Earth's Layers and Plate Tectonics Review

In Image: A convergent boundary creating volcanic islands would be found at this letter.

The surface of the earth is made up of giant pieces of crust that move and are called __.

Crust is being destroyed at

Which of the following statements best describes the Earth's two types of crust?

Plates are sliding past each other

A transform fault is created with earthquakes near the surface at

Which letter on the map best represents a divergent boundary?

At the center of most oceans there exists mid-ocean ridges. These landforms are created by:

Some volcanoes form away from plate boundaries on their own. We call these locations:

Which layer of the Earth is believed to be in a liquid state?

Volcanoes and a trench are being formed by subduction at

Giant mountain ranges are being push upward at

New crust is being created at

At plate boundaries we see most of the world's ___.

The only layer of the Earth that mankind has actually seen with our eyes?

When oceanic crust meets continental crust, the oceanic crust is forced down below because

Which letter on the map best represents the location of a transform boundary?

Which layer of the Earth is a slow turning mass of rock, kind of like fudge?

According to the continental drift theory, a single, huge continent once existed called:

Which letter on the map best represents the location of a continental-continental convergence?

Convection (heat rising) is bringing melted mantle to the surface

Scientists today have mapped the Earth’s interior by using

Two piece of oceanic crust at this boundary type will make volcanic islands

Evidence that helped Alfred Wegener figure out that the continents had moved included

What force on earth is responsible for moving giant pieces of the crust?

Which letter on the map best represents where new crust is being made?

When two tectonic plates are spreading apart we call this boundary: