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1) List Earth’s layers in order from outer most to innermost.
2) List Earth’s layers in order from thinnest to thickest.
3) List Earth’s layers in order from highest temperature to lowest temperature.
4) List Earth’s layers in order from most dense to least dense.
5) For each of Earth’s layers list the main elements that each is composed of.
6) Which of Earth’s layers have humans been able to reach by drilling (think Gulf oil
spill)?
7) What is the formula for density?
8) Restate density in your own words: (what does it mean?)
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9) If two objects of different densities are dropped in a beaker of water, would the
more or less dense object sink fastest?
10) When a very dense tectonic plate collides with a less dense tectonic plate what
generally occurs?
11) Within which layer of the earth does convection occur?
12) What is moving through convection?
13) How do the mantle and the core differ?
14) Which layer is mainly metal and metallic?
15) Which layer is composed of solid rock?
16) Which layer is composed of melted (molten) rock?
17) What are the two main rocks that compose the earth’s crust?
18) What are the two types of crust?
19) What is the layer composed of the rocky crust and uppermost part of the mantle
that floats on top of the asthenosphere?
20) What happens in the ansthenosphere?