Description : Why the ocean crust contains rocks that are more dense than the rocks found on land?
Last Answer : Need answer
Description : Tsunami is: a) Earthquake on land mass b) Volcanic eruption c) Earthquake in ocean crust d) None of these
Last Answer : c) Earthquake in ocean crust
Description : What is a movement in the ground caused by a sudden release of energy under the Earth's crust?
Last Answer : earthquake
Description : Define the crust and write the thickness of crust for following mentioned areas: 1) Under the ocean 2) Under continents.
Last Answer : Crust :The crust is earths lithosphere which is fragmented into tectonic plates that move over a rheic upper mantle (asthenosphere) via processes that are collectively refer to as plate tectonic. i) Under the ocean – 7 to 12 km. ii) Under continents – 30 to 45 km.
Description : What is the name given to a region where one plate of the earth's crust is sliding under another?
Last Answer : ANSWER: SUBDUCTION ZONE
Description : What is the upper part of the mantle upon which the crust of the Earth floats called? -Do You Know?
Last Answer : answer:
Description : What is the earths crust is in giant pieces called?
Last Answer : plates
Description : What is the geological theory that states that pieces of the earths crust are in constant slow-motion called?
Last Answer : It is Plate Tectonics.
Description : What layer of the Earth's crust that is not covered by ocean water is called the?
Last Answer : continental crust
Description : What is the part of the crust that is above water is called?
Last Answer : Oceanic Crust
Description : The mountain formed on the earth crust due to tension is called – (1) Young folded mountain (2) Old folded mountain (3) Laccolith mountain (4) Block mountain
Last Answer : (4) Block mountain Explanation: The Block Mountains were formed on the crust due to tension. Faults are formed due to tensional forces. A part of the land block is depressed so that the ... Mountains formed in this way are called Block Mountains and the depressed portion is known as Rift Valley.
Description : The oldest rocks in the earth's crust were once molten; and came from deep in- side the earth. The molten rock; called magma; spewed out in volcanic eruptions during the earth;s early life and solidified into hard rock's called?
Last Answer : igneous rocks
Description : What is the upper part of the mantle upon which the crust of the Earth floats called?
Last Answer : Asthenosphere
Description : The outermost layer of the Earth is called ------? A. Crust (Answer) B. Mental C. Core D. None of these
Last Answer : A. Crust (Answer)
Description : In geological studies, the Mohorovicic Discontinuity, commonly called the Moho, is the boundary between the w) the mantle and the crust x) asthenosphere and the mantle y) mantle and the outer core z) outer core and the inner core
Last Answer : ANSWER: W -- THE MANTLE AND THE CRUST
Description : Molten rock beneath the Earth's crust is called: w) magma x) liquicite y) lava z) igneous
Last Answer : ANSWER: W -- MAGMA
Description : The mountain formed on the earth crust due to tension is called (1) Young folded mountain (2) Old folded mountain (3) Laccolith mountain (4) Block mountain
Last Answer : Block mountain