Earth's Interior

A dark, dense, igneous rock with a fine texture, found in oceanic crust

• Basalt
• Granite

vibrations that travel through Earth carrying the energy released during an earthquake

• seismic wave
• sonar
• pressure

A dense sphere of solid iron and nickel at the center of Earth

• inner core
• outer core
• mantle
• crust

A layer of molten iron and nickel that surrounds the inner core of Earth

• inner core
• outer core
• mantle
• crust

The layer of rock that forms Earth's outer surface

• inner core
• outer core
• mantle
• crust

The layer of hot, solid material between Earth's crust and core.

• inner core
• outer core
• mantle
• crust

the uppermost part mantle and crust together

• pressure
• lithosphere
• seismic wave

Transfer of heat from one particle of matter to another. TOUCHING

• convection
• conduction
• radiation

the transfer of heat by the movement of currents within a fluid

• conduction
• convection
• radiation

the transfer of energy by electromagnetic waves DO NOT TOUCH

• conduction
• convection
• radiation