EARTH'S INTERIOR AND CONVECTION

The transfer of heat by movement of a fluid.

• convection

• radiation

• conduction

• subduction

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

The force exerted on a surface divided by the area over which the force is exerted.

• Pangaea

• density

• granite

• pressure

The amount of mass in a given space; mass per unit volume

• mantle

• density

• pressure

• curst

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

• granite

• crust

• mantle

• Pangaea

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-1

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

• mantle

• basalt

• granite

• fault

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-1

NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

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

• lithosphere

• outer core

• inner core

• asthenosphere

The transfer of energy through space.

• subduction

• conduction

• radiation

• convection

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS4-1

A usually light colored igneous rock that is found in continental crust

• granite

• mantle

• basalt

• fault

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

• conduction

• outer core

• lithosphere

• inner core

The transfer of heat within a material or between materials that are touching.

• radiation

• convection

• subduction

• conduction

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS3-3

NGSS.MS-PS3-4