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Science6 Q4 Lesson 1, The Earth
Quiz by Alaiza Abel
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It is an area where two plates move apart leaving a gap between them.
It is an area where two plates move towards each other.
It is an area where two plates move past each other, sliding, scraping, and deforming the edges of continents.
When was the Continental Drift Theory by Aldred Wegener proposed?
What are the three theories that cause crustal movements?
What is the outermost layer made of materials that are lighter than the layers?
How thick is the Mantle?
The core is made up of?
The only planet that supports life?
What is the Earths three main parts?
The _____ are irregular in shape and unequal in size.
What theory was divided into 6 major plates and are believed to be slowly moving?
Why are theories made?
A ___ is the place where two plates meet
They are the rigid blocks or section of the Earth's crust.
The circular movement of the mantle is called
Magma from the center of the Earth wells to the surface and the old crusts is consumed at subduction zones, generally near the edges of plates, near volcanic arcs.
According to Wegener, ___ million years ago, there was a single supercontinent called Pangaea.
In ____, mid-oceanic ridges were discovered using an echo-sounding device like the sonar.
It is neither the largest nor the smallest planet in the universe. It does not have the highest or the lowest temperature, but it is the most unusual.
The ___ is thinner beneath the oceans, averaging less than 8 kilometers thick.Â
It is about 2 900 kilometers thick.Â
A type of crust that is made up of igneous, sedimentary, and metaphoric rocks.
It is separated by the Cocos plate and the Caribbean plate.Â
What core consists of liquid nickel and iron and is about 2 175 kilometers thick.
Scientists argued that no force could possibly plow whole continents through the bedrock of the ocean.
Magma is a hot melted rock from the center of the earth
No new crust is continually being formed.
A site where the old crust is being destroyed
It is the second layer of the earth. It is made of solid rock but has the consistency of hot asphalt.