Tectonic Hazards - 1.2.1 Tectonic Plates

Question 1

Tell me about the earth’s core?

Answer 1

inner core (solid)
outer core (liquid)
Hottest part of the earth

Question 2

Tell me about the earth’s mantle?

Answer 2

Surrounds the core.
Made of semi-molten rock.

Question 3

Tell me about the Earth’s crust.

Answer 3

Between 5-100km.
Floats on the mantle and is broken into large pieces.

Question 4

What are continential plates?

Answer 4

Thicker, older and lighter plates that don’t sink (subduct).

Question 5

What are oceanic plates?

Answer 5

Thinner, newer and denser plates so they can sink underneath other plates.

Question 6

What are plate margins or plate boundaries?

Answer 6

They describe the location where two tectonic plates meet or sit next to each other.

Question 7

What do we call the meeting point of 2 tectonic plates?

Answer 7

Plate margins.

Question 8

Plate boundaries and plate ____ are the same thing. They describe the location on Earth where 2 ____ plates meet or sit next to each other.

Answer 8

margins
tectonic

Question 9

What are the 2 types of tectonic plate?

Answer 9

Continential
Oceanic

Question 10

The Earth’s crust is broken into large pieces called ____ plates.

Answer 10

tectonic