Chapter 1 and 2

Question 1

Name the layers of the earth in order.

Answer 1

Inner core
Outer core
Mantle
Crust

Question 2

What is a continental drift?

Answer 2

When the plates the earth’s crust is made up of move gradually.

Question 3

What is plate tectonics?

Answer 3

The study of plate movements and their effects. (Folding, faulting…)

Question 4

What are plate boundaries?

Answer 4

The lines or edges where plates meet.

Question 5

What are convection currents?

Answer 5

They are currents in the mantle that cause the plates to move.

Question 6

What was the Pangea?

Answer 6

The landmass that broke up millions of years ago into today’s continents.

Question 7

How are cold mountains formed?

Answer 7

When two plates collide, pressure from the plates slowly folds the earths crust into fold mountains.

Question 8

What are unfolds and and downfolds called?

Answer 8

Upfolds: anticlines
Downfolds: synclines

Question 9

How were the Alps formed?

Answer 9

African plate colliding with Eurasian plate.

Question 10

How were the Himalayas formed?

Answer 10

Indian Plate colliding with the Eurasian Plate.

Question 11

How were the Andes formed?

Answer 11

Nazca Plate colliding with South American Plate