Layers of the Earth Flashcards
Granite is much denser than basalt. True or False?
False. Basalt is much denser than Granite.
He is a German meteorologist and polar explorer who proposed the theory of Continental Drift.
Alfred Wegener
How does the earth clean and replenish the water supply?
It uses the Hydrologic Cycle
How many phases are there in water?
3
Hydrologists watch the water cycle carefully and study our impacts upon it. True or False?
True
It consists of several mobile plates, masses of crust that move independently of adjacent plates.
Plate
It deals with the structural features of the Earth.
Tectonics
This factor influences how quickly atoms and molecules move.
Temperature
It is a factor where organisms use light or chemical energy to run their life processes.
Energy From the Sun
It is a rock denser than rocks common in the crust.
Peridotite
It is a semi-rigid part of the middle mantle that flows like hot asphalt under a heavy weight.
Asthenosphere
It is an extensive plains that lie between continental margins and mid-oceanic ridges.
Abyssal Plains
It is an interconnected chain of mountain systems within the ocean.
Mid-Oceanic Ridges
It is caused by the rotation of the Earth.
Polar-Fleeing Force
It is composed of the melted metals of nickel and iron.
Outer Core
It is composed of very hot dense rock that flows like asphalt under a heavy weight.
Middle Mantle (technically Asthenosphere)
It is due to the attraction of the moon and the sun that develops tides.
Tidal Force
What is the Continental Crust made out of?
Basalt
It is made up of the crust and the upper layer of the mantle.
Lithosphere
It is relatively flexible - it flows like a very viscous liquid.
Mantle
It is the crust of the Earth that is broken into many pieces.
Plates
It is the densest planet in the solar system.
Earth
It is the largest layer of the Earth.
Mantle