Geoscience Vocabulary Flashcard

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What is an earthquake?

Back

An earthquake is when tectonic plates slide against each other causing the earth to move.

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What geological feature is associated with transform boundaries?

Back

Earthquakes are associated with transform boundaries.

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What type of fossils did Wegener notice on two different continents?

Back

Wegener noticed plants and animals fossils on two different continents.

Front

What is the correct order of Earth’s layers starting from the surface?

Back

The correct order is crust, mantle, outer core, inner core.

Front

What type of plate boundary is characterized by plates moving towards each other?

Back

This is a convergent plate boundary.

Front

What is the outermost layer of the Earth called?

Back

The outermost layer of the Earth is called the crust.

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What is the mantle?

Back

The mantle is the layer of the Earth located between the crust and the outer core.

Front

What causes tectonic plates to move?

Back

Tectonic plates move due to convection currents in the mantle.

Front

What is a divergent boundary?

Back

A divergent boundary is where two tectonic plates move away from each other.

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What is a convergent boundary?

Back

A convergent boundary is where two tectonic plates move towards each other.