Lithosphere Flashcards
What is lithosphere
The outerpart of the earth conisiting of the crust and the upper mantle
What are the three main layers of the earth
The core, the mantle and the crust
What is magma called when on the cryst
Lava
What is magma
Molten rock
What are the three types of plate margins
Divergent, transform and convergent
What is the divergent plate margin
Plates moving away from eachother e.g the mid-atlantic ridge
What is the transform plate margin
Plates sliding next to each other to the same or different direction e.g coast of california
What is the convergent plate margin
Oceanic plate pushing underneath the continental plate when colliding e.g around the pacific ocean
In which part of the plates are most volcanoes located
Edges of plates
Which ocean has a ring of volcanoes around the edge
Pacific ocean
Why are there many earthquakes on the bed of the atlantic ocean
Because there is a divergent plate boundary in the middle of the atlantic ocean
Why are there no volcanoes or strong earthquakes in finland
Because finland is located in the center of the eurasian plate
