Earth
Earth is the ______ planet from the sun. (number)
3rd
What layer of inner Earth has the highest temperature?
The core.
What type of plate movement slides past each other?
Transform
What does a seismograph measure?
The strength and length of an earthquake?
How do we know Earth is rotating?
We have day and night.
Which layer of inner Earth has the coolest/lowest temperature?
The crust.
Which type of plate movement crashes into each other?
Convergent
What is it called when waves are pushed onto the land because of an oceanic earthquake?
tsunami
What was the shadow on a sundial used for?
To tell time.
Which layer of inner Earth is a solid and why?
The inner core because of the pressure around it.
Which type of plate movement moves away from each other?
Divergent
What is formed when convergent plates move on land?
mountains
What are the 7 continents of Earth?
North America, South America, Europe, Asia, Africa, Australia, Antartica
What is the inner and outer core made of?
Iron and nickel.
What is the name of the land mass that scientists believe existed first?
Pangea
What happens when heat and energy are released from the core?
Earthquakes and Volcanoes
What are the 5 major oceans on Earth?
What are the 2 types of crust?
Continental and Oceanic.
What do scientists think will happen to the 7 continents far in the future?
They will eventually come back together.
How can people make buildings safer in earthquake areas?
They can build low and out instead of tall.