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Matching Type: Write the letter of your choice on the space provided before the number1. The boundary of the crust and the mantle.2. Seismic wave that travels through solid and liquid.3. A fracture of the continental crust due to divergent movement of the plate.4. A fracture of the oceanic crust due to divergent movement of the plate.5. A device use to record earthquake wave.6. Seismic wave that travels through solids only.7. Volcanic activity which cause by a mantle plume.8. Evidence of continental drifting.9. The process where the crust is bending towards the mantle.10. Seismologist that discover the inner core and outer core.A. Inge LehmannB. Hot SpotC. SeismographD. Primary waveE. Moho DiscontinuityF. Fossil CorrelationG. Mid-Ocean RidgeH. Subduction1. Rift ValleyJ. Secondary waveK. Long Wave​

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The Earth is composed of four different layers. Many geologists believe that as the Earth cooled the heavier, denser materials sank to the center and the lighter materials ROSE to the top. Because of this, the crust is made of the lightest materials (rock- basalts and granites) and the core consists of heavy metals (nickel and iron).

The crust is the layer that you live on, and it is the most widely studied and understood. The mantle is much hotter and has the ability to flow. The Outer and Inner Cores are hotter still with pressures so great that you would be squeezed into a ball smaller than a marble if you were able to go to the center of the Earth!!!!!!

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The Crust

The Earth's Crust is like the skin of an apple. It is very thin in comparison to the other three layers. The crust is only about 3-5 miles (8 kilometers) thick under the oceans(oceanic crust) and about 25 miles (32 kilometers) thick under the continents (continental crust). The temperatures of the crust vary from air temperature on top to about 1600 degrees Fahrenheit (870 degrees Celcius) in the deepest parts of the crust. You can bake a loaf of bread in your oven at 350 degrees Fahrenheit , at 1600 degrees F. rocks begin to melt.

The crust of the Earth is BROKEN into many pieces called plates. The plates "float" on the soft, PLASTIC mantle which is located below the crust. These plates usually move along smoothly but sometimes they stick and BUILD up pressure. The pressure builds and the rock BENDS until it snaps. When this occurs an Earthquake is the result!

Notice how thin the crust of the Earth is in comparison to the other layers. The seven continents and ocean plates basically float across the mantle which is composed of much hotter and denser material.



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