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19 Cards in this Set
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Name the three basic layers of the Earth from outermost layer to innermost. |
Crust, Mantle, Core |
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Name the 5 physical layers of the Earth from the outermost to the innermost. |
Lithosphere Asthenosphere Mesosphere Outer Core Inner Core |
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What are the two types of crust? |
Continental Oceanic |
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Which type of crust is thinner and denser? |
Oceanic |
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True or False: The inner core is liquid |
False The inner core is solid |
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True or False: The outer core is liquid |
True |
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True or False: Tectonic plates are part of the mesosphere |
False Tectonic plates are part of the lithospherw |
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True or False: Tectonic plates move around on the asthenosphere |
True |
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Who developed the continental drift theory? |
Alfred Wegner |
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What is the name of the last super continent? |
Pangaea |
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Describe two pieces of evidence that support Wegner's theory |
Matching fossils on opposite coastlines Matching rocks and minerals on opposite coastlines Matching mountain ranges on opposite coastlines Matching glacier markings Continents look like they fit together |
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When two plates move together or collide this is called ______ |
Convergent |
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When two plates separate this is called _______ |
Divergent |
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When two plates move side by side this is called a ________ boundry |
Transform |
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What does plate movement at a transform boundary cause? |
Earthquakes |
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What does plate movement at a continental-continental convergent plate boundary cause? |
Mountains |
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What does plate movement at an oceanic-oceanic divergent plate boundary cause? |
sea floor spreading or under water mountains |
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What does plate movement at a continental-continental divergent boundary cause? |
Rift valleys |
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What plate boundary creates volcanoes? |
continental-oceanic convergent |
