What happens to heat and pressure as you get closer to the center of

the earth?

It increases

The asthenosphere is made up of what type of material?

Soft and flowing

The thinnest layer on earth is which

layer?

The crust

What are the four layers of earth?

The crust, the mantle, the outer

core, the inner core

Which is the thickest layer on

earth?

The mantle

Why can’t scientist use

direct methods to see into the

earth?

It is too deep.

The earth is made up of many

tectonic plates, they are always

said to be ______.

Moving slowly

How would you describe earth?

A peach or an egg

Which two layers of the earth are

not solid?

The outer core and the

asthenosphere

The outer core and the core are

made up primarily of which two

types of metals?

Iron and nickel

Is the asthenosphere above or below the lithosphere?

Below

Rock found under the oceanic crust is which type of

rock?

Basalt

Rock found under the continental crust is which type of rock?

Granite

The composition of the outer core

is_________?

Molten metal

The layer of the earth that has the most pressure is

_______.

The inner core

Scientist use what type of waves to

see into the earth.

Seismic

Heat that moves from a boiling pot

of water to the handle and your

hand is called ______.

Conduction

The heat that creates

convection currents in the mantle comes

from_________.

The inner core

The type of heat transfer that we

see when we heat up soup is called

_________.

Convection

The type of heat we receive from the sun is called

________.

Radiation

Convection currents are

caused by what _________

The differences in density and

temperatures.

Radiation heat transfer travels

through __________.

Empty space

True or false: Magma that comes from

inside the earth is heated by radiation.

False

True or false: The mantle probably has no oxygen in

it.

True

In which layer to convection

currents occur?

The mantle

Tectonic plates move because of

___________.

Convection currents

When the core heats up molten

rock, it will _________

Rise

Radiation heat travels through

________

Empty space

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If the earth’s temperature increases

100° for every kilometers into the earth and you travel 2,500 kms, how hot

would it get?

250,000°