Layers and Plates review

Where would you find a divergent boundary?

What is happening where the Nazca plate and the South American plate meet?

Plates slipping past each other

Where is the pressure the greatest?

What is convection

When will convection currents stop?

What causes the plates to move?

Plates moving apart

What type of boundary exists where the Himalayas are located?

Which of the following is evidence of plate movement

What indirect evidence do scientists use to learn about Earth's interior?

What is the theory of plate tectonics?

Two plates moving toward each other

Which type of crust is mostly granite?

The asthenosphere is

New crust does NOT form at

When a heavy oceanic plate gets pushed down by a lighter continental plate, it is called

What is the lithosphere made of?

Which layer is a solid ball of metal?

Why is the core hot?

What is the outermost layer of Earth?

Where would you find a transform boundary?

What evidence did Wegner have to support his theory?

Where would a rift valley form?