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INSIDE THE EARTH
REVIEW
COMPLIMENTS OF MS. SINGLETON
What is the
outermost layer of
the Earth called?
LITHOSPHERE
What type of fault
usually occurs
because of
compression?
REVERSE
Where does seafloor spreading take
place?
MID-OCEAN
RIDGES
A possible result of
plates moving along a
transform boundary
is ………..
EARTHQUAKES
In a reverse fault,
where does the
hanging wall more
relative to the
footwall?
UPWARD
What is the liquid
layer of the Earth’s
core called?
OUTER CORE
New oceanic
lithosphere forms as
a result of…….
SEA-FLOOR
SPREADING
When an object is
squeezed, this type
of stress is called
what?
COMPRESSION
What is the outside
layer of the Earth?
CRUST
In a normal fault,
where does the
hanging wall move
relative to the
footwall?
DOWNWARD
What is the surface
of a broken rock
layer called?
FAULT
This is where two
plates are moving
away from each
other…..
DIVERGENT
BOUNDARY
What is the Earth’s
liquid layer called?
INNER CORE
What is the layer of
rock that comprises
67% of Earth’s mass?
MANTLE
What are examples
of REVERSE and
NORMAL types?
FAULTS
this is where 2
plates collide
CONVERGENT
BOUNDARY
What is the layer of
Earth that is made
mostly of iron?
CORE
Wegener thought
that all the
continents were once
together in one large
continent was
called….
PANGAEA
What is the bending
of rock layers
because of stress…..
FOLDING
What is the layer
called that is made
of solid rock that
slowly flows?
ASTHENOSPHERE
What is the last
supercontinent?
PANGAEA
What is the thinnest
physical layer of the
Earth?
LITHOSPHERE
What are the pieces
of the lithosphere
called?
TECTONIC PLATES
What is the process
of moving layers of
rock by heating and
cooling?
CONVECTION
What is the layer of
flowing rock?
ASTHENOSPHERE
What type of fault
usually occurs
because of tension?
NORMAL
What does the
tectonic plates
consist of?
BOTH
CONTINENTAL AND
OCEANIC CRUST
What is the thin,
solid outermost layer
above the mantle
called?
CRUST
What provides
evidence for
continental drift?
SEA-FLOOR SPREADING
FOSSIL RECORD
MAGNETIC REVERSALS
What is the bending
of a rock layer
called?
FOLD
What is the area
where 2 tectonic
plates meet called?
BOUNDARY
What is a possible
result of plates
moves along a
transform boundary?
EARTHQUAKES
Where do two plates
collide?
CONVERGENT
BOUNDARY
What helps to
measure the
thickness of the
Earth?
SEISMIC WAVES
.This is where the
oceanic lithosphere
slides downhill due to
gravity…
RIDGE PUSH
This is where denser
oceanic lithosphere
sinks beneath
continental
lithosphere…
Slab pull
this is where two
plates are moving
horizontally past
each other
TRANSFORM
BOUNDARY
23 What is the lower
part of the mantle?
MESOSPHERE
What is the rigid
layer that makes up
the crust and upper
mantle?
LITHOSPHERE