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WorksheetsPlate Tectonics
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 5hrs 0mins
How far do tectonic plates move each year?
Meters per year
Centimeters per year
Kilometers per year
Feet per year
Layer of solid rock that forms Earth's outer sin
Lithosphere
Crust
Mantle
Core
Layer Below The Crust
Mantle
Crust
Divergent Boundry
Plate Tectonics
Pick 2 parts of the mantle
Lithosphere
Lumosphere
Antosphere
Anthosphere
Layer of molten that sounds the inner core
(a)
Two Plates move apart, or diverge; usually occur at the mid ocean rige
Divergent boundry
Transform boundary
Convergent boundry
What sources did Wegener use for his hopothesis
landforms
fossles
climate
water
Alfred Wegener was the one that proved Pangaea existed
True
False
What causes frequent earthquake?
The Earth's core
a dense ball of solid metal
(a)
They use rocks from the middle of the earth as evidence
True
False
What are two ways Geologests determen the compositon of the Earth's interior
Rocky or rigid outer part of Earth consisting of the brittle crust and the top part of the upper mantle
Lithosphere
Oceanic Crust
Continental Crust
Asthenosphere
The thick part of the earth's crust that forms the large landmasses. It is generally older and more complex than the oceanic crust.
Oceanic Crust
Continental Crust
Magma
Inner Core
