What is an oceanic-continental subduction?

Oceanic crust sinks under continental crust

What occurs in the tranform boundary?

Plates Scraping Past Each Other

What is a convection current?

A motion that transfers heat energy into a material

What do divergent boundaries create?

Above water volcanoes, Under water volcanoes

What is the order of the tectonic plates from hottest to coolest?

Inner Core, Outer Core, Mantle, Crust

What is the theory of plate tectonics?

the lithosphere is made up of moving plates on its surface

Covergent, Divergent, and Transform

studbud

Plate Tectonics and Pangea By Rachel

18 termsStudBud Administration620 plays

Pangea and plate tectonics

Flashcards18 cardsFPractice quizPHost liveL

Questions 18

Answers

1
What is the Earth's thinnest layer?
Outer Core
Crust
Inner Core
Mantle
2
What is an oceanic-continental subduction?
Oceanic crust sinks under continental crust
Continental crust sinks under oceanic crust
Crust stops moving
Crust goes in different directions
3
Is the Earth "ever-changing"?
No
Yes
4
What is the Earth's thickest layer?
Crust
Inner Core
Mantle
Outer Core
5
What is the Earth's hottest layer?
Mantle
Inner Core
Crust
Outer Core
6
What bounday does the picture show?
Transform
Convergent
Divergent
Insurgent
7
What occurs in the tranform boundary?
Plates Separting
Plates Scraping Past Each Other
Plates Not Moving
Plates Colliding
8
Where is the lithosphere located?
Upper crust
Inner core
Top part of mantle
Mid outer core
9
Is this a picture of Pangea?
No
Yes
10
Who came up with the continental drift theory?
Alfred Wegner
Pythagoris
Albert Einstien
Leonardo Divinci
11
What is a convection current?
A motion that transfers heat energy into a material
Tectonic plates creating new crust
Underwater mountain ranges
Heated rocks
12
What do divergent boundaries create?
Above water volcanoes
Mountains
Under water volcanoes
Minor and unimportant cracks in the Earth
13
Based on the arrows, where do dense items go in the Earth's center?
Middle
Down
Up
Left
14
What is the red part of the Earth?
Lithosphere
Crust
Inner Core
Mantle
15
What are the two types of crust?
Jupiter and athenosphere
Continental and oceanic
Oceanic and pacific
Northern and southern
16
What is the order of the tectonic plates from hottest to coolest?
Outer Core, Crust, Inner Core, Mantle
Inner Core, Outer Core, Mantle, Crust
Inner Core, Outer Core, Crust, Mantle
Inner Core, Mantle, Outer Core, Crust
17
What is the theory of plate tectonics?
Convection currents push in a cycle
Pangea was a supercontinent long ago
Continental drift is real
the lithosphere is made up of moving plates on its surface
18
Name the Boundaries
Rift Valley and Ocean Ridges
Crust, Mantle, and Core
Divergent, Conform, and Tranformation
Covergent, Divergent, and Transform

Plate Tectonics and Pangea By Rachel Flashcards | StudBud