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Name_____________________________________Date_______________Hour_____ Earth Science…………………….Miss Hall…………………Unit #2: Earthquakes and Earth’s Interior Pie Slice of the Earth ANSWER WITH COMPLETE SENTENCES WHEN APPROPRIATE!!! Description of Layers 1. In which layer is Earth’s magnetic field generated? _________________________ ________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________ 2. Which layer is responsible for driving plate motion?__________________________ ________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________ 3. What is the Mohorovicic Discontinuity and where is it located? _________________ ________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________ 4. How do scientists know what the characteristics/makeup of the Earth is like without having “visited” the different layers? ____________________________________ ________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________ Composition of Earth’s Layers: 5. What is the composition of the inner core?________________________________ ________________________________________________________________ 6. What is the composition of the outer core? _______________________________ ________________________________________________________________ 7. What is the composition of the mantle? __________________________________ ________________________________________________________________ 8. What is the composition of oceanic crust? ________________________________ ________________________________________________________________ 9. What is the composition of continental crust? _____________________________ ________________________________________________________________ Characteristics of Earth’s Layers Temperature Density Inner Core Outer Core Mantle Pressure Mass Radius Composition Crust (general) Oceanic Crust Continental Crust 10. Which layer has the highest density? ____________________________________ 11. Which layer is the hottest? ___________________________________________ 12. What patterns of the interior of Earth do you observe from the model? __________ ________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________ 2