Unit 2- Earth Dynamics

Front

What is the correct order (starting from the surface) of the Earth's layers?

Back

crust, mantle, outer core, inner core

Front

How do plates move at a divergent boundary?

Back

They move away from each other.

Front

How do plates move at a convergent boundary?

Back

They collide.

Front

What causes the movement of Earth's tectonic plates?

Back

Convection currents

Front

What is the difference between weathering and erosion?

Back

Erosion is the transportation (movement) of sediments; Weathering is the process of breaking down large rocks through natural processes

Front

Where do two tectonic plates meet?

Back

Fault

Front

What is the processes that create and change rock called?

Back

Rock Cycle

Front

Magma that reaches the surface flows from the volcano as?

Back

Lava

Front

When water and other minerals move through open spaces between larger sediments, gluing them together, occurs.

Back

Cementation

Front

What process is occurring at the mid-ocean ridge?

Back

New oceanic crust is created