The Earth's Crust

Compared to the total size of the earth, the Earth's Crust is:

• Thin

• Thick

What is the Earth's crust made of?

• Water

• Soil

• Rock

• Lava

• Magma

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The crust is broken into:

• Islands

• Continents

• Oceans

• Tectonic Plates

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The tectonic plates.....

• don't move

• move a few centimetres per year

• move a few metres per year

• move a few kilometres per year.

Which is thicker?

• Oceanic Crust

• Continental Crust

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Tectonic plates meet at......

• Restaurants

• Boundaries

• Continents

• Oceans

• Islands

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Mid-Ocean Ridges, Trenches, Volcanoes and Earthquakes commonly occur at or near

• The middle of tectonic plates

• The borders/boundaries of tectonic plates

• Everywhere on land

• Everywhere under water

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What is a trench?

• An underwater mountain range

• A long deep valley or canyon in the ocean floor

• An opening in a planet's crust through which lava, ash, rock and gases erupt from a magma chamber.

• A part of the Earth's crust.

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What is a mid-ocean ridge?

• An underwater mountain range

• A long deep valley or canyon in the ocean floor

• An opening in a planet's crust through which lava, ash, rock and gases erupt from a magma chamber.

• A part of the Earth's crust.

What is a tectonic plate?

• An underwater mountain range

• A long deep valley or canyon in the ocean floor

• An opening in a planet's crust through which lava, ash, rock and gases erupt from a magma chamber.

• A part of the Earth's crust.

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