Zusammenfassung der Ressource
Frage 1
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What are waves of energy that travel through Earth called?
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Seismic Waves
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P Waves
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S Waves
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Radio Waves
Frage 2
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What was 16 Psyche and why is it being studied? Choose all that apply.
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It is a metal asteroid about 140 miles in diameter.
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It may have been a core of a protoplanet.
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It was a comet about 230 miles in diameter.
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The ice and minerals continuously fall into Earth's Atmosphere.
Frage 3
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Name the layers of the Earth.
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Crust
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Mantle
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The core
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Highland
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Center
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Ozone
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Troposphere
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Stratosphere
Frage 4
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The lithosphere (The Moho) is between the mantle and the crust. How thick is it?
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40 - 60 miles
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40 - 65 miles
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50 - 70 miles
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50 - 60 miles
Frage 5
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How thick is the outer core and what does it generate?
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it is 1400 miles thick and generates our magnetic field
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It is 1400 miles thick and generates the earthquakes of the Earth.
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it is 1300 miles thick and generates the rotation of the Earth
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It is 1400 miles thick and generates iron/Nickel or iron/silicone
Frage 6
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What are the theories of the tectonic plates? Choose all that apply.
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The Lithosphere floats on the plastic Aesthenosphere.
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There are 7 major plates, 7 medium sized plates, and a dozen smaller plates.
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The lithosphere collides with the Mesosphere.
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The crust is being moved by magma via the Aesthenosphere.
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The mesosphere is the most unstable part of the mantle therefore it causes the tectonic plates to move.
Frage 7
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Which part of the Earth is 900 miles thick and is made of solid iron/ nickel or iron/silicone
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Inner core
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Outer core
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the core
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Mantle
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Crust
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Aesthenosphere
Frage 8
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It is the outer-most layer and makes up less than 1% of the Earth.
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It is the second layer and makes up about 1% of the Earth.
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It is the surface of the Earth and is made from tectonic plate movements.
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It makes up about 1% of the Earth and is situated between the mantle and the core.
Frage 9
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The slowest wave goes about 2.2 mph and cannot go through molten material. Which wave is it?
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S waves
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P waves
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Seismic Waves
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Gamma Waves
Frage 10
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What is the area beneath the surface where the break occurs?
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The Focus
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The Mantle
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The Epicenter
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The Lithosphere