Earth's Interior Test Review Game

Heat transfer without contact, usually by light.

• Conduction

• Convection

• Radiation

• Planetary Differentiation

The first seismic waves to be felt that can travel through both solids and liquids.

• P Waves

• S Waves

• Rayleigh Waves

• Love Waves

The process by which early Earth separated into layers based on density.

• Nebular Hypothesis

• Planetary Differentiation

• Density Column

• Convection Current

A measure of the amount of mass in certain amount of space.

• Conduction

• Convection

• Radiation

• Density

Heat transfer by the movement of fluids.

• Conduction

• Convection

• Radiation

• Planetary Differentiation

The thickest layer of Earth's interior (2nd layer).

• Crust

• Mantle

• Outer Core

• Inner Core

The second seismic waves to be felt that can only travel through solids.

• P Waves

• S Waves

• Rayleigh Waves

• Love Waves

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS4-2

The outermost and thinnest layer of Earth's interior.

• Crust

• Mantle

• Outer Core

• Inner Core

Characterized by unstable elements that undergo fission to split into smaller "mother" and "daughter" elements.

• Convection Current

• Radioactivity

• Density

• Seismic Waves

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NGSS.HS-PS1-8

A flow of fluid that occurs when air heats up, rises, cools, and falls in a continuous pattern.

• Convection Current

• Radioactivity

• Density

• Seismic Waves

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6