Earth's Layers
Paleomagnetism
Continents, Oceans, Plate Boundaries
Other Features
Christmas Trivia
100

This layer of earth contains two types called oceanic and continental.

What is the crust?
100

Paleomagnetism is the study of...

What is the study of ancient magnetism?

100

We have 7 of these on Earth currently.

What is continents?

100
These seismic waves are waves that CAN travel through liquid.

What are p-waves?

100

The other reindeer would not let Rudolph join in these.

What are reindeer games?

200

The layer that contains 80-82% of Earth's volume.

What is the mantle?

200

The NAME of the "force field" that surrounds earth protecting us from the Sun's radiation.

What is the magnetosphere?

200

We have 5 of these on Earth currently.

What is oceans?

200

These seismic waves DO NOT travel through liquid.

What is an s-wave?
200

If you leave treats for Santa’s reindeer, then make sure you put out these crunchy orange vegetables.

What are carrots?

300

This layer of Earth has flowing metallic iron making a magnetic field around earth.

What is the outer core?
300

One reason why we know the magnetic field is real is because we can see this beautiful light phenomena sometimes.

What are auroras?

300

These can be convergent, divergent, or transform.

What is plate boundaries?

300

These three things increase as we go deeper into the Earth.

What is temperature, pressure, and density?

300

These three words are what best describe the Grinch, “and I quote.”

What is stink, stank, and stunk?

400

This is the reason why we would say the layers of earth are floating on top of each other.

What is density?

400

This change of the magnetic field helps us to determine that continents are moving away from each other.

What is magnetic reversals?

400

The ocean is spreading at this location.

What is the Mid-Atlantic ridge?

400

Iron rich materials can have these be frozen in time when the magnetic field reverses.

What are magnetic poles?

400

This piece of clothing brought Frosty the Snowman to life.

What is his old silk hat?

500

This familiar sleighing song was the first Earth tune played in outer space.

What is jingle bells?