1: How many earthquakes occur every year around the world?
a1: About 2000.
2: What is the Tectonics Theory? Explain.
a2: A theory that states that the Earth's crust is not in a fixed position and if always moving and changing.
3: Where do the Tectonic forces originate?
a3: At the Earth's plates.
4: What are Earth’s 3 main layers?
a4: The Central Core, The Thick Mantel, and The Thin Crust.
5: Where is Tectonic activity concentrated?
a5: Near the plates of the crust.
6: What is the Lithosphere? Where is it located?
a6: The Lithosphere is the 100 km thick area where the outer mantel and the crust are fused together.
7: What is the Asthenosphere? Why is it important to plate tectonics?
a7: It is the solid but squishy layer of the upper mantel. It is important to plate tectonics because it is what allows the plates to rub on each other to cause tectonic activity.
8: How fast do plates move (average?)
a8: About the same speed that finger nails grow.
9: What are the 3 types of plate boundaries?
a9: There are Divergent, Convergent, and Transform Boundaries.
10: What happens at Divergent Boundaries? Where are these mostly located?
a10: Plates Pull apart. The ocean floor is where these are mostly located.
11: What kind of rock is Oceanic Crust made of?
a11: Oceanic crust is made of basalt.
12: What happens at Convergent Boundaries? What is often formed? Explain.
a12: Plates collide. Mountain ranges are often formed and granite.
13: What is Granite? Where is it found?
a13: A light colored low density rock that is formed when oceanic crust if destroyed at convergent boundaries.
14: What happens at Transform Boundaries? What is special about transform boundaries?
a14: Plates slide past each other. The special thing about these boundaries are that in contrast to the other ones no magma is created and it just moves in opposite directions not forming new crust or destroying any.
a1: About 2000.
2: What is the Tectonics Theory? Explain.
a2: A theory that states that the Earth's crust is not in a fixed position and if always moving and changing.
3: Where do the Tectonic forces originate?
a3: At the Earth's plates.
4: What are Earth’s 3 main layers?
a4: The Central Core, The Thick Mantel, and The Thin Crust.
5: Where is Tectonic activity concentrated?
a5: Near the plates of the crust.
6: What is the Lithosphere? Where is it located?
a6: The Lithosphere is the 100 km thick area where the outer mantel and the crust are fused together.
7: What is the Asthenosphere? Why is it important to plate tectonics?
a7: It is the solid but squishy layer of the upper mantel. It is important to plate tectonics because it is what allows the plates to rub on each other to cause tectonic activity.
8: How fast do plates move (average?)
a8: About the same speed that finger nails grow.
9: What are the 3 types of plate boundaries?
a9: There are Divergent, Convergent, and Transform Boundaries.
10: What happens at Divergent Boundaries? Where are these mostly located?
a10: Plates Pull apart. The ocean floor is where these are mostly located.
11: What kind of rock is Oceanic Crust made of?
a11: Oceanic crust is made of basalt.
12: What happens at Convergent Boundaries? What is often formed? Explain.
a12: Plates collide. Mountain ranges are often formed and granite.
13: What is Granite? Where is it found?
a13: A light colored low density rock that is formed when oceanic crust if destroyed at convergent boundaries.
14: What happens at Transform Boundaries? What is special about transform boundaries?
a14: Plates slide past each other. The special thing about these boundaries are that in contrast to the other ones no magma is created and it just moves in opposite directions not forming new crust or destroying any.