Earth's Interior

The mantle has 3 different sections. What is the correct order from the outer layer to the inner layer?

Earth's outer skin made of solid rock is called the _______

Which layer of Earth’s interior is liquid?

The layer of the Mantle that would include the transition zone between the lower mantle and the outer core. 

 What process would a sedimentary rock have to encounter to become metamorphic? 

The two processes that scientists used to determine the composition of the Earth

The hypothesis that continents were once together in a large land mass and then moved apart is called

 Subduction takes place at  

The deeper down inside the Earth, 

This causes Earth's plates to move:

The thinnest layer of the Earth is:

What is the correct order (starting from the surface) of Earth's layers?

A transform boundary occurs where two plates

Long chains of mountains rising up from the ocean floor at a divergent boundary create

Which type of rock forms from compaction of sediment?

Which information does a scientist need to most accurately determine the age of a rock? 

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

The Theory that continents were once joined together and slowly broke apart was developed by

A canyon on the ocean floor that bends downward is called

A divergent boundary occurs where two plates

The process of one tectonic plate sinking beneath another tectonic plate is called

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

The name of the supercontinent:

The theory that Earth's crust is broken into pieces that are in slow, constant motion is called

According the the law of Superposition, which layer has the oldest fossil?

The core of the Earth is made mostly of which two metals? 

A convergent boundary occurs where two plates

Which is NOT a process that will reshape Earth's surface?