composition
Earth’s inner core is a _____________ a. a dense ball of solid metal. b. a layer of molten metal. c. a layer of hot rock. d. a layer of rock that forms Earth’s outer skin. What is a dense ball of solid metal?
What is a dense ball of solid metal?
Which layer is the coolest?
What is the crust?
Why do we differentiate between the outer and inner core?
Because the outer is liquid and the inner is solid.
The part of the mantle called the __________ is made of soft rock that bends like plastic.
What is the asthenosphere?
This was the name of the supercontinent that existed over 200 million years ago.
What is Pangea?
This layer of the Earth is composed of Oxygen, Silicon, and Aluminum.
What is the crust?
Which layer is the hottest?
What is the core?
Why is the inner core solid?
What is extreme pressure in the outer core?
The lithosphere is broken into sections called _________.
What is tectonic plates?
This theory explains why the shorelines of continents fit together and why you can find fossils and plant life in opposing environments.
What is Continental Drift?
Earth’s mantle is composed mainly of a. molten metal. b. a layer of molten rock. c. of solid metal. d. granite and basalt
What is a layer of molten rock?
Which layer is warmer, The lithosphere or the asthenosphere?
What is the asthenosphere?
The outer core is composed of ______________.
What is liquid nickel and iron?
The lithosphere is broken into sections called plates, which float on top of the _____________.
What is the asthenosphere?
Mid ocean ridges and sea floor spreading are a result of this plate boundary.
What is a divergent plate boundary?
Earth’s solid inner core is surrounded by the hot, molten metal of which layer?
What is outer core?
Which layer is warmer, The outer core or the inner core?
What is the inner core?
The inner core is composed of _________________.
What is solid iron and nickel?
The mantle makes up what percentage of the Earth's mass?
What is 67%?
The Rocky Mountains were most likely formed by this plate boundary.
What is a convergent plate boundary?
The inner core is composed of solid ____________.
What is iron?
What happens to temperatures as you go deeper into the Earth?
What is they increase or get higher?
Scientists think that _____________ is made of liquid, which moves to produce Earth’s magnetic field.
What is the outer core?
This layer makes up the lower part of the mantle and the top part of the outer core.
What is the mesosphere?
Earthquakes occur as result of _______________.
What is plate movement (at any of the 3 plate boundaries)?