Earths Layers

Vibrations that travel through Earth carrying energy released during an earthquake

• Waves

• Seismic waves

• Conduction

• Pluto

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS3-2

NGSS.MS-PS4-1

The layer of rock that forms Earth's outer surface

• Crust

• Ocean

• Atmosphere

• Mcdonalds

Thickest layer of Earth

• Inner core

• Crust

• Mantle

Rigid layer made up of the uppermost part of the mantle and crust

• Asthenosphere

• Lithosphere

Soft layer of mantle on which the lithosphere floats on.

• Chick-fil-a

• Asthenosphere

• Mantle

Layer of molten iron and nickel that surrounds the inner core

• Inner core

• Outer core

Dense sphere of solid iron and nickel at Earth's center

• Core

• Inner core

• Mantle

• Neptune

Direct transfer of thermal energy between substances that are touching.

• Conduction

• Convection

Amount of mass a substance in a given volume

• Volume

• Density

Movement of a fluid caused by differences in temperature; transfers thermal energy from one part of the fluid to another

• Pluto

• Seismic waves

• Conduction

• Convection Current

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6