Plate Movement

Question 0

True or false

The core is the centre of the earth and it is very hot

Answer 0

True

Question 1

Name the 4 layers of the structure of the earth

Answer 1

1. Crust
2. Mantle
3. Outer core
4. Inner core

Question 2

Name the three ways plates can move under the crust

Answer 2

1. Slide past one another
2. Separate from one another
3. Collide with one another

Question 3

How do plates move in three steps

Answer 3

Step 1
Magma is heated by the core
Step 2
Hot currents rise to the mantle & join & separate under the crust
Step 3
Where the currents flow towards each other they collide & when they flow away from each other the separate

Question 4

What is Pangaea

Answer 4

Pangaea is a huge landmass that broke many years ago and that is how the continents were formed

Question 5

What is are plate boundaries

Answer 5

The are where two plate lines (edges) meet

Question 6

What is the study of plate tectonics

Answer 6

Plate tectonics is the study of how the plates move and the effects of them moving

Question 9

Name the two plates that form the mid-Atlantic ridge

Answer 9

The Eurasian plate and the North American plate separating

Question 10

What is the core made from

Answer 10

Iron

Question 11

Where in the earth do the convection currents come from

Answer 11

The mantle

Question 12

What is it called when the plates move a little bit every year

Answer 12

Continental drift

Question 13

Name 3 things that could happen when plates collide

Answer 13

Earthquakes
Volcanoes
Fold mountains

Question 14

Name 3 things that could happen when plates separate

Answer 14

Volcanoes
Mid-ocean ridges
Earthquakes

Question 15

Name 3 things that could happen when plates slide past each other

Answer 15

Earthquakes