Science Vocab CH 7

The thin and solid outermost layer of the Earth above the mantle.

• crust

• mantle

• core

• lithosphere

The layer of rock between the Earth's crust and core.

• mantle

• crust

• lithosphere

• core

The central part of the Earth below the mantle.

• core

• crust

• mantle

• lithosphere

the solid, outer most layer of the Earth that consists of the crust and the rigid upper part of the mantle

• core

• crust

• mantle

• lithosphere

The soft layer of the mantle on which the tectonic plates move.

• athenosphere

• lithosphere

• tectonic plates

• core

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

The strong lower part of the mantle between the asthenosphere and the outer core.

• mesosphere

• tectonic plates

• athenosphere

• core

A block of lithosphere that consists of the crust and the rigid, outermost part of the mantle.

• tectonic plates

• athenosphere

• mesosphere

• crust

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-1

The hypothesis that states that the continents once formed a single landmass, broke up and drifted to their present locations.

• contenintal drift

• tectonic plates

• mesosphere

• athenosphere

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

The process by which new oceanic lithosphere forms as magma rises towards the surface and solidifies.

• sea-floor spreading

• plate tectonics

• convergent boundary

• divergent boundary

The theory that explains how large pieces of the Earth's outermost layer, called tectonic plates, move and change shape.

• plate tectonics

• sea-floor spreading

• convergent boundary

• divergent boundary

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3