What Is It Made Of
What is the Crust made of?
Rocks
On what layer do humans live?
The Crust
True or False:
The Mantle is the thickest layer of the Earth.
True
What rock can me found near volcanoes?
Igneous Rock
What rock is made when sediment compact together?
Sedimentary rock.
What is the Mantle made of?
Melted rock and metals.
Where does the heat for the convection currents come from?
Outer Core.
True of False:
The Inner Core is the thinnest layer.
False, it is the Crust
What happens to rocks from mountains after weathering and erosion?
The rocks turn into sediments.
In what rock are fossils most-often found?
Sedimentary rock.
What form is the Outer Core in?
Example: Melted, Gas, Rocky
Liquid. It is the only liquid layer.
In what layer do convection currents occur?
The Mantle
True or False: The Inner Core is 1,500 miles thick.
False, it is about 1,355 miles thick
What causes magma to turn into Igneous rock?
Volcanic Activity.
In what rock are crystals found?
Metamorphic and Igneous.
What is the 3rd thickest layer of the Earth?
Inner Core.
In what layer does Metamorphic rock form?
Mantle.
True or False: the lithosphere is thicker than the asthenosphere.
False, the asthenosphere is about 50 miles thicker.
What makes sediments turn into Sedimentary rock?
Compaction and Cementation.
What rocks forms after heat and pressure is added to sedimentary rocks?
Metamorphic rock.
What 2 metals make up the Core?
Nickle and Iron.
The temperature of this layer is that of the sun.
Inner Core
True or False: The Outer Core is 2,000 miles thick?
False, it is 1,360 Miles.
What process changes Igneous rock to Metamorphic rock?
Heat and Pressure
How does Limestone turn into Marble?
Heat and Pressure