Earth science Ch 1-1

Which layers have greater amounts of pressure on them?

What type of rock can be found all over the entire earth?

Molten rock inside the earth before it erupts

Type of rock that makes up the ocean floor or oceanic crust- very dense and dark

How would the temperature change from outer core to the crust?

Layer of earth that makes up the continents and ocean floor

Lithosphere is made of what type of crust?

What do scientists use as INDIRECT evidence to study the earth's interior?

Inner layer of earth made of magma

What layer contains the greatest amount of magma or molten rock?

Molten rock once it erupts onto the surface of the earth

The outer layer of the earth is...

Type of light-colored, coarse rock that makes up contents

The earth's crust is broken into large pieces of land called...

Inner layer of solid metal

Inner layer of hot liquid metal

What do scientist use as DIRECT evidence to study the inside of the Earth?

Scientists are currently unable to travel to the center of the earth to study because...