Geology Unit Test

Front

What are the two types of crust?

Back

continental and oceanic

Front

Where does sea-floor spreading take place?

Back

Mid-Oceanic Ridges

Front

What did Wegener call the single, large, landmass containing all of our current continents?

Back

Pangaea

Front

Name the boundary

Back

convergent boundary

Front

Name the boundary

Back

transform boundary

Front

Name the boundary: convergent boundary, divergent boundary, transform boundary, sergent boundary

Back

divergent boundary

Front

The circular pattern of heating, rising, cooling, sinking of magma in the mantle causing tectonic plates to move.

Back

Convection Currents

Front

What is the earth's outermost layer?

Back

Crust

Front

Why do major geologic events tend to occur in the Ring of Fire?

Back

Tectonic plate boundaries

Front

What is underground molten rock?

Back

Magma