Earth Science Ch 1 Test Review

Choose the three layers of the earth from the list below.

• ocean
• core
• mantle
• crust
• lithosphere

The earth's ____________ is divided into large sections that fit together like puzzle pieces

• crust
• core
• atmosphere
• lithosphere

Explain the theory of Continental Drift.

minerals in the form of hot liquid rock; found in the earth's mantle

• earthquake
• magma
• boundary

a large section of the earth's crust

• magma
• boundary
• tectonic plate

the edge of a tectonic plate where it meets other plates

• earthquake
• boundary
• volcano

a cone-shaped mountain that forms around a vent where magma is forced to the surface

• volcano
• earthquake
• boundary

the shaking of rock in the earth's crust

• volcano
• magma
• earthquake

the outermost layer, or surface, of the earth

• crust
• lithosphere
• mountains

the process of forming new oceanic crust

• convection currents
• volcanoes
• seafloor spreading