chapter goon Flashcards
(30 cards)
Name the 7 continents
Africa, Asia, Antarctica, Australia, North America, South America, Europe
Name the 5 oceans
Indian Ocean, Pacific Ocean, Arctic Ocean, Atlantic Ocean, Southern Ocean
What object did Alfred Wegener say the continents looked like once they drifted or separated apart?
A jigsaw puzzle
What is a volcano?
A vent in the Earth’s crust which produces magma when it erupts becomes lava
What causes earthquakes?
When two plates collide into each other affecting the Earth’s crust
True or false: Sea floor spreading takes place at deep ocean trenches.
False
True or false: Mid ocean ridges occur at divergent boundaries.
True
True or false: In the mantle hot material sinks while cooler material rises.
False
True or false: Pressure increases inside Earth from the crust to the core.
True
True or false: There is no evidence that seafloor spreading occurred.
False
Fill in the blank: Which type of boundary has two plates that pass each other?
[transform]
Fill in the blank: Continental plates that move apart from a ___ valley.
[rift]
Fill in the blank: Continental crust is made mostly of ___.
[granite]
Fill in the blank: ___ is the transfer of energy through space.
[radiation]
Fill in the blank: ___ is the transfer of heat between objects that are touching.
[conduction]
Earth’s plates move because of ___ currents.
[convection currents]
Subduction happens at ___.
[deep-ocean trenches]
A boundary where two plates are pushed together is called a ___ boundary.
[convergent]
What happens during seafloor spreading?
New rock forms
The process in which continents slowly move is called ___
[continental drift]
Which transfer of heat moves the particles of fluids?
[convection]
Earth is like a giant magnet because of convection currents in the ___ core.
[outer]
Oceanic crust is made up of ___
[basalt]
Which of the Earth’s layers is the thinnest layer?
[crust]
