Interior Of The Earth

Test Description: Interior of the earth vocab

Instructions: Answer all questions to get your test result.

1) Which layer of Earth is the thin outer shell?

2) Which layer of Earth is the thick layer below the crust?

3) Which layer of the Earth is the center of Earth made up of very dense elements?

4) What are waves of energy released by earthquakes and travel through the Earth?

5) Which part of Earth's core is solid iron and nickel due to extreme pressure?

6) Which part of Earth's core is liquid iron and nickel due to high temperatures?

7) What kind of seismic waves squeeze rock in the same direction that a waves is traveling?

8) Which kind of seismic waves move rock side to side?

9) Which type of seismic wave can ONLY travel through liquids?

10) Which type of seismic wave can travel through solids, liquids, and gasses?

11) What is the circular area in the Earth where S waves do not appear because they cannot travel through liquids (outer core)?

12) What is the area where P waves do not appear due to their bending as they pass through different liquids and solids?

13) What is the process when unstable materials break down into stable materials, and large amounts of energy in the form of heat is released?


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