Plate Tectonics by Mr E (EFL do * only)

*Crust

• a thin shell on the outside of Earth

• the innermost geologic layer of planet Earth

• a layer of silicate rock between the crust and the outer core

• a fluid layer about 2,260 km thick, composed of mostly iron and nickel that lies above Earth's solid inner core and below its mantle

*Outer core

• a thin shell on the outside of Earth

• the innermost geologic layer of planet Earth

• a layer of silicate rock between the crust and the outer core

• a fluid layer about 2,260 km thick, composed of mostly iron and nickel that lies above Earth's solid inner core and below its mantle

*Mantle

• a thin shell on the outside of Earth

• the innermost geologic layer of planet Earth

• a layer of silicate rock between the crust and the outer core

• a fluid layer about 2,260 km thick, composed of mostly iron and nickel that lies above Earth's solid inner core and below its mantle

*Inner core

• a thin shell on the outside of Earth

• the innermost geologic layer of planet Earth

• a layer of silicate rock between the crust and the outer core

• a fluid layer about 2,260 km thick, composed of mostly iron and nickel that lies above Earth's solid inner core and below its mantle

*Choose ALL answers that are NOT caused by tectonic activity.

• Hurricanes

• Droughts in the dessert

• Landslides

• Global warming

• Island formation

*Type true or false: Tectonic plates are giant slabs in Earth's crust and lithosphere .

*What are we seeing here?

• The rock cycle

• Transverse boundary

• The San Francisco earthquake simulation

• Convection currents

*What are we seeing here?

• The rock cycle

• Divergent boundary

• Convergent boundary

• Convection currents

*What are we seeing here?

• The rock cycle

• Divergent boundary

• Convergent boundary

• Convection currents

When two plates that have been _______ together suddenly break free. We experience the release of this energy as a/an _________.

• frozen / tsunami

• stuck / aftershock

• stuck / earthquake

• sliding / volcano