LAYERS OF THE EARTH
The event happening inside the mantle
Convection Current
According to the concept of Plate Tectonic Theory, the outermost layer of earth is called ____
Lithosphere
It refers to the energy that travels within the earth's layer
seismic wave
What is the stress in a transform fault boundary?
Shear
The era in Continental Drift Theory explains about the fossils found on different continents
Jurassic Era
What part of the compositional layer of the Earth is opposite to the Aesthenosphere
Upper mantle
Where are the most earthquakes and volcanoes located?
edges of the continents
It is used to locate the epicenter of the earthquake
Triangulation method
What are the geologic formations when two continental plates collide?
mountains and mountain ranges
Another term used in the Cretaceous Era
Chalk Era
What is the event happens in the outer core
production of magnetic field
The Philippines, Japan, and Hawaii are countries with utmost volcanoes. Which location are these included?
along the Ring of Fire
A type of seismic wave that travels along the solid and liquid layers of the earth
Body wave
What is the movement of the diverging plate boundaries?
moving away from each other
Evidence in continental drift theory explains that all continents are just like a jigsaw puzzle
Coastline matching
In the compositional layer of the Earth, the crust is divided into two
Oceanic Crust and Continental Crust
What is the arrangement of the earthquake in the continents?
clustered at the edge of the continents
It is a seismic wave that first to reach the seismic station
Primary wave
What geologic event happens in the subduction zone?
Slab pull or subduction of an old crust
It explains about the glaciers formed in the continents in the past
Evidence of climate
How do you differentiate the two layers of the crust
Oceanic crust is denser than continental crust, Oceanic is made of basalt while continental crust is made of granite
Explain the theory of Plate Tectonic
Plate Tectonic Theory refer to the movement of the earth's lithosphere
What do you on the point where the earthquake begins underlying the surface of the earth?
Focus or hypocenter
What geologic features if oceanic and continental crust collide?
formation of volcanoes and trenches
what are the four pieces of evidence that explain the theory of Continental Drift?
Coastline matching
fossils
climate
rock formation