Layers
Outermost solid layer of the Earth
Crust
These giant pieces of Earth’s lithosphere fit together like a puzzle.
Tectonic plates
Sudden movement of the Earth’s crust that releases energy.
Earthquake
They present information about the world in a visual way.
Animated movie about "Día de muertos".
Coco
Earth’s innermost layer
Inner core
The theory that explains plate movement over time.
Plate tectonics
Movement where crust is neither created nor destroyed.
Transformational
They let us know the precise location of any place on Earth
Geographic coordinates
The force that pulls objects toward Earth.
Gravity
This layer is made of hot, semi-solid rock that moves slowly
Mantle
Name of the movement where tectonic plates slip horizontally.
Transformational
Movement where plates move toward each other.
Convergent
The way something is spread out or arranged over a specific geographic area.
Distribution
Mexican state that receives Monarch butterflies
Michoacán
The thickest layer of the Earth
Mantle
When two plates move apart.
This type of plate movement forms mountain ranges like the Andes.
Subduction
Type of geography studies how humans interact with their surroundings.
Environmental geography
Who is Alondra de la Parra?
A Mexican orchestra conductor.
This layer is liquid metal and generates Earth’s magnetic field.
The point inside the Earth where an earthquake begins.
Focus
The point on the Earth’s surface directly above the focus.
Epicenter
Numeric relation between the real size of terrain and its representation in a model.
Scale
First woman to win a Nobel Prize
Marie Curie