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Geog:Restless_Earth
Chapter One of the book
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Plates | separate sections on the earth's crust |
| Continential Drift | movement of the plates on the earth's mantle |
| Mantle | molten rock between the crust and core |
| Crust | earth's outer skin |
| Core | mass of nickel and iron in the centre of the earth |
| Folding | geological process that causes a bend in a stratum of rock |
| Earthquakes | the result of a sudden release of energy in the Earth's crust that creates seismic waves. |
| Volcano | opening, or rupture, in a planet's surface or crust, which allows hot, molten rock, ash, and gases to escape from below the surface. |