Earth's Structure & Changes TEST Review

Front

What forms at a convergent plate boundary where two continental plates collide?

Back

Mountain range

Front

What happens to pressure as you go deeper into the Earth?

Back

Pressure increases.

Front

What occurs at a divergent boundary?

Back

Plates pull apart.

Front

How do temperature, pressure, and density change from the inner core to the crust?

Back

They all decrease.

Front

What organizes the divisions of geologic time from longest to shortest?

Back

Eons, eras, periods, epochs.

Front

What is the Earth's outermost layer called?

Back

Crust.

Front

What is the layer of the Earth between the crust and the core?

Back

Mantle.

Front

What is the innermost layer of the Earth?

Back

Inner core.

Front

What geological feature is formed at a subduction zone?

Back

Trench.

Front

What is the process called when one tectonic plate moves under another?

Back

Subduction.