EARTH
PANGEA
PLATES
CONVECTION
BONUS
100
the thin layer of rock
What is the crust
100
I came up with the theory of pangea
What is Alfred Wagner
100
the southeast plate of the Eurasian plate
What is the African plate
100
in the asthenosphere heated rock constantly rises cools sinks and is heated again
What is convection currents
100
a volcano shaped like a broad flat dome
What is a shield volcano
200
the thickest layer of earth
What is the mantle
200
one mass contienent
What is Pangea
200
the plate the us sits on
What is the north American plate
200
on the layer convection currents occur
What is asthenosphere
200
the Himalayas is formed by
What is continental collision
300
a ball of molten rock
What is the inner core
300
evidence that pangea exist
What is fossils and rocks
300
the plate the pacific ocean sits on
What is the pacific plate
300
gravity pulls cooler denser plates into the asthenosphere
What is slab pull
300
a volcano that is usually cone-shaped
What is a composite volcano
400
the closest layer to the inner core
What is the outer core
400
materials from mid-ocean ridges pushes the plates
What is ridge push
400
the volcano has steep sides and is a loose pile of volcanic fragments
What is a cinder cone volcano
500
a thick layer of hot rock
What is the mantle?
500
the smallest plate
What is the indian plate
500
this mountain form as the crust stretches and breaks into blocks
What is a fault block mountains