Tectonic Plates and Layers of the earth

What is the Biggest Plate?

• Eurasian Plate

• Pacific Plate

• African Plate

• Antarctic Plate

Which is the densest layer? (Mechanical)

• Oceanic Crust

• Outer Core

• Inner Core

• asthenosphere

What is the densest layer?(Continental)

• Crust

• Core

• Mantle

What is the smallest tectonic plate?

• Juan De Fuca Plate

• Pacific Plate

• Eurasian Plate

• North American Plate

What is it called when 2 plates bump into each other?

• Dividing

• Colliding

• Sliding

What is it called when to plates interact like shown in the photo?

• Sliding

• Dividing

• Colliding

How do tectonic plates move?

• They don’t

• The heat in the mesosphere and asthenospere

  (Mantle) slowly pushes the plates around the earth

• The rotation of the earth pushes the plates

• They move on their own

What is a effect of colliding tectonic plates?

• Earthquakes

• Hurricanes

• Volcanic Eruptions

• Monsoons

In which plate movement do fault lines form?

• Colliding

• Dividing

• Sliding

• Merging

What does compositional layer classification refer to?

• Classification of the physical features of the layer

• Classification of how dense it is

• Classification of how hot it is

• Classification by what it is made of