PLATE TECTONICS (GEOLOGICAL OCEANOGRAPHY)

Question 1

What is Plate Tectonics?

Answer 1

Forces or conditions within the earth that cause the movement of the crust

Question 2

What is the distance from the core to the earth’s crust?

Answer 2

8840km

Question 3

What are the three layers of Earth?

Answer 3

crust, mantle, core

Question 4

What are the two types of crust?

Answer 4

oceanic and continental

Question 5

Layer of the earth composed of relatively low density rocks, mostly various silicate

Answer 5

crust

Question 6

What is the layer with the largest volume and is composed of high density iron and magnesium silicate rocks?

Answer 6

Mantle

Question 7

What is the layer of the earth with the highest density metal with mostly iron and nickel?

Answer 7

Core

Question 8

What is the outermost layer which includes the crust and topmost part of the mantle?

Answer 8

Lithosphere

Question 9

What are the characteristics of the Lithosphere?

Answer 9

Cool, rigid, brittle, and are involved in plate tectonic motion

Question 10

What is the plastic layer of the earth called?

Answer 10

Asthenosphere

Question 11

What does the plastic Asthenosphere do?

Answer 11

It flows when gradual force is applied to it.