Layers of the earth 1
What is the coolest layer of the earth
what is the crust
which layer is the hottest layer of earth
what is the Core
The core is mostly made of
what is nickel and iron
The inner core is solid because of
what is The pressure
What are the two types of crusts?
Oceanic and continental
What layer of Earth do we live on?
what is the Crust
what are the layers of the earth in order from the surface?
what is the Crust, Mantle,Outer core, and Inner core
Which layer is the thickest?
what is The Mantle
T/F: When temperature increases density increases?
False
which layer is liquid and is beneath the mantle
what is the outer core
Heavy (more dense) materials sink to the center and lighter (less dense) materials accumulate near the surface
type of crust composed of basalt
oceanic crust
The crust is the first layer of the earth
true
the lithosphere is a part of what
the mantle
What are the 2 types of crust
Continental and Oceanic
Describe crystallization
process by which freely moving atoms in liquid rock become arranged in orderly patterns as they cool
True
What are the 3 layers in the mantle
Lithosphere, asthenosphere, lower mantle
T/F: The lithosphere is made of tectonic plates
true
T/F: The mantle is at the center of the earth
false