Plate Tectonics

Question 1

crust

Answer 1

The outermost shell of a rocky planet

Question 2

Mantle

Answer 2

Layer of molten rock between the crust and core

Question 3

Core

Answer 3

Made up of mostly Iron. Separated into the outer core

Question 4

Tectonic plate

Answer 4

The lawers of rock that makes up of the Earth including the crust and upper

Question 5

Continental drift theroy

Answer 5

The Theory That Continental gradually drifted over time to their prese

Question 6

Asthenosphere

Answer 6

A thin layer of earth about 150 miles thick at the border between the mantle and the earth

Question 7

Convection Current

Answer 7

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

Question 8

Convergent Boundary

Answer 8

When two tectonics plate come together

Question 9

Mountains

Answer 9

Uplift of crystal plates that form elevated landmasses above land

Question 10

Volcanos

Answer 10

A vent or fissure in Earths surface through which magma and gases are expelled

Question 11

Fault

Answer 11

Breaks in the crust The movement causes seismic waves witch produces earthquakes

Question 12

Mid-Ocean Ridge

Answer 12

A Long ridge of underwater volcanoes between to diverging Ocean plates

Question 13

Subduction zone

Answer 13

A place one tectonic plate sinks under another

Question 14

Rift Valley

Answer 14

A long narrow valley between two continental plates