Layers of the Earth
Which layer is the thinnest?
What is the Crust?
Located about 6,400 to 5,280 km beneath Earth's surface; it is completely dense and is almost as hot as the surface of the sun.
What is the inner core?
These plates move away from each other and allow the asthenosphere to rise towards the surface.
What is a divergent boundary?
What layers is the lithosphere composed of?
What are the crust and upper mantle?
about 2,900 km thick, it makes up a whopping 84% of Earth's total volume.
What is the mantle?
These plates move past each other horizontally.
What is a transform boundary?
What theory id associated with the layers of the earth?
What is continental drift?
Because of the pressure from the other layers, it becomes solid; what is it called?
What is the core?
A hot fluid below or within the earth's crust from while lava and other rocks are formed when cooled.
What is magma?
What are the two types of crust?
What is the oceanic and continental crust?
Of the three geographic and scientific observations listed below, which supports the theory of continental drift?
1. the continents fit together.
2. similar fossils are found on separate continents.
3. different types of geographical landforms are found all over the world.
What are 1 and 11?
This describes large- scale movement of Earth's lithosphere.
What is plate techtonics?