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Bonus for restless earth
Question | Answer |
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How many layers does the earth has? | 4 layers. |
Name the 4 layers? | Crust, Mantle, outer core, Inner core. |
What is Plate tectonics? | A theory about the movement of the continents. |
What is Pangea? | A super continent that exsited 300 million years ago. |
Which layer is the thickest layer? | Mantle. |
How much does the average continent move each year? | Few centimeters. |
What happens at a convergent boundary? | The plates colide. |
What do plates float on? | Upper Mantle. |
What is called when one plate is pushed under another plate as the colide? | Subduction. |
What is the structure of the earth most like? | Apple. |
Where is the mantle found? | Between the crust and the core. |
How are plates moved? | By convection currents in the Mantle. |
Which is the hottest part of the Earth structure? | The core. |
What happens at divergent boundries? | Sea floor spreads and magma rises up to fill the gap, forming underwater features like oceanic ridges and submarine volcanoes. |
Where is the point that earthquakes starts? | The focus. |
What is an Earthquake? | A suddent movement of the Earth's Surface. |
What is used to measure the strength of Earhquakes? | Seismograph. |
What is the strenght of an Earthquake is known as? | Magnitude. |
What is the name of the scale used to indicate the strenght of an Earthquakes? | The Richer scale. |
what is the point at ground level directly above the focuse? | The epicenter. |