Chapter 1 6 wks Test

Pangaea and it began to drift apart called

At the center of the Earth, is super hot but
Solid. Believed to be made up of iron and nickel.

Outer layer of a hard rocky shell. The crust is
Broken into more than a dozen great slabs/plates that rest or float on a partially
Melted layer in the upper portion of the mantle. The plates carry the Earth’s oceans and continents. 

Hot, dense rock that consists of silicon,
Aluminum, iron, magnesium, oxygen, and other
Elements.

Molten rock that is located below Earth’s surface

The process by which magma wells up between oceanic plates and pushes the plates apart

When _______ collide and push upwards and form mountain ranges like the Himalaya Mountains

When plates move, they sometimes squeeze the Earth’s surface until it buckles and this forms

Plates may grind or slide past each other and this creates cracks in the Earth’s crust called