WorksheetsMarine Bio Unit 1 Vocabulary
Total questions: 11
Worksheet time: 6mins
What is the outermost layer of the Earth?
Crust
Mantle
Asthenosphere
Outer core
What is made up of the crust and the top part of the mantle?
Asthenosphere
Lithosphere
Hydrosphere
Biosphere
What is the layer of the upper mantle that lies below the lithosphere?
Inner core
Outer core
Subduction zone
Asthenosphere
What is the semi-liquid region found between the crust and the core of the Earth?
Mantle
Subduction zone
Rift
Trench
What is the innermost layer of the Earth?
Outer core
Inner core
Lithosphere
Asthenosphere
What is it called when there is a crack in the Earth's crust where two plates are moving past each other
Fault
Rift
Ridge
Trench
What do we call the movement of continental masses on the surface of the Earth?
Plate tectonics
Continental drift
Subduction
Seafloor spreading
What do we call the process by which large plates move around on the surface of the Earth?
Subduction
Plate tectonics
Seafloor spreading
Osmosis
What do we call the formation of new seafloor as it moves away from the spreading centers of mid-ocean ridges?
Plate tectonics
Subduction
Seafloor spreading
Osmosis
What is the movement resulting from heat being transferred in a fluid, such as the heat-driven motion in the Earth's mantle?
Convection
Conductivity
Osmosis
Subduction
What is the downward movement of a plate into the mantle that occurs in trenches?
Seafloor spreading
Subduction
Convection
Continental drift
