Earth's Structure and Plate Tectonics...

Question 1

What plate boundary is being shown?

Accepted Answer

convergent boundary

Question 2

Sea floor spreading is the result of what plate boundary?

Accepted Answer

divergent boundary

Question 3

Convection currents occur in which layer of the Earth?

Accepted Answer

mantel

Question 4

What happens when the energy from the Earth is released?

Accepted Answer

volcanic eruptions, shifts in the earth, earthquakes

Question 5

The Inner Core is what state of matter?

Accepted Answer

solid

Question 6

Which are ALL examples of landforms?

Accepted Answer

volcano, valley, trench

Question 7

What are characteristics of landforms?

Accepted Answer

they take a long time to form, are the result of shifts in the earth, are shaped by movement of the plates

Question 8

There are several earthquakes daily.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 9

What is NOT one of the evidence Alfred Wegener proposed.

Accepted Answer

satellite images

Question 10

Convection currents are caused by __________________?

Accepted Answer

temperature changes

Question 11

What creates energy that moves the tectonic plates?

Accepted Answer

convection current

Question 12

Alfred Wegner proposed the theory of ___________ ____________?

Accepted Answer

continental drift

Question 13

A geologist study?

Accepted Answer

solid and liquid matter of Earth

Question 14

The Outer Core is what state of matter?

Accepted Answer

liquid, solid

Question 15

Subduction, when one plate goes underneath another, happens at what boundary?

Accepted Answer

convergent boundary

Question 16

What is moving through the Earth from the inner core to the other layers of the Earth?

Accepted Answer

energy

Question 17

The Earth's Inner Core is made of?

Accepted Answer

metal

Question 18

How many tectonic plates does Earth have?

Accepted Answer

14-17

Question 19

Which layer do we live on?

Accepted Answer

crust

Question 20

What plate boundary is being shown?

Accepted Answer

transform boundary

Question 21

True of False: Tectonic Plates are constantly moving?

Accepted Answer

True

Question 22

What plate boundary is being shown?

Accepted Answer

divergent boundary

Question 23

What are seismic waves?

Accepted Answer

wave of energy generated at the focus of an earthquake

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