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How many layers of the Earth are

there?

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3

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The part of the Earth that consists of

molten metal

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Outer core

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The depth of the deepest mine in

the world.

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3.8 Km

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What causes seismic waves?

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earthquakes

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Which metals make up the inner core?

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Iron and nickel

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Heat always moves …

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From hot to cold

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How heat is transferred in a

fluid.

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convection

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Causes convection

currents in the mantle.

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Heat from the core and mantle

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Convection currents are found in the

mantle and …

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Outer core

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Convection currents within are thought to

cause the Earth’s ….

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Magnetic field

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The part of the Earth that drifts.

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crust

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The trace of any organism

preserved in rock

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fossil

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Mountain ranges in S. America line up with ranges on …

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Africa

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Supercontinent name.

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Pangaea

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Proposed the theory of

continental drift.

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Wegener

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What surrounds the mantle?

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crust

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This boundary between the

crust and mantle is hot plastic-like

rock.

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asthenosphere

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Dark, fine grained igneous

rock. Mostly found on the sea

floor.

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basalt

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The border just above the

asthenosphere.

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lithosphere

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Light colored, coarse grained rock that makes up most of the

continents.

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granite

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Rock samples are a form of ______

evidence.

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direct

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Seismic waves are a form of

______ evidence.

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indirect

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Seismic waves revel the

structure of the Earth through

their speed and _____.

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paths

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Where the crust is thinnest.

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Ocean floor

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At what depth in the crust does the temperature start

increasing?

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20 meters