Earth Science CBA

What evidence did Wegner have to support continental drift?

The transfer of heat to an open space is?

What are the convection currents in the mantle?

Large wave formed by water displaced by an earthquake is called?

The transfer of heat by the movement of heated fluid is?

Which part of the core is made up of solid metal?

During an earthquake, the point on the surface directly above the focus is?

The longest chain of mountains in the world - mostly hidden under the ocean?

In which layer of the earth do sudden shifts cause earthquakes?

Which layer of the earth is the thickest?

Which layer of earth is most dense?

Which layer of the earth is made up of hot rock?

A deep valley that forms along a divergent boundary on land is called?

Whose idea is that the ocean floor moves like a conveyor belt and carries continents with it?

What type of volcano will erupt in the near future?

Vibrations that travel through Earth carrying the energy released during an earthquake?

Which part of the core is made up of liquid metal?

Who came up with the hypothesis that all the continents were once joined together?

The transfer of movement of energy from a warmer object to a cooler one is?

What are breaks in the earth's crust where rocks slip by one another?

Convection currents in the asthenosphere cause what to move?

Which is one type of plate boundary?

Where two plates move together or converge is called?

The transfer of heat through direct contact of the objects is?

The shaking and trembling that results from movement of rock beneath the earth's crust?

What are the four major layers of the Earth in order from the surface to the center?

Igneous rocks can be found near?