SOL Review: Plate Tectonics, Earthquakes, & Virginia Provinces

Front

The part of the earth that includes the crust and the upper mantle and is split into tectonic plates is the

Back

lithosphere

Front

This layer is completely liquid: crust, inner core, mantle, outer core

Back

outer core

Front

Alfred Wegener's theory stating the continents were once joined in a large mass that broke apart is ___________.

Back

Continental Drift

Front

The process for new oceanic lithosphere forming at mid ocean ridges

Back

Seafloor Spreading

Front

The circular pattern of heating, rising, cooling, sinking of magma in the mantle causing tectonic plates to move.

Back

Convection Currents

Front

The Mid-Atlantic Ridge is formed at this type of boundary.

Back

Divergent

Front

Faults can occur at plate boundaries, near boundaries, and at other weakened areas of crust.

Back

True

Front

Continental crust is more dense than oceanic crust.

Back

False

Front

Hot spots are volcanically active areas that are not near tectonic plate boundaries.

Back

True

Front

The youngest material of the ocean floor is found at mid-ocean _________.

Back

ridges