Flashcard on the Earth's Inner Core

Front

Where is the oceanic crust located?

Back

Beneath the ocean floor.

Front

What is a plate boundary where plates divide or move apart from one another?

Back

Divergent Boundary.

Front

What is Layer 3 of the Earth?

Back

Mantle.

Front

What type of plate boundary occurs when plates collide and one sinks below the other?

Back

Convergent (Subduction) Boundary.

Front

What is the Earth's outermost layer called?

Back

Lithosphere.

Front

What is the layer of the Earth that is semi-fluid and allows tectonic plates to move?

Back

Asthenosphere.

Front

What is the term for the boundary where two plates slide past each other?

Back

Transform Boundary.

Front

What is the Earth's innermost layer?

Back

Core.

Front

What is the process called when one tectonic plate moves under another?

Back

Subduction.

Front

What is the layer of the Earth between the crust and the core?

Back

Mantle.