Earth's Layers
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These are found in Yellowstone National Park and they tell us that our Earth is extremely hot inside because it spews out boiling water
What are geysers and hot springs,
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The two innermost of Earth's layers
What is the inner and outer core
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The two names of the solid types of crust are
What are oceanic and continental
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When scientists thought all the plates were one piece called the whole earth
Pangaea
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The hot, molten rock that is found underground
What is magma?
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This is the layer just under the crust and is divided into 15 tectonic plates
lithosphere
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The part of the core that is solid and probably made up of iron and nickel
What is the inner core?
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Which crust of the earth is thicker - the continental or the oceanic
What is continental
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Shifting of tectonic plates causing violent shaking of Earth's crust
What is an earthquake?
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The magma that is found on the surface of the Earth running down the side of the Mountain
What is lava?
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The liquid part of the core composed of liquid niclkel and iron
What is the outer core?
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How many tectonic plates make up the lithosphere and crust
7 Major and 8 minor =15 total
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Where the tectonic plates spread apart is called
What are volcanoes
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What is the name of the type of rock that has pebbles, sand, and animal/plant matter attached
Sedimentary
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What is the name of the layer that is responsible for earth's magnetic field
What is the outer core?
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This layer of the earth that makes up around 85% of the weight(mass) of the earth
What is the mantle?
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In 1980, a major volcano erupted in the state of Washington- what was its name
What is Mount St. Helens
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This type of rock is formed when liquid magma cools and hardens in molten rock-. Igneous or Metamorphic
Igneous
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The liquid upper mantle that the lithosphere floats on
What is the asthenosphere?
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The 4 layers of our Earth
What is the crust, mantle, outer core, and inner core?
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This layer of the earth is made of solid molten iron and nickel and will always stay solid because of pressure
What is the inner core?
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In the Bill Nye Video, what were the two chemicals he mixed together to produce a volcano which produced carbon dioxide gas
vinegar and baking soda
Limestone, sandstone, and conglomerate are this type of rock. Sedimentary. or Metamorphic
Sedimentary