INSIDE THE EARTH REVIEW COMPLIMENTS OF MS. SINGLETON
What is the outermost layer of the Earth called?
LITHOSPHERE
What type of fault usually occurs because of compression?
REVERSE
Where does sea- floor spreading take place?
MID-OCEAN RIDGES
A possible result of plates moving along a transform boundary is ………..
EARTHQUAKES
In a reverse fault, where does the hanging wall more relative to the footwall?
UPWARD
What is the liquid layer of the Earth’s core called?
OUTER CORE
New oceanic lithosphere forms as a result of…….
SEA-FLOOR SPREADING
When an object is squeezed, this type of stress is called what?
COMPRESSION
What is the outside layer of the Earth?
CRUST
In a normal fault, where does the hanging wall move relative to the footwall?
DOWNWARD
What is the surface of a broken rock layer called?
FAULT
This is where two plates are moving away from each other…..
DIVERGENT BOUNDARY
What is the Earth’s liquid layer called?
INNER CORE
What is the layer of rock that comprises 67% of Earth’s mass?
MANTLE
What are examples of REVERSE and NORMAL types?
FAULTS
this is where 2 plates collide
CONVERGENT BOUNDARY
What is the layer of Earth that is made mostly of iron?
CORE
Wegener thought that all the continents were once together in one large continent was called….
PANGAEA
What is the bending of rock layers because of stress…..
FOLDING
What is the layer called that is made of solid rock that slowly flows?
ASTHENOSPHERE
What is the last supercontinent?
PANGAEA
What is the thinnest physical layer of the Earth?
LITHOSPHERE
What are the pieces of the lithosphere called?
TECTONIC PLATES
What is the process of moving layers of rock by heating and cooling?
CONVECTION
What is the layer of flowing rock?
ASTHENOSPHERE
What type of fault usually occurs because of tension?
NORMAL
What does the tectonic plates consist of?
BOTH CONTINENTAL AND OCEANIC CRUST
What is the thin, solid outermost layer above the mantle called?
CRUST
What provides evidence for continental drift?
SEA-FLOOR SPREADING FOSSIL RECORD MAGNETIC REVERSALS
What is the bending of a rock layer called?
FOLD
What is the area where 2 tectonic plates meet called?
BOUNDARY
What is a possible result of plates moves along a transform boundary?
EARTHQUAKES
Where do two plates collide?
CONVERGENT BOUNDARY
What helps to measure the thickness of the Earth?
SEISMIC WAVES
.This is where the oceanic lithosphere slides downhill due to gravity…
RIDGE PUSH
This is where denser oceanic lithosphere sinks beneath continental lithosphere…
Slab pull
this is where two plates are moving horizontally past each other
TRANSFORM BOUNDARY
23 What is the lower part of the mantle?
MESOSPHERE
What is the rigid layer that makes up the crust and upper mantle?
LITHOSPHERE