Earth's Interior
Earth's Interior
Heat Transfer
Continental Drift
Miscellaneous
100
This part of the crust is made of mostly granite.
What is continental crust
100
Which part of the core is solid?
What is the inner core
100
Heat from the sun is transfered through...?
What is radiation
100
Who is the scientist that came up with the continental drift theory?
What is Alfred Wegener
100
What is the name of the supercontinent?
What is Pangaea
200
The ocean floor is made up of this material.
What is basalt
200
What helps produce Earth's magnetic field?
What is the metal in the core
200
When two objects touch and the heat moves from the hotter object to the cooler object this is called...?
What is conduction
200
Why didn't other scientists buy his theory?
What is because he couldn't explain why the plates moved.
200
Where is new land formed on the ocean floor?
What is through the mid-ocean ridge
300
Which part of the mantle is fluid?
What is asthenosphere
300
This types of force creates landforms.
What are constructive
300
This type of heat transfer always has to do with fluid
What is convection
300
What three types of evidence did Wegener have?
What is landforms, climate, and fossils
300
How does the old land recycle itself back into the mantle?
What is through trenches
400
Which part of the mantle is rigid or similar to the crust?
What is the lithosphere
400
These type of forces destroy landforms.
What are destructive forces
400
T or F you cannot see radiation only feel it?
What is True
400
What types of landforms did Wegener hypothesized were once joined?
What is Mountain ranges and coal mines
400
Scientists had to observe the Earth's interior using technology and other techniques. What is this called?
What is indirect observation
500
Name the two types of metals that make up the core.
What are nickel and iron
500
T or F The Earth is 70% water?
What is True
500
Give an example of each type of heat transfer.
Teacher reviewed
500
What type of fossils did he find were similar in two opposite regions of the world?
What is Plant and reptile
500
What is the name of the scientist who helped prove Wegener's theory when discovering sea-floor spreading?
What is Harry Hess
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