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The idea that the Earth's lithosphere (crust/upper mantle) is divided into pieces of rock that move around the top of the asthenosphere (soft part of the mantle).
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The innermost, sphere like, part of the Earth. It is the hottest layer (9800 degrees ferinheight), uranium is what keeps it so hot! Also, intense pressure causes it to be a solid.
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The outer layer of the Earth's Sphere like center. This layer is liquid. It is made mostly of iron and nickle. It also creates the Earth's magnetic field.
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This is the thickest layer of the Earth. It is made mostly of solid rock, but the bottom in soft and gooey.
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Also called the lithosphere, this is the outermost and thinnest layer of the Earth. It is made of pieces of rock called plates.
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| A mountain that forms when magma (molten rock) if forced to the earths surface. |
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This occurs when tectonic plates move in different directions and at different speeds causing the earth to shake.
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The boundary between two tectonic plates that are moving away from each other.
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| The boundary created when two tectonic plates collide.[image] |
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The boundary that forms when two tectonic plates are sliding by each other horizontally.
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The transfer of thermal (heat) energy by the circulation or movement of a liquid or a gas.
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This is a break in the earth's crust along which blocks of the crust slide relative to one another due to tectonic forces.
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