Crust + Drifting Contents + Moving Earth

Question 1

What is a fossils

Answer 1

preserved remains from an living organism

Question 2

person that finds fossils is called

Answer 2

Palaeontologist

Question 3

Amber fossils are

Answer 3

full body INSECTS preserved in tree sap + can be preserved for millions of yrs

Question 4

Carbonation fossils are

Answer 4

dissolved organism except the carbon which leaves a residue showing an outline of the organism

Question 5

Freezing fossils are

Answer 5

preserved by ice for thousands yrs if it doesn’t melt

Question 6

Body fossils are a

Answer 6

portion of the actual organism remain E.g tooth, bone

Question 7

Trace fossils are

Answer 7

on organism’s but ‘‘traces’’ in the rocks.

Question 8

Types of trace fossils

Answer 8

Cast & mold, animal trace, & impression.

Question 9

what rock are fossils found

Answer 9

Sedimentary rock

Question 10

what type of Sedimentary

Answer 10

shale, limestone, sandstone rock

Question 11

Fake fossils that looks like fossils are called

Answer 11

Pseudo fossils

Question 12

how thick is the crust

Answer 12

6km - 40km

Question 13

what minerals are the crust made up of

Answer 13

rock, sand, soil

Question 14

how thick is the mantle

Answer 14

around 2900km

Question 15

how hot and how fast does the mantle move

Answer 15

semi-molten + moves very slowly

Question 16

how thick is the outer core

Answer 16

2000km

Question 17

what is the molten liquid made up of in the outer core

Answer 17

iron and nickel

Question 18

how hot in the molten liquid in the outer core

Answer 18

5000 degrees temp

Question 19

what’s the radius of the inner core

Answer 19

1100km

Question 20

is the inner core solid or liquid

Answer 20

solid

Question 21

What was the name of the scientist that argued that the continents were once together

Answer 21

Alfred Wegener

Question 22

When did Alfred Wegener argue that the continents were together

Answer 22

1912

Question 23

how many yrs ago did the continents start to break

Answer 23

250 million yrs

Question 24

When did Alfred’s theory confirmed to be true

Answer 24

1960s

Question 25

What was 1 of Alfred’s evidence for the theory.

Answer 25

Garden snails lived on the west coast of North America + East France

Question 26

Pangaea means

Answer 26

All Earth

Question 27

How thick is the plates

Answer 27

100km

Question 28

What layer of the Earth does the plates go up to

Answer 28

MANTLE

Question 29

Why do the plates move?

Answer 29

The mantle is lava and the lava moves the plates as it moves

Question 30

What happens when plate hit each other

Answer 30

Mountain

Question 31

Plates move apart = to

Answer 31

volcano