Earths interior

Question 1

2 Discontinuities and where they are.

Answer 1

Mohoriocic-Between crust and mantle

Gutenberg-Between Mantle and core

Question 2

Sea floor

Answer 2

Bottom of the ocean

Question 3

Viscous

Answer 3

Thick and sticky liquid

Question 4

Mantle

Answer 4

Middle layer of the Earth

Question 5

Volume

Answer 5

The space an object occupies

Question 6

Crust

Answer 6

Rocky outer layer of Earth

Question 7

Discontinuities

Answer 7

Area between Earth’s interior layers

Question 8

Core

Answer 8

Extremely hot center of the Earth-solid

Question 9

Two types of evidence geologists use to learn about Earths interior

Answer 9

Direct evidence from rock samples

Indirect evidence from seismic waves

Question 10

2 types of crust

Answer 10

Oceanic- consists mostly of basalt

Continental-consists of mainly granite

Question 11

Lithosphere?

Answer 11

Uppermost part of mantle and the crust for a ridge layer about 100 kilometers thick.

Question 12

Three parts of the Mantle

Answer 12

Lithosphere
Asthenosphere
Lower mantle

Question 13

Asthenosphere?

Answer 13

Softer part of mantle below the lithosphere which is hotter and under increased pressure.

Question 14

Lower mantle?

Answer 14

Solid material extending all the way to Earths core…

Question 15

Two parts of the Core?

Answer 15

Outer and Inner Core

Question 16

Outer Core?

Answer 16

Layer of molten metal that surrounds inner core.

Question 17

Inner Core?

Answer 17

Dense ball of solid metal.

Question 18

3 types of heat transfer

Answer 18

Conduction
Convection
Radiation

Question 19

Radiation?

Answer 19

The transfer of energy through the empty space-has no direct contact.

Question 20

Conduction?

Answer 20

Heat transfer by direct contact of particles of matter.

Question 21

Convection?

Answer 21

Transfer of heat by the movement of heated fluids

Question 22

Density?

Answer 22

Measure of how much mass there is in a volume of a substance.

Question 23

What causes convection currents in Earths mantle?

Answer 23

Heat source is the Earths core and from the mantle itself