Plate Tectonics

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

OUTER CORE

Answer 3

made up of mostly molten iron in the center of our earth.

Question 4

INNER CORE

Answer 4

made up of solid iron, nickel, and other metals. very very very hot. much gravity.

Question 5

TECTONIC PLATE/LITHOSPHERIC PLATE

Answer 5

the layer of rock that makes up the outer part of the earth. includes the crust and upper mantle.

Question 6

CONTINENTAL DRIFT THEORY

Answer 6

the theroy that the continents slowly drifted to where they are now over time.

Question 7

ATHENOSPHERE

Answer 7

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

Question 8

CONVECTION CURRENT.

Answer 8

the prcoess where hotter parts of a gas go up and the cooler parts sink to the bottom.

Question 9

CONVERGENT BOUNDARY

Answer 9

the boundary where 2 plates form 1 and come together, right now, over me. ( beatles reference )

Question 10

MOUNTAINS

Answer 10

Uplisft of crustals plates that form elevated landmass.

Question 11

VOLCANO

Answer 11

A vent for fissure in earths surface through which magma and gasses are expeled.

Question 12

DIVERGENT BOUNDARY

Answer 12

when tectonic plates split apart.

Question 13

TRANSFORM BOUNDRARY

Answer 13

when tectonic plates slide against each other. they do the cha cha slide. :catdance

Question 14

FAULT

Answer 14

break in the crust. causes seismic waves which causes earthquakes.

Question 15

SUBDUCTION ZONE

Answer 15

a place where one tectonic plate sinks under another and melts. also forms a trench.

Question 16

RIFT VALLEY

Answer 16

a long narrow valley between two diverging continental plates.