plate tectonics

Question 1

crust

Answer 1

the outermost shell of a rocky planet

Question 2

mantle

Answer 2

a layer of molten rock between the crust and the core

Question 3

core

Answer 3

made up of mostly iron. separated into the outer core(molten)ad inner core(solid)

Question 4

tectonic plates

Answer 4

the layer of rock that makes up the outer part of the earth including the crust and upper mantle lithospheric plates

Question 5

continental drift theory

Answer 5

the theory that continents gradually drifted over time to their present positions

Question 6

asthenosphere

Answer 6

a thin layer of earth, about 150 miles thick, at the border between the mantle and the crust

Question 7

convection current

Answer 7

the process in which the hotter parts of gas or liquid rise to the top and cooler denser parts sink

Question 8

convergent boundary

Answer 8

when two tectonics plates come together

Question 9

mountains

Answer 9

uplift of crustal plates that for elevated landmasses

Question 10

volcanoes

Answer 10

a vent of fissure in earths surface through which magma and gases are expelled

Question 11

divergent boundary

Answer 11

when tectonic plates split apart

Question 12

transform boundary

Answer 12

when tectonic plates slide past each other

Question 13

fault

Answer 13

breaks in the rust the movemnt cause seismic waves which produces eathqaukes

Question 14

fault

Answer 14

breaks in the rust the movemnt cause seismic waves which produces earthquakes