FLASHCARD Compositional Layers of Earth

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1.
FLASHCARD QUESTION
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What are seismic waves?
Back
Released waves of energy that travel through rock.
2.
FLASHCARD QUESTION
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What happens to hotter, less dense magma near the core?
Back
It rises.
3.
FLASHCARD QUESTION
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What happens to pressure, density, and temperature as you get closer to Earth's core?
Back
They all increase.
4.
FLASHCARD QUESTION
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Why do the plates of the crust move?
Back
Because of convection currents in the mantle.
5.
FLASHCARD QUESTION
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What are compositional layers?
Back
Layers defined by their chemical properties.
6.
FLASHCARD QUESTION
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What is the outermost physical layer of Earth called?
Back
The crust.
7.
FLASHCARD QUESTION
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What is the solid part of the core due to more pressure?
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The inner core.
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