Mantle
This thickest layer of the Earth is located directly below the crust and above the outer core.
What is mantle?
What is oceanic and continental crust?
These two metal elements make up the vast majority of the core.
What is iron & nickel?
The largest body of water.
What is the ocean?
The mantle is composed from this state of matter.
What is solid?
The crust is broken into these large pieces that float on the asthenosphere.
What is tectonic plates?
This is the state of matter of the outer core.
What is liquid?
Approximately this percentage of Earth's surface is covered by water.
What is 70-75%?
The 2 elements that mostly makes up the mantle
What is oxygen & magnesium?
This process occurs when one tectonic plate sinks beneath another, destroying crust.
What is subduction?
This is the innermost solid layer of the Earth.
What is inner core?
The total amount of water on Earth—including oceans, lakes, ice, and groundwater—is known by this term.
What is hydrosphere?
This upper part of the mantle, located below the lithosphere, is directly involved in the movement of tectonic plates.
What is asthenosphere?
This rock makes up the majority of the crust.
What is igneous rock?
This type of wave, produced by earthquakes, allows scientists to understand the core’s structure.
What is a seismic wave?
This type of water accounts for 97% of all water on Earth.
What is Salt water?
This is the primary mechanism within the mantle that drives the movement of tectonic plates.
What is convection?
These mantle features can cause volcanic activity in the middle of a plate, rather than at the edges.
What are hotspots?
Movements in this specific, liquid layer create Earth's magnetic field.
What is the outer core?
Most of Earth's freshwater is not in rivers or lakes, but rather locked up here.
What is a glacier?