Plate Tectoics

Question 1

CRust

Answer 1

The outermost shell of a rocky planet

Question 2

Mantle

Answer 2

Layer of molten rock between the crust and core

Question 3

Core

Answer 3

Made up of mostly lron. Separated into the outer core ( molten )
and inner core ( solid)

Question 4

Tectonic plant

Answer 4

The layer of rock that makes up the outer part of the Earth , including the crust and upper mantle ( lithospheric plates)

Question 5

Continetal Drift theory

Answer 5

The theory that continents gradually difted over time to their present positione.

Question 6

Asthenosphere

Answer 6

A thin layer of Earth, about 150 miles thick, at the border between the mantle and the crust

Question 7

Convection current

Answer 7

The process in which the hotter of a gas or liquid rise to the top and the cooler, denser parts sink

Question 8

convergent Boundaey

Answer 8

When two tectonic plantes come togther

Question 9

Volcanoes

Answer 9

A vent or fissure in Earth’ s surface through which magma and gasses are expelled

Question 10

Divergent Boundary

Answer 10

when tectonic lates split apart

Question 11

Transforom Baundary

Answer 11

When tectonic plates slide past each other

Question 12

Fault

Answer 12

Breaks in the crust. The movement causes seismic waves which produces earthqukes

Question 13

Mio- Ocean Ride

Answer 13

A Long ridge of underwater volcanoes between two diverging oceanic plates

Question 14

Subdcction Zone

Answer 14

A place where where one tectonic plate sinks under anther and malts. Also forms a trench.