Earth's Interior
Name the layers of the Earth.
The crust, mantle, and core.
A Microwave, The Sun's Rays
What does Pangaea mean?
All land
What is the process by which new oceanic crust forms when magma rises up and solidifies at the mid-ocean ridge?
Convergent Boundaries
What is the theory that explains the formation, movement, and subduction of Earth's plates?
Plate tectonics.
What is the thinnest layer of the Earth?
The crust.
What is the transfer of energy through space called?
Radiation
Who came up with the theory that the continents slowly moved over the Earth's surface?
Alfred Wegener
What is the layer made up of the crust and the uppermost part of the mantle?
Lithosphere
What is a deep-ocean trench?
Deep underwater canyons.
What happens to the pressure as we move from the crust to the inner core?
Pressure increases.
Heat Transfer within a liquid takes place by what?
Convection Currents
Give an example of a fossil.
An ancient organism that has been preserved in a rock.
What is the place where two plates slide?
Transform Boundaries
What is the hottest part of the Earth?
The Core
What happens to the temperature when you go from the crust to inner core?
It gets hotter.
What are the two types of crust?
Continental and Oceanic
What occurred that resulted in how the continents are placed today?
Continental Drift
What are large pieces of the Lithosphere that move on top of the Asthenosphere?
Tectonic Plates
What is the coolest part of the Earth?
The Crust
What happens to the temperature when you go from the inner core to the crust?
It gets cooler.
Scientists determine what the inside of the Earth looks like by what?
Seismic Waves
True or False: Wegener believed that continental drift explains why fossils of tropical plants are found in places that have cold climates.
True
What is a scientific theory?
What part of the Earth are there living beings?
The Crust