Tectonicon Review WMS

Divergent boundaries move which direction?

Which answer supports the idea that all continents were once connected?

This layer is made of molten nickel and iron

lava is located above earth's surface

Movement in this layer causes continental shift

The hottest layer of the earth

The thickest layer of the earth

Which two words are the KEY WORDS to remembering what "divergent boundaries" are?

Folded mountains are caused by convergent boundaries.

What causes continental drift AND sea floor spreading?

The inner cores is molten.

The lithosphere is part of the crust.

The crust is the coolest layer of the earth

Earthquakes cause continental shifts.

The thinnest section of Earth's crust

What allows tectonic plates to move across the mantle?

What is the name of the Fault line in Arkansas?

What are the KEY WORDS to remembering what a "convergent boundary" is?

Where do you find magma?

There are ____________ main layers to the earth.

The supercontinent is called

This layer of earth is molten and semi-molten rock

What layer of earth holds magma?

In ocean floor spreading, newer rock is located where?

What movement formed the mid-ocean ridge?

which is NOT caused by heat and pressure at the Earth's core?

What do the tectonic plates sit on top of?

Earthquakes and volcanoes usually occur near plate boundaries.

Convergent boundaries move

Put the layers of the Earth in order from outside to inside.