Earth Science Exam Review 2024/2025
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seismic waves - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔Vibrations that travel through Earth
carrying the energy released during an earthquake.
crust - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔the outer layer of the Earth
mantle - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔the layer of hot, solid material between Earth's
crust and core
lithosphere - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔the solid, outer layer of the earth that consists
of the crust and the rigid upper part of the mantle
asthenosphere - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔the soft layer of the mantle on which the
lithosphere floats
basalt - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔a rock that makes up much of the ocean floor
granite - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔a usually light-colored rock that is found in
continental crust
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, outer core - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔a layer of molten iron and nickel that surrounds
the inner core of Earth
inner core - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔a dense sphere of solid iron and nickel at the
center of Earth
radiation - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔the transfer of energy through space
conduction - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔the direct transfer of heat from one substance
to another substance that it is touching
convection - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔the transfer of heat by the movement of a fluid
density - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔the amount of matter in a given space
convection current - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔the movement of a fluid, caused by
differences in temperature, that transfers heat from one part of the fluid to
another
continental drift - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔the hypothesis that states that the
continents once formed a single landmass, broke up, and drifted to their
present locations
Pangaea - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔large, ancient landmass that was composed of
all the continents joined together
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seismic waves - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔Vibrations that travel through Earth
carrying the energy released during an earthquake.
crust - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔the outer layer of the Earth
mantle - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔the layer of hot, solid material between Earth's
crust and core
lithosphere - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔the solid, outer layer of the earth that consists
of the crust and the rigid upper part of the mantle
asthenosphere - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔the soft layer of the mantle on which the
lithosphere floats
basalt - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔a rock that makes up much of the ocean floor
granite - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔a usually light-colored rock that is found in
continental crust
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, outer core - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔a layer of molten iron and nickel that surrounds
the inner core of Earth
inner core - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔a dense sphere of solid iron and nickel at the
center of Earth
radiation - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔the transfer of energy through space
conduction - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔the direct transfer of heat from one substance
to another substance that it is touching
convection - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔the transfer of heat by the movement of a fluid
density - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔the amount of matter in a given space
convection current - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔the movement of a fluid, caused by
differences in temperature, that transfers heat from one part of the fluid to
another
continental drift - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔the hypothesis that states that the
continents once formed a single landmass, broke up, and drifted to their
present locations
Pangaea - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔large, ancient landmass that was composed of
all the continents joined together
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