Plate Tectonics

What is the plastic like layer the plates move on called? 

• Lithosphere
• Asthenosphere
• Compression 
• Plate boundaries 

What are large pieces of the Earth's crust called? 

• Compression 
• Tension 
• Plates 
• Plate Boundaries 

What are the edges where the plates meet called? 

• Plates
• Tension 
• Plate boundaries 
• Lithosphere 

What is it called when one plate sinks/slides under another plate? 

• Subduction 
• Tension 
• Compression 
• Plates 

What are the crack's in the Earth's crust called? 

• Compression 
• Tension 
• Plates 
• Faults 

What is the scientific word for move apart? 

• Lithosphere 
• Plates
• Tension 
• Asthenosphere

What is the scientific word for squeeze/move together? 

• Compression 
• Tension 
• Plate 
• Subduction 

What is the outer part of the Earth that includes the mantle and crust called? 

• Lithosphere
• Asthenosphere
• Plates
• Crust 

What is the outer (first) layer of the Earth called? 

• Crust  
• Mantle 
• Outer Core 
• Inner Core 

What is the portion of the Earth between the crust and the core called? 

• Crust  
• Mantle 
• Outer Core 
• Inner Core