Earth Layers Vocab Flashcard

Front

What is the ability of certain solids to flow or to change shape permanently?

Back

Plasticity

Front

What is the upper layer of the earth's mantle, below the lithosphere, where plastic flow and convection occur?

Back

Asthenosphere

Front

What is the type of crust that is found under the ocean?

Back

Oceanic crust

Front

What is the fluid layer about 2,400 km thick, composed mostly of iron and nickel, that lies above Earth's solid inner core?

Back

Outer core

Front

What describes the outermost shell of a terrestrial planet?

Back

Crust

Front

What is the solid outer layer of the Earth called?

Back

Lithosphere

Front

What is the layer of the Earth located between the crust and the outer core?

Back

Mantle

Front

What is the term for the layer of the Earth that is liquid and composed mainly of iron and nickel?

Back

Outer core

Front

What is the innermost layer of the Earth called?

Back

Inner core

Front

What is the term for the process by which heat is transferred through a fluid?

Back

Convection

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6