The Earth's Interior

What is the solid dense layer of the Earth?

What is the Earth's core believed to be made of?

Temperature and pressure increase toward the center of the Earth.

What did scientists use to discover the layers of the earths interior?

The asthenosphere is the thinnest layer of the Earth.

Which layer makes up most of the Earth's mass?

Where is the thickest part of a tectonic plate?

The soft layer in which the tectonic plates move is called?

The crust is the Earth's only solid layer.

What layer is made up of the crust and the rigid, upper part of the mantle?

What layer of the Earth is liquid?

What layer of the earth is made of solid rock but flows very slowly?

In which layer of the Earth are convection currents believed to occur?

This is the process in which hot material rises while cool material sinks?

What is the liquid layer called that lies beneath the mantle and surrounds the inner core?

Where is the thinnest part of a tectonic plate?

What layer of the Earth is divided into tectonic plates?

The inner core is primarily made of iron.

Which of the following appears to cause the movements of tectonic plates?

What properties does the oceanic crust have compared to the continental crust?