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Earth:Layers & Tecto
Earth: Layers & Tectonic Plates
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| A metal _____ bearing (solid) suspended in oil (liquid) would be an excellent representation of the inner and outer core of the Earth. | ball |
| An accurate feature to include in a model of Earth would be a _____ outer core below the mantle. | liquid |
| A student constructs as clay model of Earth to show its layers, the model should have the same _____ as the real Earth. | positions |
| The layer of Earth that is broken up into giant moving _____ is the Lithosphere. | plates |
| Earth's _____ are evidence that , over time, Earth has gradually cooled into a solid. | layers |
| A good description of the changes one would see when moving from the Earth's crust downward to the outer core is the _____ would change from least to most dense | density |
| The best description of the characteristics of the asthenosphere is _____, but flowing. | solid |
| The Earth's layer that would best be modeled as a metallic sphere is the _____ core. | inner |
| The layer of Earth, where pressure is higher and behaves more like a solid near the top, and more like a liquid near the _____, is the mantle. | bottom |
| The _____ is the layer where oceans, and other bodies or water, are found. | crust |
| The _____ is located directly below the lithosphere. | asthenosphere |
| The asthenosphere can best be descripted as _____ rock that moves the crust. | dense |
| The primary process that turns sediments into sedimentary rocks is the upper _____ of sediment, pressing down on lower layers of deposited sediment. | layers |
| A mountain _____ would most likely occur where two continental plates converge. | formation |
| When _____ plates pull away form each other, ridge or sea floor spreading will occur. | tectonic |
| Movement between the Pacific Plate and the North American Plate create the San Andreas Fault in _____, this is an example of transform boundaries. | California |
| Volcanos form when subduction occurs at a _____ boundary. | convergent |
| When two tectonic plates are sliding past each other this is an example of _______ boundary. | transform |
| The formation of the Mid-Atlantic Ridge is an example of a _____ boundary. | divergent |
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