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HAS A CONSTANT MOTION AND TRVALES FEW CM EVERY YEAR
TECTONIC PLATES
A LAYER WHERE PLATE FLOATS AND INVOLVES TECTONIC PLATE MOVEMENTS
ATHENOSPHERE
THE BOUNDARY BETWEEN THE CRUST AND THE MANTLE
EARTH'S CRUST
IT WAS THE DATE WHEN ANDRIJA MOHOROVICIC DISCOVERED THE EARTH'S CRUST
1909
THE EARTH'S CRUST WAS HOW MANY KM BENEATH THE OCEAN BASINS?
8KM
THE EARTH'S CRUST WAS HOW MANY KM BENEATH THE CONTINENTAL SURFACES?
32KM
IT IS THE TOOL USED TO MEASURE THE EARTHQUAKE OR MAGNITUDE
SEISMOGRAPH
IT WAS THE GRAPH RECORED AND BY THE SEISMOGRAPH
SEISMOGRAM
THE SEISMOGRAM WAS PERFECTED BY A BRITISH SCIENTIST NAMED?
JOHN MILNE
IT IS THE INCREASE OF THE VELOCITY OF SEISMIC WAVES
MOHOROVICIC DISCONTINUITY
WHO DISCOVERED THE MOHOROVICIC DISCONTINUITY?
ANDRIJA MOHOROVICIC
IT WAS THE OUTERMOST LAYER OF THE EARTH AND WAS THE THINNEST
CRUST
IT IS A LAYER THAT LIES BENEATH THE CRUST
MANTLE
THE MANTLE HAS A THICKNESS OF ALMOST HOW MANY KM?
2900KM
IT IS MADE OUT OF ROCKS THAT IS RICH IN FE VUT POOR IN SILICA
UPPER MANTLE
THE UPPER MANTLE HAS _____KM THICK?
400KM
THE UPPER MANTLE COMPRIMISES ____% OF THE EARTH'S MASS
10%
IT IS DENSER THAN THE UPPER MANTLE
LOWER MANTLE
IT IS THE INNERMOST LAYER AND WAS MADE UP OF NE AND FI
CORE
THE OUTER PART OF THE CORE IS?
LIQUID
THE INNER PART OF THE CORE IS?
SOLID
THE OUTER PART OF THE CORE HAS A THICKNESS OF ____KM
2100KM
THE INNER PART OF THE CORE HAS A THICKNESS OF ____KM
1300KM
THE HOME OF THE WORLDS ACTIVE VOLCANOES
PACIFIC RING OF FIRE
REVEALS THE COLLISION OF AFRICAN AND INDO AMERICAN PLATES WITH THE SOUTHERN MARGIN OF EURASIAN PLATE
ALPINE HIMALAYAN BELT
IT MAKES UP THE EARTH'S LANDMASSES
CONTINENTAL CRUST
A CRUST THAT CAN BE FOUND IN THE OCEAN FLOOR AND THINNER THAN THE CONTINENTAL CRUST
OCEANIC CRUST
HE IS A GERMAN METEOROLOGIST AND GEOPHYSICIST AND ALSO THE PROPONENT OF THE CONTINENTAL DRIFT
ALFRED WEGENER
IT IS THE MOVEMENTS OF MATERIALS CAUSED BY THE DIFFERENCE IN THEIR TEMPERATURE
CONVECTION CURRENT
WHAT IS THE FULL NAME OF ALFED WEGENER?
ALFRED LOTHAR WEGENER
HE IS CONSIDERED AS THE FOUNDING FATHER OF THE UNIFYING THEORY OF TECTONIC PLATES AND ALSO THE ONE WHO PROPOSED THE SEAFLOOR SPREADING
HARRY HESS
WHAT IS THE FULL NAME OF HARRY HESS?
HARRY HAMMOND HESS
IT IS A THEORY WHERE BASALTIC MAGMA FROM THE MANTLE RISES TO CREATE NEW OCEAN FLOOR AT MID OCEAN RIDGES
SEAFLOOR SPREADING THEORY
A PROCESS WHERE ONE PLATE CONTAINING OCEANIC LITHOSPHERE DESCENDS BENEATH THE ADJACENT PLATE
SUBDUCTION
WHEN DID THE TECTONIC PLATE THEORY WAS DEVELOPED?
1960s
THE FOSSILS OF MESOSAURUS WERE FOUND IN _________ AND ______
ARGENTINA
AND
AFRICA
IT IS AN EXTINCT GENUS REPTILE FROM THE EARLY PERMIAN OF SOUTH AFRICA AND SOUTH AMERICA
MESOSAURUS
IT IS CLOSELY RELATED TO MAMMALS
CYGNONATHUS
FOSSILS OF CYGNONATHUS WERE FOUND IN ______ AND _______
BRAZIL
AND
AMERICA
THEY ARE HERBIVOROUS GENUS THAT LIVED AROUND 250MILLIONS YEARS
LYSTROSAURUS
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