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Earth Surfaces Chapter 1 Study Guide
1. The inner core is _________________________________.
2. Direct evidence about Earth’s interior is _______________.
3. Water vapor is a _____________________.
A. layers
B. radiation
C. dense ball of
Solid metal
D. studying rocks
4. The transfer of energy through empty space is _______________.
5. Write the Earth’s layers in order from the middle to the
surface._________________________________________________________________
6. Geologists have used indirect evidence from seismic waves to learn more E. convection
About the Earth’s interior _______________________.
7. Transfer of heat in fluid is ______________________________.
F. gas
8. When you touch a hot stove, that is an example of ___________.
G. convection
current
9. The ________________ if the part of Earth that contains plates.
H. conduction
10. Hot soup rises slowly to the top and as it cools it sinks to the bottom
I. lithosphere
forming constant movement that moves energy toward the surface of the
pot. This constant movement is a ___________________.
11. The upper layer of Earth is broken into a dozen ______________ which
J. destructive
move slowly in various directions.
12. Pressure _________ from Earth’s surface toward the center of Earth.
K. radiation
13. Earth’s ____________ is the thin envelope of gases that surrounds the Earth L. Lithosphere
14. The outermost layer of Earth is called the _______________.
M. asthenosphere
15. Mantle material rises in convection currents because heated materials
N. conduction
become ____________ dense.
16. When geologists study Earth’s interior, they rely on ________ methods
O. indirect
such as seismic waves to study layers.
17. When sun warms your face it is a form of heat transfer ______.
P. outer core
18. There is a theory that the ______________ moves to produce Earth’s
Q. convection currents
magnetic field.
19. The transfer of heat by the movement of heated fluid is called____.
R. tectonics
20. Heat is transferred in the mantle as soft rock flows slowly in cycle called
S. earthquakes
_______.
21. When you touch a hot plate the transfer of heat is called _________.
T. inner core
22. The _____ is part of the mantle that is made of soft rock that bends.
U. less
23. Oceanic crust is made of _______ rock.
V. increases
24. ______ produce seismic waves that travel through the Earth.
W. plates
25. Erosion and Weathering are examples of _____ forces that shape the Earth. X. crust
26. Plate ________ is the theory that plates move very slowly in various
Y. atmosphere
directions.
27. The layer of Earth’s interior that is made up of crust and the upper part of Z. basaltic
the mantle is the ________.
28. The most pressure would occur in the ___________.
AA. convection
29. Compare and contrast the inner core and the outer core.
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30. Contrast oceanic crust and continental
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31. Contrast between radiation, conduction, and convection.
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