Layers of Earth Flashcard #1

Front

Thinnest layer of Earth?

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Crust

Front

Hottest layer of Earth?

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Inner Core

Front

The Lithosphere consists of:

Back

Crust and Upper Mantle

Front

Asthenosphere:

Back

an elastic substance on which tectonic plates float.

Front

Identify the Earth layer made of solid nickel and iron.

Back

layer D

Front

Pressure change from crust to inner core

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Pressure Increases

Front

Directly above the focus:

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Epicenter

Front

First seismic wave detected by a seismograph

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P Wave

Front

Seismogram of a city far from the earthquake epicenter:

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Nome, Alaska

Front

What is the outermost layer of Earth?

Back

Crust