Vocabulary
The thinnest layer of the Earth
(La capa mas delgada de la Tierra)
What is crust
Que es la corteza
There are ______________ main layers of the Earth.
(Hay ____________capas principales de la Tierra)
What is four
(Que es cuatro)
Created the Continental Drift Theory
(Creo la teoria de la deriva continental)
Who is Alfred Wegener
(Quien es Alfred Wegener)
Earthquakes and Volcanoes are usually located in relation to these
(Terremotos y volcanes son usualmente localizados en relacion a estos)
What is a plate boundary
(Que es una placa )
The three types of rocks
(Los tres tipos de rocas)
What is Sedimentary , Igenous and Metamorphic
(Que es Sedimentario, Igneo, Metamorfico)
A number of rigid, but moving, pieces of Earth's surface
(Una serie de piezas rigidas pero en movimiento de la superficie de la tierra)
what is tectonic plates.
(Que es las placas tectonicas.)
The thickest layer of the Earth
(La capa mas gruesa de la Tierra)
What is the mantle.
(Que es el manto)
Evidence of a puzzle like fit was first noticed between _______________________ and ________________.
La Evidencia de una ajuste similar a una rompecabeza se noto por primera vez entre ____________ y ____________.
What is Africa and South America
(Que es Africa y Sur America)
The mid-ocean ridge is an example of a ____________________ boundary and ___________________ occurs here where new ocean floor is formed.
El dorsal en medio del oceano es un ejemplo de un____________limite y __________ocurre aqui donde se forma el nuevo fondo del oceano
What is divergent boundary; sea-floor spreading
(Que es divergente; la expansion del fondo marino)
The process that breaks rocks into sediments is ___________________ .
(El proceso que rompe las rocas en sedimentos es)
What is weathering
(Que es desgaste)
The theory that all continents are fragments of Pangaea now drifting apart
(La teoria que todos los continentes son fragmentos de Pangea ahora se esta separando)
What is the Continental Drift Theory
(Que es la teoria de la deriva continental)
Plates float on top of the _______________________.
Placas flotan encima del__________________.
What is the mantle
(Que es el manto)
Pangea was a _______________ and it means ______________ in greek.
Pangea fue un____________y significa___________en Griego.
What is supercontinent , all earth
(Que es un supercontinte, toda la Tierra)
Boundaries that come together are called _________________ boundaries. They often cause ____________, _______________ and volcanic island arcs.
Los limites que se unen se llama _________limites. A menudo causa_____________,__________y arcos de islas volcanicas.
What is convergent , mountains, volcanoes
Que es convergente, montañas, volcanes
Igenous rock is created from the _________ an solidifcation of ____________ or _____________.
La roca ignea se crea a partir de____________una solidificacion de ______________ o ____________.
What is cooling, magma, lava
(Que es enfriamiento, magma, y lava)
States that youngest rocks of ocean floor are at diverging boundaries, moving outward
(Afirma que las rocas jovenes del fondo del oceano estan en limites divergentes, y se mueven hacia fuera)
What is seafloor spreading
(Que es el esparcimiento del fondo del mar)
The two types of Earth's crust ?
(Los dos tipos de corteza de la Tierra?)
What is oceanic and continental
(Que es Oceanico y continental)
Pangaea existed this many millions of years ago
(Pangea existio tanto millones de años)
What is around 250 million years ago
(Pangea existio hace 250 millones de años)
This is the mechanism (what causes) the plates to move
(Esto es un mecanismo (que causa) la placas para que se mueva)
What is convection cycles in the mantle
(Que es el ciclo conveccion en el manto)
Rock that goes through high _________ and _________is a metamorphic rock.
La roca que atraviesa en alto __________y __________ es una roca metamorfica.
heat and pressure
(calor y presion)
Although the hottest layer of the Earth, this layer is solid metal
(Aunque el la capa mas caliente de la Tierra, esta capa es metal solido)
What is the inner core
(Que es el nucleo interno)
The Earth's crust is thinnest under the _____________________ and thickest under the _____________________.
La corteza de la Tierra es mas delgada bajo el_________________. y mas grueso bajo el_________________.
What is thinnest under the ocean and thickest under the continents.
(Que es mas delgado bajo el oceano y mas grueso bajo los continentes)
Continental Drift Theory has what three pieces of evidence
(La teoria de la deriva continental tiene cuales tres pieces de evidencia)
What is
Fit of the Continents OR Puzzle like fit
Where does the heat come from that drives mantle convection?
(Donde viene el calor que impulsa la conveccion del manto)
What is the core
(Que es el nucleo)
Compaction and cementation of sediemnts create _______________________ rocks.
La compactacion y cementacion de sedimentos crea___________________rocas.
What is sedimenatry
(Que es sedimentario)