Unit 3 Flashcardizz Mid-Term Review

Front

Which layer of the Earth is liquid Iron and Nickel?

Back

Outer Core

Front

Which layer of Earth is characterized by rock that is plastic or sticky, or soft enough to flow?

Back

Asthenosphere

Front

What is Plate Tectonics?

Back

Movement of the pieces of Earth's crust.

Front

Which crust subducts because it is denser than other crust?

Back

Oceanic crust.

Front

What does sea floor spreading create?

Back

New oceanic crust.

Front

What is the outermost layer of the Earth called?

Back

Crust.

Front

What is the solid part of the Earth that includes the crust and upper mantle?

Back

Lithosphere.

Front

What is the layer of the Earth beneath the crust?

Back

Mantle.

Front

What is the process by which one tectonic plate moves under another?

Back

Subduction.

Front

What is the theory that explains the movement of the Earth's plates?

Back

Plate Tectonics.