What do you know about plate tectonics?
By: Gillian Gosman
Edition: First edition.
Series: 20 questions. Earth science
Publisher: PowerKids Press
Published: 2014
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 24
ISBN-13: 9781448896981; 9781448898541; 9781448898558
Subjects: Juvenile literature; Plate tectonics
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (page 24) and index.
Table of contents: title: Q 1: what are the Earth's layers?; title: Q 2: what is magma?; title: Q 3: how thick are Earth's layers?; title: Q 4: what are the plates that make up Earth's crust?; title: Q 5: what is continental drift?; title: Q 6: how do the plates move?; title: Q 7: how quickly do the plates move?; title: Q 8: what is divergence?; title: Q 9: what is a rift?; title: Q 10: what is convergence?; title: Q 11: how do plates form mountains?; title: Q 12: what is subduction?; title: Q 13: how do plated form ocean trenches?; title: Q 14: how do plates form volcanoes?; title: Q 15: what are transform boundaries?; title: Q 16: what are faults?; title: Q 17: what are slips?; title: Q 18: how and why do plates cause earthquakes?; title: Q 19: how did scientists come up with the idea of plate tectonics?; title: Q 20: what do rocks and fossils tell us about plate tectonics?