Monday 3/4 2. What type of material makes up the earth’s core? Iron and nickel Inner core solid...
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- Monday 3/4 2. What type of material makes up the earths core?
Iron and nickel Inner core solid Outer core liquid
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- Tue 3/5 3. What is the lithosphere? Includes the crust and
upper mantle.
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- Wed 3/6 4.Who was Alfred Wegener? He proposed the theory of
continental drift
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- Thur 3/7 5. What is the asthenosphere? is the ductile part of
the earth just below the lithosphere, plasticity.
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- Fri 3/8 6. Label the layers. A.Crust B.Mantle C.Outer core
D.Inner core E.Lithosphere F.asthenosphere
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- Monday 3/18 7. What are the primary chemical components of the
crust, mantle, and core? Crust - oxygen and silicon, known as
silicates Mantle same as crust with heavier elements Core - very
dense materials, primarily iron and nickel.
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- Tue 3/19 8. What is the state of matter of the lithosphere, and
how can its location be described? Solid Includes the crust and
upper mantle
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- Wed 3/20 9. What does the theory of plate tectonics explain ?
How earths plates form, move, and interact.
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- Thursday 3/21 9. What are the 3 types of plate boundaries?
Convergent O>