Definitions

Question 1

Crust

Answer 1

The solid, outermost layer of the Earth. It is made of two main types and broken into sections we call tectonic plates

Question 2

Mantle

Answer 2

The layer of the earth directly beneath the crust. Made of molten and semi-molten rocks.

Question 3

Tectonic Plate

Answer 3

A large slab of the earth’s crust

Question 4

Plate boundary

Answer 4

The place where two plates meet.

Question 5

Convection Current

Answer 5

Circular movements of material within the mantle. These help move the Earth’s crust

Question 6

Slab pull

Answer 6

The pulling force caused by the weight of a subducting plate. The force drags the plate across the surface.

Question 7

Ridge Push

Answer 7

Plates slide away from the raised mid-ocean ridges. This drives the plate’s movement.

Question 8

Oceanic Crust

Question 9

Continental Crust

Question 10

Basalt

Question 11

Granite

Question 12

Construct

Answer 12

To build something

Question 13

Destroy

Answer 13

To break something

Question 14

Collide

Answer 14

When two objects crash together

Question 15

Diverge

Answer 15

When two objects move apart

Question 16

Subduct

Answer 16

When tectonic plates are forced downwards into the mantle

Question 17

Magma

Answer 17

Molten rock below the Earth’s surface

Question 18

Lava

Answer 18

Molten rock above the Earth’s surface.

Question 19

Fold mountains

Answer 19

Created when layers of rock are bent and folded where two tectonic plates meet (Collision plate boundary)

Question 20

Mid-ocean ridge

Question 21

Ring of fire