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What is the outer core? |
The layer found below the mantle. |
Mantle |
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What is the mantle |
The layer found below the earths crust |
Crust |
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Who is Alfred Wegener |
A scientist who discovered continental drift |
Drift |
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Define continental drift |
The belief that all of the continents were once combined but the plates have shifted |
Together |
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Define sonar |
Sound wave technology |
Ipads |
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Define the inner core |
A solid ball |
Round |
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What is the temp of the lower mantle and the upper |
Both 1000 |
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What is the temp of the inner core? |
6000 |
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What is the temp of the outer core |
5500 |
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What is the temp of the crust and how deep is it |
5-60 km deep and 5 degrees |
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Define plate tectonics |
The earths crust broken up into large pieces called plates |
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