The Structure of the Earth

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The Structure of the Earth
The Layers of The Earth
Earthquakes
Volcanoes
Mixed Challenge
Continents
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What is the outer most layer of the Earth
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The Crust
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What is the thickest layer of the Earth?
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The Mantle
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What is the name of the thin layer that the crust
and upper part of the mantle make up?
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The lithosphere
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The rock that makes up the mantle is similar to a
certain substance. What is it?
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Silly Putty
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Name all 4 layers of the Earth, in order,
starting from the outer most layer.
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Crust, Mantle, Outer Core, Inner Core
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The Richter Scale measures the intensity of
earthquakes. What is the lowest rating and the
highest rating?
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1-10
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Seismic waves are the vibration that travels
through the earth carrying energy that is
released during an earthquake. What is the name
of the instrument that measures these waves?
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Seismograph
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What is the term for the area where pressure is
released through a crack in the Earths crust?
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A fault
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What are the three major types of faults?
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Normal Fault, Reverse Fault, Strike-Slip Fault
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What type of fault would create a waterfall?
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A normal fault
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What is the term for a mixture of gases and hot
molten rock?
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Magma
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What is the name of liquid magma that reaches the
surface of the Earth?
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Lava
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What is the name of area in the Pacific Ocean
where many volcanoes and earthquakes occur?
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The Ring of Fire
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What do you call a huge piece of molten rock that
can blast out of a volcano?
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Volcanic bomb
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What are three shapes of volcanoes?
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Shield, Composite Cone, Cinder Cone
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What is the name of an ancient organism that has
been preserved in rock?
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Fossil
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This is the term for the study of Earths origin,
history, and culture.
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Geology
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What erupts from a geyser?
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Hot steamy water
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True or False. The inner core of the Earth is
hotter than the surface of the sun.
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True
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What are three types/stages of volcanoes?
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Active, Dormant, Extinct
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Who is the man that came up with the theory of
continental drift?
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Alfred Wegener
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What was the name of the supercontinent?
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Pangea
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Floating pieces of the Earths lithosphere are
called, what?(Remember the broken eggshell
pieces represented these)
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Plates
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This is the theory that states that pieces of the
Earths lithosphere are in a constant, slow
motion, driven my currents in the mantle.
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Plate tectonics
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What is one piece of evidence that supports
continental drift?
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Fossils Climate Change- glaciers formed deep
scratches