Earth's Layers & Plate Tectonics

What type of plate boundary is pictured?

In this picture, what is labeled "D"?

The theory that continents move slowly over Earth’s surface & were one supercontinent:

In the picture, what is labeled "C"?

The Mid-Atlantic Ridge can be found at:

A convergent boundary occurs where two plates

What type of plate boundary is pictured?

This layer flows similar to a liquid, but is a solid

Which layer is solid due to the huge amounts of pressure.

Which is thinner and more dense: oceanic or continental crust?

The thinnest layer of the Earth is:

The ­­­­___ and ____ both make up the mantle and are involved in plate tectonics

What part of the Earth is labeled "A"?

Earth forms new crust at _______________ but crust is destroyed at ______________, so the Earth never increases in size.

A divergent boundary occurs where two plates

This causes Earth's plates to move:

In the picture, what is labeled "G"?

Both the inner and outer core is made of:

This information was the evidence that proved the theory of continental drift.

What type of plate boundary is pictured?

About 80 percent of Earth’s volume is made up of

A transform boundary occurs where two plates

The Mid-Atlantic Ridge can be found at:

These are rigid pieces of the lithosphere that float above the asthenosphere

Who proposed that the continents were once joined in a single super-continent?

Same fossils & matching rocks on different continents. Continents “fit” are all evidence of:

In this picture what is "F" ?

Alfred Wegener's Theory of Continental Drift was accepted by all scientists.

____ are caused by continent-continent convergence.

A ____ is where oceanic crust is pushed into the Earth by continental crust.

The name of the supercontinent:

Which layer of Earth’s interior is liquid?

Name of the famous transform boundary between the North American plate & the Pacific plate?

In the picture, what is labeled "A"?