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Earth and It's Surface 5th grade Earth Science

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What are the four layers of the Earth's crust?Crust, Mantle, Outer Core, Inner Core
Which layer is the thinest?Crust
Which layer is the thickest and made of molten?Mantle
Which layer is made of liquid iron?Outer Core
Which layer is made of solid iron?Inner Core
Do the layers get hotter as you go in or as you go out?As you go in toward the center
Who came up with the idea of the continental drift?Alfred Wegner
Why did Alfed Wegner come up with the idea of the continental drift?Because of Plate Tectonics
What is Continental Drift?the process of plate movement
What is Plate Tectonics?The various ways plates can move
When plates move what three things are created?Mountains, Volcanoes, Earthquakes
What is a folded mountain?a rounded mountain that looks like a carpet
What is a fault-block mountain?A mountain with a shear cliff on one side.
What is a dome mountain?it is a mountain with hot material underneath and no hole to come out
What is a volcanoe?A mountain with hot material undernearth and an hole for the lava to come out
How are volcanoes made?When magma pushes ot the surface and has a hole or creack to seep out, making lava flow
When does an Earthquake happen?When fault lines wher plates slide past each other


Meg Grebe

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