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F791 - Earth Structure Summary – Quick Questions 1. Name the most abundant type of meteorite .......................................................................... 2. Describe the asthenosphere …….......................................................................................... 3. What layer of the Earth is composed of liquid NiFe .............................................................. 4. What is the maximum depth of a borehole? .…………………………………………………….. 5. What depth is the Lehmann Boundary? ................................................................................ 6. What is the average depth of the Moho? ………………………………………………………… 7. Name the process by which small planetismals grow into larger bodies …........................... 8. What is the density of continental crust? ............................................................................... 9. Provide the name of one space mission to photograph Jupiter …......................................... 10. What is the lithosphere? ....................................................................................................... 11. What is the composition of the Inner Core ............................................................................ 12. How would you recognise a terrestrial planet? ……............................................................... .............................................................................................................................................. 13. The S-Wave shadow zone is found between what angles? ….............................................. 14. Where is Olympus Mons? .................................................................................................... 15. Name the programme of manned space flight which landed on the moon ............................. 16. Where does the Earth’s magnetic field originate from? …...................................................... 16. State the 5 layers of oceanic crust ............................................................................................................................................... 17. How old (in Ma) is the Earth? ................................................................................................ 18. What is an ophilolite? .......................................................................................................... 19. The solar system began as a nebula, a vast cloud of …………….. and ……………………… 20. What is the average density of the whole Earth? .................................................................. 21. What are the Moon’s Maria composed of? ............................................................................ 22. Name the discontinuity at 2900km depth ............................................................................... 23. A small rocky core is characteristic of what type of planet? …................................................ 24. What happens to S-wave speed as they cross the Gutenberg boundary ………………..…… 5/11/2017 D:\840996496.doc