Standard 2 Earth Science

The cause of movement of Earth's 8 major plates on which continents move very slowly is...

Convection currents cause mid ocean ridges to...

Places where plates slide past each other are called...

The different layers of material inside earth are caused by...

Places where plates are coming apart are called...

Another heat producing source from deep inside the Earth is...

The history of climate, organisms and land formations can be found by digging into the crust..

Why do you think the theory of CONTINENTAL DRIFT wasn't immediatly accepted?

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Mid ocean ridges occur...

Which of the following supports the theory of CONTINENTAL DRIFT?

Any fracture or system of fractures along which the Earth moves is called a ...

Unusually hot regions of Earth's mantle where high temperature magma rises to the surface are..

This fault is also known as a...

Most volcanoes form at...

This type of fault is called a ...

Since seismic waves travel through different materials at different speeds we can...

Where tectonic plates or fragments of the lithosphere move toward one another and collide.

A hot less dense liquid will rise above a cooler more dense liquid. This causes...

Regions of Earth's crust that are fractured into plates that move across a deeper softer mantle

Seafloor spreading would be found around...

Another bit of evidence that supports the theory of CONTINENTAL DRIFT? is...

Magnetic particles are reversed as they travel on both sides of the ocean floor Like tree rings

Heat generated by chemical reactions deep inside Earth is called...

The process by which planet's interiors are layered according to the density of its rocks is..

The sites of volcanic activity and earthquakes between the continents are called...