Which layer of the Earth is liquid?
Outer Core
The 4 major layers of the Earth in order are
Crust, Mantle, Outer Core, and Inner Core
What creates the magnetosphere?
The revolution (spinning) of the core.
What is the very hot area found below the asthenosphere?
Lower Mantle
How does pressure and temperature change as you move towards the core?
They both increase
How is the Asthenosphere described (single word)?
Plasticity
What is the deepest hole ever dug? And how deep is it roughly?
Russia bore hole, 12km
What helped scientists understand the makeup of each Earth Layer?
Earthquakes
What are the chunks of crust called that the continents move on?
Tectonic Plates
What landforms occur at a convergent plate boundary of a continent and an oceanic plate?
Volcanos and trenches.
What best describes the materials that make the outer core?
Liquid iron and nickel.
What event occurs at transform boundaries?
Earthquakes
What does the electromagnetic field protect us from?
Cosmic Rays/Solar Flares
What are the two upper parts of the mantle called?
Lithosphere, Athenosphere
What is the Earth's thickest layer.....
What is Mantle
What are the two types of crust? Which is more dense/less dense?
Oceanic is denser and Continental less dense.