5th Grade Earth Word Scramble
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Question | Answer |
Crust | the thin rocky surface that includes the continents and the ocean floor. |
Mantle | the thickest layer. The rock material is solid, but it can flow like a liquid. |
Outer core | made up of mostly iron and nickel. It is liquid |
Inner core | made up of mostly iron and nickel. This is solid. |
Heat and pressure | increase with depth beneath the surface. |
What causes movement in the crust | The flowing mantle |
The moving rock of the mantle | pushes against the crust causing the crust to break into plates. |
The plates move along the Earth’s surface causing | earthquakes and volcanoes. |
There are three types of plate boundaries or faults | convergent, divergent, and sliding. |
Convergent Plates | push together in convergent movement (compression). |
Convergent Plates Creates | folded mountains, volcanoes, ocean trenches |
Divergent Plates | pull apart in divergent movement (tension). |
Divergent Plates Creates | mid-ocean ridges in oceans. |
Sliding Plates | slide by each other in sliding movement (shear). |
Mountains on the continents and in the oceans are caused by | current and past plate movements. |
When magma reaches the surface it is called | lava. |
This is the part of the Earth we live on | crust |
temperatures and pressures increase as | we move from the crust toward the inner core of the Earth. |
Temperature and Pressure cause the following events to happen | (1) magma from the mantle erupts from a volcano; (2) the flowing rocks of the mantle cause the crust to move and earthquakes occur; (3) the flowing rocks of the mantle cause the continents to move across the surface of the Earth |
The crust is very ____ compared to the other three layers | thin |
Large continent-sized blocks are called | plates |
Plates are driven by | the heat to move slowly about the Earth’s surface. |
Plates are not connected to one another but | move freely about. |
When plates push together | a convergent boundary is formed. |
Convergent boundaries cause | mountain ranges, such as the Appalachian Mountains of Virginia, to rise up from the Earth’s surface. |
When plates move apart | a divergent boundary is formed. |
Most divergent boundaries occur | on the ocean floors of the Earth. |
Volcanoes and mountain ranges deep under water are called | mid-ocean ridges. |
Most of Earth’s new crust comes from | the magma that erupts from these divergent boundaries and the volcanoes they create. |
Sliding boundaries grind against each other causing | earthquakes. |
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