Layers of the Earth 1
The layer of the Earth that is liquid
What is the outer core?
The layer of hot solid material between the crust and the core
What is the mantle?
The 4 major layers of the Earth in order are
Crust, Mantle, Outer Core, and Inner Core
The rigid outer layer consisting of the crust and upper mantle
What is the lithosphere?
The area below the lithosphere where convection currents occur
Asthenosphere
The densest layer of the earth
What is the inner core?
These increase as you move towards the core
What is pressure and temperature?
The outermost layer of the Earth?
What is the Crust?
How is the Asthenosphere described (single word)?
Flexible
The outer core is responsible for this that protects the Earth
What is the magnetic field?
The outer most layer of Earth that consists of the crust and upper most part of the mantle
What is the Lithosphere?
This helped scientists understand the makeup of each Earth Layers
What are earthquakes?
The sections of crust called that the continents move on
What is tectonic plates?
Why do the metals in the outer core float?
The materials that make up the outer core
What is liquid nickel and iron?
Magma is made from?
Molten Rock
The asthenosphere moves like this
Oobleck
The two upper parts of the mantle are
What is the Lithosphere, Asthenosphere (or rigid mantle)?
What is the Earth's thickest layer.....
What is Mantle
The layer of the Earth is solid due to tremendous pressure
What is Inner Core?
What are the two types of crust?
Oceanic and Continental.
The process in which causes the movement of the tectonic plates of the crust
What are convection currents?