Tectonic Plates

Question 1

What are the layers of the earth?

Answer 1

1st layer is the crust, 2nd layer is mantle, 3rd layer is the outer core and in the centre in the inner core

Question 2

What is the crust made of ?

Answer 2

Soil and solid rock

Question 3

What is the mantle made of ?

Answer 3

Magma or molten rock

Question 4

What is a constructive plate boundary? And what can it create?

Answer 4

It is when plates separate which leads magma to come up and create new land and it can create earthquakes, volcanoes and under sea mountains

Question 5

What is a destructive plate boundary? And what can it cause?

Answer 5

It is when two plates collide which causes subduction which destroys land it can cause earthquakes, fold mountains and tsunamis

Question 6

What are sliding plates? And what can they create?

Answer 6

Is is when two plates slide past each other which can create earthquakes

Question 7

Which plates are thicker continental plates or oceanic plates?

Answer 7

Continental plates are thicker

Question 8

What causes the plates to move?

Answer 8

Convection currents cause the plates to move