Earth's Internal Structure
A dense ball of solid metal
What is " Earth's inner core"
Limestone is what type of rock?
What is "sedimentary rock"
A rift valley forms at a
What is a "divergent plate boundary"
A seismometer measures what?
What is a " shaking of an earthquake"
How do you think the Atlantic ocean will look in 100,000 years?
Please Make it make sense, there is a wrong answer!
what is "answer may vary"
Earth's magnetic field results from movements in the
What is " the outer core"
Igneous rocks are created from
What is "weathering and erosion"
The lithosphere is broken into pieces called
What is " plates"
An epicenter is what?
What is " the center of an earthquake"
Heat transfer within a fluid takes place by
What is "convection currents"
Convection currents flows in Earth's
What is " the upper mantle or asthenosphere"
What is the difference between magma and lava?
What is " magma is molten rock within the earth, lava is molten rock above earth's surface"
The collision of two continental plates at a converging boundary produces
What is " mountain ranges"
What type of volcanoes is formed by hot lava?
What is " shield volcano"
Why can earthquakes be experienced at any plate boundary?
What is" when plates move, the ground shakes which results in an earthquake"
The layer of Earth contains roughly 80% of the Earth's volume
What is " the lower mantle"
What type of rock is a diamond?
What is "metamorphic rock"
Molten materials rises from the mantle, erupts and hardens
What is " along mid-ocean ridges"
What type of volcano is tall with explosive eruptions?
What is " cinder cone"
Explain the difference between oceanic and continental lithosphere
What is " the continental is less dense and thicker"
The part of the mantle that is made of soft rock
What is " the asthenosphere"
What four items combines together to create soil?
What is " Rocks, sand, wood and roots"
The process by which the ocean floor sinks beneath a deep-ocean trench and back to the mantle
What is " subduction or subduction zone"
What is the Richter scale used for?
What is "compares earthquake sizes"
What is the Ring of Fire?