaves like a fluid. So it can flow slowly
What is the Mantle
400
The German scientist who made the observation that continents fit together, developing the theory of plate tectonics
Who is Alfred Wegner
400
At which plate boundary would the Appalachian mountains have formed ?
What is convergent boundary
400
What type of erosion would cause this ...
What is wind erosion
400
When was the last earthquake that cause major damage to CB (Not 2025)
What is 1929
500
Thought to be made of liquid iron and nickel, it is the only one of Earth's layers that is entirely liquid.
The outer core
500
List all 3 types of plate boundaries
What is Divergent, Convergent, and Transform plate boundaries
500
At what plate boundary would the Hawaiian islands form?
What is a divergent plate boundary
500
What type of erosion would cause this...
What is glacial
500
The longest fossil ever found was ______ long
289 feet