What happens to heat and pressure as you get closer to the center of the earth?
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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
FinalFinalJeopardyJeopardy
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°