SOL Plate Tectonics

Layer of the Earth. Very hot. Liquid iron and Nickel.

• outer core

• inner core

• mantle

• crust

Center of Earth. Hottest layer. Solid iron and nickel.

• outer core

• inner core

• mantle

• crust

Rocky and brittle layer of the Earth.

• inner core

• outer core

• crust

• mantle

Location of convection currents. Crystalline yet "plastic".

• mantle

• crust

• inner core

• outer core

The crust and the solid upper portion of the mantle.

• mesosphere

• lithosphere

• thermosphere

• troposphere

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

Identify the physiological province of Virginia.

Red

• Blue ridge

• coastal plain

• Appalachian plateau

• Piedmont

Identify the BLUE physiological province of Virginia.

• Valley & Ridge

• Piedmont

• coastal plain

• Blue Ridge

Identify the ORANGE physiological province of Virginia.

• Appalachian plateau

• Piedmont

• valley & Ridge

• Blue ridge

Region of Virginia. Flat area composed of young, unconsolidated sediments underlain by older crystalline basement rocks

• piedmont

• coastal plains

• valley & ridge

• Appalachian plateau

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

 Region of Virginia whose layers of sediment were produced by erosion of the Appalachian Mountains and Piedmont and then deposited

• Appalachian plateau

• coastal plains

• Valley & ridge

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-2