Layers of the Earth
The thickest layer of the earth
What is the mantle?
Number of major tectonic plates
What is 8?
Johnny Cash
Who wrote the song titled Ring of Fire?
9000 degrees
What is the temperature of the inner core?
Tectonic plates that crash together with equal force
What causes a mountain?
what is convergent?
The actual shape of the Ring of Fire
What is a horseshoe?
Lithosphere and Asthenosphere
What are the 2 parts of the mantle?
Tectonic plates that spread
What is divergent?
Pacific plate
Where is the Ring of Fire located?
Mantle
What is the molten layer of the earth?
What is subduction?
Percentage of earthquakes that occur around the Ring of Fire
What is 90%
Iron and Nickel
what is the inner core made of?
Tectonic plates that side past each other
What is transform?
25,000 miles
What is the length of the Ring of Fire?