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What is the name of the rigid outer layer of Earth that consists of the crust and upper mantle?
seafloor spreading
convection currents
asthenosphere
mantle
plate tectonics
lithosphere
tectonic plate
continental drift
What is the name of a large section of Earth's crust and upper mantle that move around on the asthenosphere?
seafloor spreading
convection currents
asthenosphere
mantle
plate tectonics
lithosphere
tectonic plate
continental drift
What is the name of the theory that Earth\'s crust and upper mantle are broken into plates that float and move around on the asthenosphere?
seafloor spreading
convection currents
asthenosphere
mantle
plate tectonics
lithosphere
tectonic plate
continental drift
What is the name of the layer of Earth on which the tectonic plates float and move around?
seafloor spreading
convection currents
asthenosphere
mantle
plate tectonics
lithosphere
tectonic plate
continental drift
What is the hypothesis that all continents were once joined in a single large continent that broke apart and slowly moved to their current locations?
seafloor spreading
convection currents
asthenosphere
mantle
plate tectonics
lithosphere
tectonic plate
continental drift
What is the name of the theory that new seafloor is formed when magma is forced to the surface at mid-ocean ridges?
seafloor spreading
convection currents
asthenosphere
mantle
plate tectonics
lithosphere
tectonic plate
continental drift
What is the name of the largest layer of the Earth that has a thick, syrup-like consistancy?
seafloor spreading
convection currents
asthenosphere
mantle
plate tectonics
lithosphere
tectonic plate
continental drift
What is the name of the process in which heated fluids rise then cool and sink then become heated again and rise, and so on?
seafloor spreading
convection currents
asthenosphere
mantle
plate tectonics
lithosphere
tectonic plate
continental drift
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