What is so special about the Lithosphere?

It carries the world's continents and oceans

What are the 3 types of heat transfer?

radiation, conduction, convection

What are the two layers directly underneath the Earth's crust?

Oceanic Crust & Continental Crust

Heat transfer is the movement of energy from:

a warmer object to a cooler object

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Layers of the Earth

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1
The mantle is divided into which 2 sections
outer and inner core
crust
asthenosphere & lithosphere
inner and outer mantle
2
The upper most layer of the Earth is what?
Inner Core
Outer Core
Mantle
Crust
3
What is the inner core made up of?
Solid Iron
Solid Magma Lava
Solid Metal
Solid Nickle
4
What is so special about the Lithosphere?
It carries the world's continents and oceans
It's super thin
It's 100 miles thick
It's as hot as the sun
5
What are the 3 types of heat transfer?
radiation, hot water, convection
conduction, convection, sun
radiation, conduction, convection
radiation,sun,ice
6
What are the two layers directly underneath the Earth's crust?
Asthenosphere & Lithosphere
Oceanic Crust & Continental Crust
Inner & Outer Core
Upper and Lower Mantle
7
What surrounds the core?
the crust
the mantle
the atmosphere
the biosphere
8
How thin is the oceanic crust layer?
1 mile
25-50 miles
100-200 miles
3-5 miles
9
Conduction is the heat transfer through?
sun and ice cubes
direct contact
radiation
empty space
10
What is the core made of?
salt & water
iron & rock pieces
nickel & rock pieces
nickel & iron
11
What is all the Earth's salt water and freshwater located?
biosphere
hydrosphere
geosphere
atmosphere
12
Radiation is the transfer of energy through what?
direct heat
direct cooling
pot of water
empty space
13
Heat transfer is the movement of energy from:
a cooler object to a warmer object
a warmer object to a warmer object
a warmer object to a cooler object
a cooler object to a cooler object
14
What is Earth Science the study of?
Space & Rocks
Earth & Space
The Ocean & Space
Earth & The Ocean
15
What causes the mantle to flow?
Earthquakes
Great temperature differences
Very cool temperature differences
Volcanoes
16
What is a combination of parts that work together?
system
atmosphere
biosphere
geosphere

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