Where in the World Am I?
This is the layer you would be in if you were in the densest layer of earth.
What is Inner Core
The type of crust that is under the ocean.
What is Oceanic Crust?
The state of matter of the mantle
What is solid?
What 2 elements is the outer core composed of?
What is the state of matter of the inner core?
What is solid?
The thin, rigid layer of Earth.
What is Crust?
In comparison to the mantle, the crust has _________ pressure.
What is lower?
In comparison to the crust, the temperature of the mantle is..
What is hotter?
The state of matter of the outer core.
What is Liquid?
In comparison to the outer core the inner core is ________ dense.
What is more?
If you tunneled down all the way through the crust and the mantle you would then reach this layer.
What is outer core?
Type of crust that creates land people live on.
What is continental?
The movement that occurs in the mantle is caused by this.
Convection Currents
If you moved from the inner core to the outer core temperature would _____.
What is decrease?
What is higher?
Thickest layer and is composed of magnesium, silicon, and aluminum.
What is the Mantle?
The primary rocks that makes up the crust.
What is granite and basalt?
In comparison to the crust, the density of the mantle is..
What is greater?
If you were to go from the outer core to the crust, pressure would _____.
What is decrease?
Temperature does this as you move from the crust to the inner core.
What is increases?
The layer on which the tectonic plates sit. This layer causes tectonic movement by convection currents.
What is Asthenosphere?
The crust along with the upper mantle combine to form this layer.
What is the lithosphere?
In the convection current cycle, as magma in the mantle heats up it moves in this direction.
What is up?
This word is used to describe the very hot liquid of the outer core.
What is molten?
The reason the inner core is still a solid even though it is very hot.
What is pressure?