Layers Of The Earth

Front 1

This layer of the earth is the most dense.

Back 1

Inner Core

Front 2

Only liquid layer on Earth

Back 2

Outer Core

Front 3

Solid ball of iron

Back 3

Inner Core

Front 4

This is the coolest layer (temperature!)

Back 4

Crust

Front 5

This layer has mountains and oceans.

Back 5

Crust

Front 6

This is the thickest layer.

Back 6

Mantle

Front 7

This is the thinnest layer.

Back 7

Crust

Front 8

Why is the inner core solid?

Back 8

Pressure.

Front 9

Cutting a section of an object to see the inside:

Back 9

Cross-section

Front 10

What an object is made of:

Back 10

Composition

Front 11

The only liquid layer on Earth

Back 11

Outer Core

Front 12

Allows inner core to spin at different speed

Back 12

Outer Core

Front 13

Allows Earth to have a magnetic field

Back 13

Inner Core

Front 14

Part of lithosphere made primarily of basalt and a small amount of iron

Back 14

Oceanic Crust

Front 15

More dense than continental crust and created at the Mid-Oceanic Ridge

Back 15

Oceanic Crust

Front 16

Part of the lithosphere and made primarily of granite

Back 16

Continental Crust

Front 17

Which is more dense, Oceanic Crust or Continental Crust?

Back 17

Oceanic Crust is MORE dense than Continental Crust

Front 18

Why does the Earth have a magnetic field?

Back 18

The inner core spins at a different rate as the rest of the Earth

Front 19

What increase as depth increases?

Back 19

Temperature, Density, and Pressure

Front 20

What travels through solids and liquids and through different densities?

Back 20

Seismic Waves

Front 21

This layer consists of the crust and upper mantle

Back 21

Lithosphere

Front 22

Tectonic plates are part of this layer

Back 22

Lithosphere

Front 23

This layer is about 100 miles thick and is constantly moving

Back 23

Lithosphere

Front 24

This layer is the stretchy layer of the mantle

Back 24

Asthenoshere

Front 25

Crust floats on top of this layer

Back 25

Asthenoshere

Front 26

Convection currents flow through this layer

Back 26

Asthenoshere

Front 27

What allows the tectonic plates to move?

Back 27

Convection Currents

Front 28

This theory explains how pieces of the Earth's crust move and change shape

Back 28

Theory of plate tectonics

Front 29

Which plate is the North American plate a part of?

Back 29

Continental

Front 30

Which plate is the Eurasian plate a part of?

Back 30

Continental

Front 31

Which plate is African plate a part of?

Back 31

Continental

Front 32

Which plate is the Indian plate a part of?

Back 32

Continental

Front 33

Which plate is the Pacific plate a part of?

Back 33

Oceanic

Front 34

Which plate is the Nazca plate a part of?

Back 34

Oceanic

Front 35

Which plate is the Juan De Fuca plate a part of?

Back 35

Oceanic

Front 36

Which plate is the Cocos plate a part of?

Back 36

Oceanic