4.1,4.2,4.3,4.4 Flashcards
1
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Thinnest layer on Earth
A
Crust
2
Q
Thickest layer on Earth
A
Mantle
3
Q
Center layer of Earth
A
Core
4
Q
Made up of crust and the upper mantle
A
Lithosphere
5
Q
Made up of solid rock that moves slowly. Plastic layer of Mantle
A
Asthenosphere
6
Q
Extends from bottom of Asthenosphere
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Mesosphere
7
Q
Pieces of the lithosphere that move around on top of the Asthenosphere very slowly
A
Tectonic Plates
8
Q
Measure the times at which seismic waves arrive at different distances from earthquakes.
A
Seismographs
9
Q
Waves travel at different speeds in the Earth
A
Seismic Waves
10
Q
Hypothesis that states all the continents formed a single landmass called Pangaea
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Continental drift