Earth's Interior
Vocabulary
Characteristics of the Earth's Layers
Earth's Crust
Mystery
100
The three main layers of the Earth
What is the crust, mantle, and the core?
100
The outer layer of the Earth
What is Crust?
100
Forms the continents
What is the Continental Crust?
100
If the Earth is made up of 46.6% Oxygen and 27.7% Silicon, then how much of Earth's Crust is made up of the both of these elements?
What is 74.3%?
100
The Oceanic and Continental Crust each have a composition of one of these roks
What is Basalt and Granite?
200
The crust that lies beneath the ocean
What is Oceanic Crust?
200
Energy that is transmitted in the form of rays, waves, or particles
What is Radiation?
200
Uppermost, brittle rock layer of the Earth's Interior
What is the Lithosphere?
200
About how many elements are in the Earth's Crust?
What is 9 elements?
200
This layer is where Convection Currents happen
What is the Mantle?
300
The composition of the crust can be either
What are Basalt and Granite rocks?
300
The amount per unit size
What is Density?
300
One is made of solid metal and the other is made of molten metal
What is the inner and outer core?
300
Percent of the element,Aluminum, in the Earth's Crust?
What is 8.1%?
300
The Earthhas this that affects the whole planet
What is Magnetic Field?
400
The 3 parts of the mantle
What is the Lithosphere, Asthenosphere, and Mesosphere?
400
The force applied to a unit area of surface
What is pressure?
400
Hot but more rigid layer
What is the Mesosphere?
400
Percent of silicon in the Earth's Interior?
What is 27.7%?
400
The layers of the Earth in order starting fro the Surface of the Earth
What is the Crust, Mantle, Outer Core, and Inner Core?
500
The layer(s) that have a liquid state of matter
What is the outer core?
500
Vibrations that travel through Earth carrying the energy released during an earthquake
What is a seismac wave?
500
Made mostly of th metals iron and nickel
What is the core?
500
Percent of Oxygen in the Earth's Crust
What is 46.6%?
500
Layer made out of mostly Oxygen and Silicon
What is the Crust?
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