Earths Layer

Question 1

Pangaea

Answer 1

the name of the supercontinent 200 million years ago

Question 2

crust

Answer 2

the thin brittle layer of solid rock around the Earth

Question 3

upper mantle

Answer 3

top is solid but the bottom can flow making it a flowing solid

Question 4

lower mantle

Answer 4

denser solid than upper mantle making it a solid

Question 5

outer core

Answer 5

hot dense metallic liquid that generates magnetic field

Question 6

inner core

Answer 6

the deepest layer size of moon solid because of pressure and more than 5000 degrees Celsius

Question 7

mid ocean ridge

Answer 7

mountain ridges along the ocean floor

Question 8

rift

Answer 8

a break in the earths crust

Question 9

magma

Answer 9

melted rocks, lava

Question 10

sediment

Answer 10

rocks and sand in the ocean floor that moves

Question 11

trench

Answer 11

deep valleys in the ocean floor

Question 12

tectonic plates

Answer 12

huge slabs of rock that float slowly on the earths mantle

Question 13

lithosphere

Answer 13

the rigid part of the earth consisting of the crust and upper mantle

Question 14

asthenosphere

Answer 14

the layer below the lithosphere, heat and pressures make rocks flow

Question 15

oceanic crust

Answer 15

thin dense and mostly basalt

Question 16

continental crust

Answer 16

thick less dense and mostly granite