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What are the four major layers of the Earth’s interior?

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Crust, Mantle, Outer core, Inner core

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What is the upper 2 layer of the mantle called?

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Lithosphere, astenosphere

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What is the upper 2 layer of the mantle called?

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Lithospher, astenospher

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What is the depth of the continental curst?

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0-65 km

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What is the depth of the oceanic crust?

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0-10 km

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What is the depth of the mantle

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45-2900 km

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What is the depth of the outer core?

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2900-5300 km

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What is the depth of the inner core?

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3500-6300 km

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What is the density of the continental crust?

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2.67 g/cm3

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What is the density of the oceanic crust?

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3.0 g/cm3

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What is the density of the mantle?

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4.5 g/cm3

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What is the density of the outer core?

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11.5 g/cm3

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What is the density of the inner core?

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13.0 g/cm3

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What is the temperature of continental crust?

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What is the temperature of the oceanic crust

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What is the temperature of the mantle?

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1100-5000 C

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What is the temperature of the outer core?

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5000-6000 C

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What is the trend of the density

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As closer to the center you get the denser it is due tot he heavier elements

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What is the trend of the density

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As closer to the center you get the denser it is due tot he heavier elements

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What is the upper 2 layer of the mantle called?

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Lithospher, astenospher

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What is the depth of the continental curst?

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0-65 km

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What is the depth of the oceanic crust?

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0-10 km

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What is the depth of the mantle

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45-2900 km

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What is the depth of the outer core?

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2900-5300 km

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What is the depth of the inner core?
3500-6300 km
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What is the density of the continental crust?
2.67 g/cm3
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What is the density of the oceanic crust?
3.0 g/cm3
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What is the inner core made of?
made of iron and nickel
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What is the density of the outer core?
11.5 g/cm3
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What is the density of the inner core?
13.0 g/cm3
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What is the temperature of continental crust?
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What is the temperature of the oceanic crust
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What is the temperature of the mantle?
1100-5000 C
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What is the temperature of the outer core?
5000-6000 C
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What is the temperature of the inner core?
6000-6600 C
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What is the trend of the density
As closer to the center you get the denser it is due tot he heavier elements
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What is the crust made of?
CC- magnesium and aluminum rich silicates | OC-magnesium and iron rich silicates
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What phase is the crust?
Solid
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What phase is the mantle
semi liquid/solid (plastic)
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What is the mantle made of
magnesium and iron rich silicates
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What is the upper layer of the mantle and how deep is it?
250 km and Asthenosphere
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What is isostasy?
the change in elevation of sections of the crust to balance pressure in upper mantle
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What do subduction/convergent zones create
Trenches | Often form volcanic mountain ranges (magma comes up through cracks)
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What phase is the inner core?
solid
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What is the outer core made of?
made of iron and nickel
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What is the inner core made of?
made of iron and nickel
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What does the composition of the inner core contribute
the magnetic field
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Describe the relationship between seismic waves and density
increase in seismic waves with increasing density
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S-waves travel through
solids, not liquids
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P waves travel through
liquids and solids
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P waves are
penetrating waves
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S waves are
shallow/ short waves
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What determines S and P waves
the depth and strength
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How is it hypothesized that the Earth is composed of iron and nickel
looked at planetary bodies (meteorites, asteroids, space rubble)
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The inner layers are (pressure and temperature)
very hot and high pressure (so high, rock can deform and flow)
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how many major plates are there
7 major and multiple smaller ones
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How long do plates last
for a very long time but they do change
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What did Alfred Wegener do
proposed that continents were moving
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How are/were major geological features formed
they were boundaries of earlier plates
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What are subduction/convergent zone
Where ONE plate is forced under another when 2 plates come together
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What do subduction/convergent zones create
Trenches | Often form volcanic mountain ranges (magma comes up through cracks)
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How does Plate tectonic theory relate to sea floor spreading
refinement of that hypothesis - crust is 7 rigid plates - new curst at mid ocean ridges - curst sinks at convergence zones
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What are transform faults?
Where plates slide horizontally past each other
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Hot spots create
islands chains which indicate movement direction of crust
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How does movement of plates happens
can happen over short periods, quick burst | can happen over long periods of time
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What does short burst of movement create
high seismic activity--> Earthquakes
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How does the mantle move?
In convection currents, hotter parts by outer core move up (heat rises) and cooler parts near crust sink creating a convection current
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How fast do plates move in a year
average 1-17 cm per year
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What does ridge steepness tell about speed of crusts
The steeper the ridge the slower the spreading (such as the mid-atlantic ridge compared to the East Pacific ridge)
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What is Observing
The gathering of data with out altering the system being explained
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What is an experiment
manipulation or control of system observed
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What is a null hypothesis
No effect
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What is an alternative hypothesis
does affect
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What is a Hypothesis
an explanation for what is observed
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What did Sir Francis Bacon notice
continents fit together like puzzle peices
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What did Alfred Wegener do
proposed that continents were moving
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What is support for the theory of plate tectonics?
Puzzle pieces Topographic and continental features match Biological similarities and fossils
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What is the continental drift theory
plates moving but did not explain how
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What is Sea Floor Spreading
plates moving by motion of sea floor (convection of mantle)
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How does Plate tectonic theory relate to sea floor spreading
refinement of that hypothesis | -crust is 7 ridgid plates
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Evidence used to test plate tectonics
- Mirror image patterns of magnetization - Orientation of magnetic minerals in rock - sediment thickness increases from ridge crest - radiometrically dated - magnetics and age indicate 200 million year old crust - seismic activity and vulcanism
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Hot spots create
islands chains which indicate movement direction of crust
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What are hydrothermal vents
hot sea water is emitted near the ridge crest - convection of seawater through hot volcanic rock - hot salt water dissolves metals creating the plumes
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What are ophiolites
section of ocean crust and lithified ocean sediment that have been uplifted onto land

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