Plate Tectonics

Question 1

Name the layers of the Earth from innermost to outermost

Answer 1

Inner core, outer core, mantle, crust

Question 2

What does the lithosphere consist of?

Answer 2

Crust and upper most solid mantle

Question 3

What forces are responsible for movements of crustal plates

Answer 3

convection currents in the mantle and gravitational forces

Question 4

What is the name of the landmass that all of the Earth’s continents were once joined together

Answer 4

Pangea

Question 5

What is a convergent plate boundary

Answer 5

An area on Earth where two or more lithospheric (tectonics) plates collide

Question 6

What is a divergent plate boundary

Answer 6

An area on Earth where two or more lithospheric (tectonic) plates move away from each other

Question 7

What is a transform plate boundary

Answer 7

An area where tectonic plates slide sideways past each other

Question 8

What are the types of seismic waves

Answer 8

P, S, and L waves