LAYERS
LAYER CHARACTERISTICS
WAVES
MISCELLANEOUS
VOCABULARY
100
THE LAYER YOU COME IN CONTACT WITH EVERY DAY.
What is CRUST?
100
LEAST DENSE.
What is CRUST?
100
TYPE OF WAVES THAT IS USED TO STUDY THE EARTH'S STRUCTURE.
What is SEISMIC OR EARTHQUAKE?
100
THE INNER CORE IS A SOLID DUE TO THE INTENSE OR HIGH _________.
What is PRESSURE?
100
BENDING OF A WAVE DUE TO A CHANGE IN THE MEDIUM THAT ITS TRAVELING THROUGH
What is REFRACTION?
200
CENTER OF THE EARTH.
What is INNER CORE
200

MATERIAL THAT MAKES UP THIS LAYER CAN BEHAVE LIKE A SOLID OR LIQUID.

What is the ASTHENOSPHERE?

200
TYPE OF SEISMIC WAVE THAT IS COMPRESSIONAL.
What is P-WAVE?
200
CORRECT ORDER OF EARTH LAYERS FROM CENTER TO OUTER.
What is INNER CORE- OUTER CORE- MANTLE- CRUST?
200

BOUNDARY BETWEEN THE CRUST AND MANTLE  

What is the MOHO?

300
IS UNDERNEATH THE CRUST.
What is MANTLE.
300
BOTH MATERIALS THAT MAKE UP THE OUTER AND INNER CORE.
What is IRON AND NICKEL?
300

TYPE OF SEISMIC WAVE THAT IS TRANSVERSE OR SHEAR WAVES.

What is S-WAVE?

300

DESCRIBE HOW SCIENCTISTS THINK THE EARTH WAS CREATED.

What is METEORITE BOMBARDMENT/ACCUMULATION OVER TIME (ANSWERS MAY VARY)?

300

THE "DEAD ZONE" WHERE NO EARTHQUAKE WAVES CAN BE MEASURED.

What is SHADOW ZONE?

400
SPHERE THAT INCLUDES THE CRUST AND UPPER MANTLE.
What is LITHOSPHERE?
400
AS YOU GO DEEPER TOWARDS THE CORE, TEMPERATURE ________ AND PRESSURE _________. (FILL IN THE BLANKS)
What is INCREASE, INCREASE?
400
TYPE OF WAVE THAT CAN TRAVEL THROUGH THE INNER AND OUTER CORE?
What is P-WAVE?
400

Thick, less dense part that forms continents. Composed of granite rocks and is less dense than oceanic crust.

What is the LITHOSPHERE?

400
INCLUDES THE UPPER MANTLE AND THE CRUST.
What is LITHOSPHERE?
500

HAS A DENSITY OF 13.0 grams/cm3

WHAT IS THE INNER CORE? 

500
IS A LIQUID.
What is OUTER CORE?
500
RANGE OF DEGREES THAT NO SEISMIC ACTIVITY CAN BE MEASURED.
What is SHADOW ZONE?
500
TYPE OF HEAT TRANSFER OCCURRING WITHIN THE EARTH'S ASTHENOSPHERE.
What is CONVECTION?
500
THE PLASTIC LIKE LAYER THAT MOVES OUR CONTINENTAL AND OCEANIC PLATES OR PLATE TECTONICS, IT IS INCLUDED WITH ONE OF THE MAJOR LAYERS.
What is ASTHENOSPHERE?
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