Earth
What shape is the earth?
round, sphere (will accept similar answers)
What layer do we live on?
(hint: outer most layer)
The Crust
Definition: To send out lava, rocks, and ash in a sudden explosion
Eruption
what is a volcano?
An opening in the Earth’s crust that is filled with hot gases and melted rocks. (will accept similar answers)
The earth has 4 L_____
Layers
The inner core is made of up what metals? give me one.
Iron + Nickel
What is magma?
hot, melted rock (will accept similar answers)
What layer of the earth does a volcano form on?
(hint: the outer most layer where we live. The C___)
The Crust
The Earth's layers are like which vegetable?
Onion
Is the inner core liquid or solid?
solid like a peach
What is a plume?
What layer(s) of the earth does magma come from? (hint: not the inner core or the crust)
Outer core/ mantle
The Earth's inner core is like what fruit?
A peach
Which is hotter: inner core or the crust?
(remember, it gets hotter as we go into the center of the earth)
the inner core
What is lava?
hot, melted rocks (will accept similar answers)
What do we call hot, melted rocks underneath the surface?
magma
How many layers does the earth have?
Just under the crust is what layer???
(hint: M)
Mantle
How are magma and lava different?
magma is inside the crust, lava comes out after the volcano erupts (will accept similar answers)
magma rises to the surface and goes through a V___ before becoming lava (hint: look at inside of a volcano picture description)
A vent