Download Quiz Study Guide Interior of Earth

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CP Geoscience: Mrs. Zeiders
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Study Guide: Earth’s Interior
Study Power Point presentations and information contained in the “Exploring Earth’s Interior”
Activity
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Be able to define differentiation and explain how Earth became differentiated.
(Remember the Great Bombardment, Iron Catastrophe, and the “Cheetos”
demonstration?)
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What are three ways that we know about the Earth’s Interior.
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Define and list in order the layers of the Earth based on composition. (What is the
chemical makeup of each layer? Example: the core is made of iron and nickel.)
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What are the differences between the continental crust and oceanic crust? (We talked
about 3 differences: density, thickness and age.)
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List in order the layers of the Earth based on properties (behavior), and describe their
properties. (Example: the inner core is solid and the outer core is liquid.)
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Why is the inner core solid?
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What is the importance of the outer core?
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What is the major role of the lower mantle?
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What is the importance of the asthenosphere?
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Where is the Mohorovic Discontinuity and Lehmann Discontinuity?
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What creates convection currents?
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What three characteristics must exist in order to produce a magnetic field?
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What is a lithospheric plate?
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Convection in what layer is thought to be the driving force behind plate tectonics.
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Two basic forces are thought to control plate motion (above the surface): Ridge Push
and Slab Pull. Be able to explain how they work.
Name:__________________
CP Geoscience: Mrs. Zeiders
Period:______
Date:_______