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CBA 4 2013
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| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Which layer of the Earth is hot, solid, nickle and iron? | inner core |
| Which layer of the Earth is hot, liquid, nickle and iron? | outer core |
| What type of rock makes up oceanic crust? | basalt |
| What type of rock makes up continental crust? | granite |
| What is the largest layer of the Earth? | Mantle |
| What Earth layer contains the convection currents? | mantle |
| The world's tallest mountains are found at the boundary on the Indo-Australian and which other plate? | Eurasian |
| On which plate is the "ring of fire" found? | Pacific |
| The North American, South American, Eurasian, and African plates meet at what feature? | Mid-Atlantic Ridge |
| A hydroelectric power plant is commonly called a what? | Dam |
| Are solar panels cheap or expensive? | expensive |
| What does coal pollute? | the air |
| Which tectonic plate do we live on? | North American |
| What energy source in made up of plant and animal remains? | biomass |
| How do we get energy from biomass? | burn it |
| What is it called when a more dense plate slides underneath a less dense plate? | subduction |
| When 2 oceanic plates diverge what forms after a LONG time? | mid-ocean ridges |
| What happens when 2 plates slide past each other? | Earthquakes |
| True or False. The plates are constantly moving? | True |