Science Review: Plate Tectonics and Continental Drift | Baamboozle - Baamboozle

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This states the mechanism for HOW the continents move. (Continental Drift or Plate Tectonics)

Plate Tectonics

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This states that the continents move over time. (Continental Drift or Plate Tectonics)

Continental Drift Theory

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True or False: Wegener said that the mountains (rocks) in North America line up with mountains (rocks) in northern Europe.

True

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What layer is located in between the crust and the core?

The mantle

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What is the underlying force that drives plate tectonics?

Convection Currents

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What name did Wegener give the supercontinent in his Continental Drift Theory?

Pangaea

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Convection currents are powered by ___.

Heat from the Earth's Core

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The majority of earthquakes and volcanoes occur along _____.

Plate Boundaries

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Convection currents occur in which layer of the Earth?

Mantle

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made up of the oceanic crust, the continental crust and the rocky outer layer of the mantle; it is broken into plates which float on the top part of the mantle and move a few centimeters every year.

Lithosphere

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the soft and plastic layer in Earth's upper mantle

Asthenosphere

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What is the layer at the center of the Earth called?

Core

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What causes Earthquakes?

movement of the tectonic plates

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Which layer of the Earth do you stand on?

The crust

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