plate tectojnics

Question 1

Lithosphere

Answer 1

the rigid outer part of the earth, consisting of the crust and upper mantle.

Question 2

Asthenosphere

Answer 2

the upper layer of the earth’s mantle, below the lithosphere, in which there is relatively low resistance to plastic flow and convection is thought to occur.

Question 3

Mesosphere

Answer 3

it the coldest part of the amatsphere

Question 4

Inner Core

Answer 4

it the hottest part of the earth in it the millde of the earth

Question 5

Outer Core

Answer 5

the earth fluid layer 2,330 kmeter thicc the core right under the earth

Question 6

Seismic Waves

Answer 6

an elastic wave in the earth produced by an earthquake or other means.

Question 7

Oceanic Crust

Answer 7

The topmost layer, about 500 metres

Question 8

Continental Crust

Answer 8

the relatively thick part of the earth’s crust that forms the large landmasses. It is generally older and more complex than the oceanic crust.

Question 9

Density

Answer 9

the degree of compactness of a substance.

Question 10

Wegener

Answer 10

he a guy that thought of the theroy of the continetal drift

Question 11

Continental Drift

Answer 11

Continental drift was a theory that explained how continents shift position on Earth’s surface.

Question 12

Convergent Boundary

Answer 12

In plate tectonics, a convergent boundary, also known as a destructive plate boundary

Question 13

Divergent Boundary

Answer 13

In plate tectonics, a divergent boundary or divergent plate boundary

Question 14

Transform Boundary

Answer 14

A transform fault or transform boundary, is a type of fault whose relative motion is predominantly horizontal, in either a sinistral or dextral direction.

Question 15

Sea-floor Spreading

Answer 15

the formation of new areas of oceanic crust, which occurs through the upwelling of magma at midocean ridges and its subsequent outward movement on either side.

Question 16

Pangaea

Answer 16

Pangea was a supercontinent that existed during the late Paleozoic and early Mesozoic eras.

Question 17

Laurasia

Answer 17

Laurasia was the more northern of two supercontinents that formed part of the Pangaea supercontinent around 300 to 200 million years ago.

Question 18

Gondwana

Answer 18

In paleogeography, Gondwana, also Gondwanaland, is the name given to an ancient supercontinent. I

Question 19

Mesosaurus

Answer 19

Mesosaurus is an extinct genus of reptile from the Early Permian of southern Africa and South America.

Question 20

Glossopteris

Answer 20

Glossopteris is the largest and best-known genus of the extinct order of seed ferns known as Glossopteridales. T