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Layers of the Earth (Carter)
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What is the thinnest layer of the Earth?
What is the thinnest layer of the Earth?
crust
List the layers of the Earth from hottest to coolest.
List the layers of the Earth from hottest to coolest.
inner core, outer core, mantle, crust
Which layer of the Earth vibrates in place because of the pressure?
Which layer of the Earth vibrates in place because of the pressure?
inner core
What is the only liquid layer of the Earth?
What is the only liquid layer of the Earth?
outer core
What type of rock is the oceanic crust made of?
What type of rock is the oceanic crust made of?
basalt
What is the thickest layer of the Earth?
What is the thickest layer of the Earth?
mantle
Which layer of the crust is more dense?
Which layer of the crust is more dense?
oceanic
Why is the inner core solid?
Why is the inner core solid?
All of the other layers put so much pressure on this layer, so it makes it a solid.
What type of rock is the continental crust made of?
What type of rock is the continental crust made of?
granite
How is the heat from deep in Earth's interior transferred to the crust?
How is the heat from deep in Earth's interior transferred to the crust?
convection currents in the mantle
Which layer is the most dense?
Which layer is the most dense?
inner core
What are the two types of crust?
What are the two types of crust?
oceanic and continental
What is the name of the movement in the mantle?
What is the name of the movement in the mantle?
convection currents
How are the inner core and outer core alike?
How are the inner core and outer core alike?
They are both made of iron and nickel.
Which layer is made up of solid and melted rock?
Which layer is made up of solid and melted rock?
mantle
What is the hottest layer of the Earth?
What is the hottest layer of the Earth?
inner core
What is the solid layer of the Earth that is capable of flow?
What is the solid layer of the Earth that is capable of flow?
mantle
What two layers make up the lithosphere?
What two layers make up the lithosphere?
bottom of crust and top of mantle
How are the inner core and outer core different?
How are the inner core and outer core different?
Inner core is solid; outer core is liquid. (Inner is also hotter.)
What three things are the greatest in the inner core?
What three things are the greatest in the inner core?
pressure, density, and temperature
What is the coolest layer of the Earth?
What is the coolest layer of the Earth?
crust
Define density.
Define density.
how tightly packed something is
Which layer of the crust is thinnest?
Which layer of the crust is thinnest?
oceanic
The outer core is molten ________, and the mantle is molten _______.
The outer core is molten ________, and the mantle is molten _______.
metal, rock
What is another name for the soft layer of the mantle?
What is another name for the soft layer of the mantle?
asthenosphere
How many miles thick is the mantle?
How many miles thick is the mantle?
1,800 miles
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