Which layer of the Earth is liquid?
Outer Core
The 4 major layers of the Earth in order are
Crust, Mantle, Outer Core, and Inner Core
What creates the magnetosphere?
The liquid outer core
What is the very hot area found below the asthenosphere?
Lower Mantle
How does pressure and temperature change as you move towards the core?
They both increase
How is the Asthenosphere described (single word)?
Plasticity
what layer does convection currents happen in the earth?
Mantel
What helped scientists understand the makeup of each Earth Layer?
Earthquakes
What are the chunks of crust called that the continents move on?
Tectonic Plates
describe convection currents
cold liquid/gas sink and warm rises
What best describes the materials that make the outer core?
Liquid iron and nickel.
what layer is composed of iron and nickel, and generates Earth's magnetic field?
outer core
What does the electromagnetic field protect us from?
Cosmic Rays/Solar Flares
What are the two upper parts of the mantle called?
Lithosphere, Athenosphere
What is the Earth's thickest layer.....
What is Mantle
What are the two types of crust? Which is more dense/less dense?
Oceanic is denser and Continental less dense.