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True or False
Tectonic plates consists of both
Continental and oceanic crust.
True
Name the theory that suggests that
a single, huge continent once existed.
Pangaea
Name the theory that explains
why continents move.
Continental
Drift Theory
The fact that similar fossils are
found on both sides of the ocean
is evidence of ….?
Continental
Drift
Which crust is thinner and why?
Oceanic or Continental
Oceanic because the
weight of the water
pushes down on it
Name the four layers of Earth.
Crust, Mantle, Outer
core, and Inner Core
The core consists mainly of…
iron
What is the liquid layer of the Earth’s
core called?
Outer Core
What is the outermost layer of
the Earth called?
Lithosphere
The deep interior of the earth
can be mapped using…
Seismic
Waves
What is the area where two
tectonic plates meet called?
Boundary
A boundary that forms when two
tectonic plates separate is called…
A divergent
boundary
Describe a convergent boundary
A boundary that forms
when two tectonic
plates collide/ come
together
Explain in your own
words how the convection
currents affect the mantle
and the crust.
Heating and cooling of magma
moves the magma around and
makes the crust move too.
An earthquake is caused by
movement at what type of boundary?
Transform
Name the special instrument
used to measure seismic waves.
Seismograph
A large wave trigger by an ocean
floor earthquake is called a…
Tsunami
The exact place that an earthquake
begins is called the focus or
epicenter.
Focus
The Richter scale measures the
_________ of an earthquake.
Strength/
Magnitude
Where are earthquake most likely
to occur?
Along plate
boundaries
A cone-shaped mountain with a vent
where magma is forced out is
called a…
Volcano
A volcano that has not erupted
in a long time is called an __________.
Dormant
volcano
What is the earth’s lithosphere
made of?
Crust and
upper part of
the mantle
Another name for the earth’s
crust is ___________.
Lithosphere.
Name the scientist that came up with
The theory of continental drift.
Alfred
Wegener