inside the Earth

Question 1

Lithosphere

Answer 1

The solid outer layer of the Earth that consists of the crust and the rigid upper part of the mantle

Question 2

Asthenosphere

Answer 2

The soft layer of the mantle on which the tectonic plates move.

Question 3

Mesosphere

Answer 3

the strong,lower part of the mantle between the asthenosphere and the outer core; Also the layer of the atmosphere between the stratosphere and the thermosphere and in which tempature decreaes as altitude increases.

Question 4

Inner core

Answer 4

is the innermost geologic layer of the planet Earth. It is primarily a solid ball

Question 5

Outer Core

Answer 5

is the third layer of the Earth. It is the only liquid layer, and is mainly made up of the metals iron and nickel, as well as small amounts of other substances.

Question 6

Seismic Wave

Answer 6

A wave of energy that travels through the Earth and away from an earthquake in all directions.

Question 7

Oceanic Crust

Answer 7

is the uppermost layer of the oceanic portion of a tectonic plate

Question 8

Continetal Crust

Answer 8

is the layer of igneous, sedimentary, and metamorphic rocks that forms the geological continents

Question 9

Density

Answer 9

The ratio of the mass of a substance to the volume of the suntance.

Question 10

Alfred Wegener

Answer 10

He was a German polar researcher, geophysicist and meteorologist.

Question 11

Continental Drift

Answer 11

The hypothesis that states that the continents once formed a single landmass. broke up and drifited to their present locations

Question 12

Convergent Boundary

Answer 12

The boundry formed by collision of two lithospheric plates

Question 13

Divergent Boundary

Answer 13

The boundry between two tectonic plates are moving away from each other

Question 14

Transform Boundary

Answer 14

The boundry between tectonic plates that are sliding past eachother horizontally

Question 15

Sea-floor Spreading

Answer 15

The process by which new oceanic lithosphere forms magma rises toward the surface and soldifies

Question 16

Pangaea

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was a supercontinent that existed during the late Paleozoic and early Mesozoic eras.

Question 17

Laurasia

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a portmanteau for Laurentia and Asia, was the more northern of two minor supercontinents

Question 18

Gondwana

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was a supercontinent that existed from the Neoproterozoic and began to break up during the Jurassic

Question 19

Mesosaurus

Answer 19

is an extinct genus of reptile from the Early Permian of southern Africa and South America

Question 20

Glossopteris

Answer 20

is the largest and best-known genus of the extinct Permian