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Using data from seismic waves, geologists have learned that Earth's interior is made up of several

• continents

• layers

• ridges

• trenches

Earth's mantle is

• a layer of molten metal.

• a layer of hot rock.

• a dense ball of solid metal.

• a layer of rock that forms Earth's outer skin.

Which layer of Earth is LIQUID?

• upper mantle

• lower mantle

• outer core

• inner core

Earth's solid inner core is surrounded by the hot, molten metal of which layer?

• lithosphere

• outer core

• crust

• mantle

What layer is the hottest?

• Core

• Crust

• Mantle

Which layer is made up of iron and nickel?

• Crust

• Mantle

• Inner Core

• Lithosphere

What type of heat transfer in found in Earth"s asthenosphere?

• Conduction

• Convection

• Radiation

• I don't know

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What kind of waves travel through Earth's Interior?

• ocean waves

• time waves

• sound waves

• seismic waves

Which seismic waves are the fastest?

• p waves

• s waves

• surface waves

Primary waves can pass through ___________.

• solids

• liquids

• gases

• all

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