Tectonics Retrieval Questions (Ms Bell ECC)

What's the Earth's outer layer called and its composition?

• Crust

• Inner core

• Mantle

• Outer core

What is the crust's relationship with the mantle?

• It is below the mantle

• It doesn't touch the mantle

• It floats on the mantle.

What are the pieces into which the crust is broken?

• Convection currents

• Valleys

• Cores

• Tectonic Plates

What term describes the movement of magma in the mantle?

How is the core divided, and what's the inner core's state?

Explain the continuous process of convection currents in the mantle.

What is the name of the supercontinent suggested by Wegner as part of his theory of continental drift?

• Wegners world

• Pluto

• Pangaea