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Plate tectonics Flashcards

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1
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Is the INNER CORE of the Earth solid or liquid?

A

Solid

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What is the MANTEL made of?

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Magma

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Name a type of crust!

A

Oceanic, Continental

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Which type of crust is denser, Oceanic or Continental?

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Oceanic

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What rock is formed on the ocean floor?

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Basalt (an igneous rock)

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What is the name of the point where earthquakes begin INSIDE the crust?

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The focus

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What is the name of the centre of the earthquake on the earths surface?

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Epicentre

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What is the type of wave energy that travels towards the surface during an earthquake?

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Seismic waves

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Name the instrument used to measure earthquakes

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Seismometer

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10
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What is the scale used to measure earthquakes

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Richter scale

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What is the name of the tectonic plate in europe?

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The eurasian plate

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12
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The San Andreas Fault is which type of plate boundary?

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Transform boundary

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13
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Name a place where a hotspot can be found?

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Somewhere where the crust is thin like Iceland

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14
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Do volcanoes occur at destructive plate boundaries?

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Yes

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15
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What are 2 types of volcanoes?

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Shield and Strato

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What is the name of the cloud of hot ash and rock that travels down the side of a volcano?

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Pyroclastic flow

17
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Where is magma stored beneath the surface?

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The magma chamber

18
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What is the name for a volcano that is “sleeping”

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Dorment

19
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What is a convergent boundary?

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When to plates are moving towards each other

20
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What is a transform boundary?

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When two plates are side by side moving in opposite directions

21
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What is a divergent boundary?

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Where two plates move away from one another

22
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Name the four layers of the earth!

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Crust, Mantel, Outer Core, Inner core

23
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How big is the crust usually?

A

50km

24
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Name a second type of destructive boundary!

A

Subductive

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