Layers of the Earth 1
What is the coldest layer of the earth?
the crust
which layer is the hottest layer of earth
what is the inner core
Name one metal that the core is made up of
Nickel
Iron
What causes tectonic plates to move
heat (convection)
What is one effect of convection currents in the mantle?
transferring heat from Earth's interior to the crust
How many types of crust are there?
what is 2
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
Layer with average temperature 5000o - 6000o
Inner core
What type of evidence is collected through rock samples?
which layer is liquid and is beneath the mantle
what is the outer core
True or false: The oceanic crust is thicker than the continental crust.
False
layer made of the earth of liquid iron and nickel
outer core
What is created by the outer core spinning around the inner core?
Magnetic field
true or false. The crust is the first layer of the earth
true
what increases as you go deeper into the center of the earth?
density/temperature/pressure
What are the 2 types of crust
Continental and Oceanic
Structure that shoots lava into the air
volcanoes
Layer that is a weaker, less rigid (plasticity - like putty)
Asthenosphere
Waves of energy caused by earthquakes and other rock movements are ___________.
Seismic waves
The solid outer section of the Earth that includes the crust rocky layer is________.
Lithosphere
true or false. The lithosphere is made of tectonic plates
true
true or false. The mantle is at the center of the earth
false
True or False: The continental crust is less dense than the oceanic crust.
True