Unit 3 Vocabulary Quiz Science

Earth's thin outer shell (compositional)

• Crust

• Core

• Mantle

• Lithosphere

• Asthenosphere

Compositional layer below the crust

• Crust

• Core

• Mantle

• Lithosphere

• Asthenosphere

Center of the Earth

• Crust

• Core

• Mantle

• Lithosphere

• Asthenosphere

Outermost physical layer of Earth

• Crust

• Core

• Mantle

• Lithosphere

• Asthenosphere

Solid, thick layer of mantle material below the lithosphere

• Crust

• Core

• Mantle

• Lithosphere

• Asthenosphere

Waves of energy released by earthquakes that travel through rock

• Seismic Wave

• Plate Tectonics

• Sea-floor spreading

• Convection Current

• Convergent Boundary

Theory that states the Earth's surface is divided into giant moving slabs called tectonic plates

• Seismic Wave

• Plate Tectonics

• Sea-floor spreading

• Convection Current

• Convergent Boundary

Process by which new seafloor is formed

• Seismic Wave

• Plate Tectonics

• Sea-floor spreading

• Convection Current

• Convergent Boundary

Movement of matter that results from differences in density

• Seismic Wave

• Plate Tectonics

• Sea-floor spreading

• Convection Current

• Convergent Boundary

Tectonic plates move towards each other and collide

• Seismic Wave

• Plate Tectonics

• Sea-floor spreading

• Convection Current

• Convergent Boundary