Science is wonderful, Earth Edition

How many layers does Earth have?

• 4
• 7

• 9

• 3

(a)   causes continental drift.

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Plate Tectonics

What different plate movements cause which creation?

Groups:

(a) Divergent Boundaries

,

(b) Subduction Zones

,

(c) Trasform Boundaries

,

(d) Convergent Boundaries

• ocean trenches

• Volcanos

• Earthquakes

• Mountains

• oceanic spreading ridges

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Match the following​ ​

e

f

d

c

Inner core

Liquid area

Crust

water

Outer core

metal area

Mantle

Land

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How does continental drift happen?

• The sea-floor moves apart from convection so the land/continents move with it.

• it just floats around.

• someone is paddling the continents around

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The plates are ONLY the continents.

• True

• False

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(a)   ​ was when all the ​ ​ (b)   were whole.

• Pangaea
• all the continents
• continents
• land

Plate ​ (a)   are NOT just ​ (b)   .

• tectonics
• spoon
• fork
• hyperboles
• continents
• plastic plates
• ben bags
• supercalifragilisticexpialidocious

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Who came up with the theory of continantal drift?

• Alfred Wegner

• Abraham Linclon

• The California ScienCenter

• Leonardo DiCaprio

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Which are real layers of the Earth?

• Mantle

• Plate Tectonics

• Outer Core

• Center Core

• Crust