What happens at a divergent boundaries?

The plates pull away creating a mid ocean ridge

What is the Continental Drift theory?

Continets have moved and are still moving.

All of the continents were one super continent.

What is a plate boundary and how many types are there?

A place where plates meet; 3 types

What happens at a transform boundary?

The plates slide past each other, causing an Earthquake

What happens at a convergent boundary?

One plate dives under another plate, forming mountains.

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1
Where is the asthenosphere?
Crust and upper mantle
Middle of mantle
Below the lithosphere
2
How does igneous rock form?
Applied heat and pressure
Cooled molten rock
Pressed sediments
3
What happens at a divergent boundaries?
The plates pull away creating a mid ocean ridge
The plates push together creating volcanoes
4
What is the Continental Drift theory?
Continets have moved and are still moving.
Continents have moved but are no longer moving.
Continents have stayed in the same place forever
5
What are all rocks made out of?
Rocks
Vitamins
Minerals
Dirt
6
Which Earth layer is the thickest?
The Universe
Crust
Outer Core
Mantle
7
How many Earth layers are there?
4
525,600
1
5
8
Where are the plates located?
Top of outer core
Upper mantle
Top of crust
Lower mantle
9
What was Pangea?
An exotic animal that lived in the Amazon
All of the continents were one super continent.
The continents drifting apart to form 7 continents
10
Who came up with the theory of continental drift?
James Madison
James Watson
Alfred Wegener
Francis Crick
11
Where is the mesosphere?
Upper mantle and crust
Below the lithosphere
Middle mantle
12
What is a plate boundary and how many types are there?
A place where plates drift apart;4 types
A place where plates meet; 3 types
A place where plates meet; 4 types
A place where landforms are created; 4 types
13
What happens at a transform boundary?
The plates pull from each other creating a mid ocean ridge
The plates slide past each other, causing an Earthquake
14
What happens at a convergent boundary?
One plate dives under another plate, forming mountains.
Plates pull away causing new crust to form.
The plates slide past each other, causing earthquakes.
15
Which layer is completely solid?
Outer Core
Mantle
Crust
Inner Core
16
Where is the lithosphere?
Inner Core
Crust and upper mantle
Middle mantle

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