Inside Earth and Plate Boundaries

Front

What is the difference between the lithosphere and the asthenosphere that makes up the mantle?

Back

The lithosphere is made of solid rock that forms the crust while the asthenosphere is more flexible hot rock that moves slowly just under the crust.

Front

What plate boundary do you see? Options: Transform, Convergent

Back

Convergent

Front

At deep ocean trenches, seafloor is pushed back down into the earth where it will be “recycled” again someday as new earth. This process is called:

Back

Subduction

Front

What type of boundary do you see?

Back

Transform

Front

_____________________________ currents within the mantle cause the earth’s plates to move and shift as molten material rises and falls due to density and gravity.

Back

Convection

Front

Earth’s magnetic field is caused by movement of metals within the outer core of the planet and causes a compass to always point north.

Back

True

Front

The rising and falling of the rock and magma on the inside of the earth can cause ________________________ on the surface of the earth.

Back

All the above

Front

What plate boundary do you see?

Back

Divergent

Front

When two continental boundaries converge they form _____________________________ on land.

Back

Mountains

Front

What famous transform boundary is located in California?

Back

San Andreas Fault