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Cycles inside the Earth
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- 1How much layers does the Earth have?The earth has 4 layers
- 2What are these layers?The inner core, the outer core, the mantle and the crust
- 3What are earthquakes and volcanoes caused by?The movement of the earths tectonic plates
- 4What are the inner layers of the Earth made out of?They are made out of molten rock
- 5What is the outermost layer of the Earth?The crust
- 6What are tectonic plates?Enormous plates of rock that make up the Earth
- 7What is tectonic drift?The process in which tectonic plates move and collide with each other
- 8How much do these plates move in a year.The tectonic plates usually only move just a few centimetres each year
- 9What are the different types of tectonic plates?
- 10What is the crust?The uppermost thin layer of the Earth which we live on
- 11What is the mantle?The soft layer of rock between the crust and outer core of the Earth
- 12What is the outer core?The liquid layer of rock between the mantle and inner core of the Earth
- 13What is the inner coreThe solid innermost layer of the Earth
- 14Where does the energy in the innermost layer of the Earth come from?Ongoing decay of the radioactive substances within the Earth and leftover heat left from the time the Earth was formed
- 15What is the first stage in the creation of the solar system?It started out as a ball of gas and dust known as the nebula
- 16What was the second stage in the formation of the solar system?The gas and dust rotates to form a disk
- 17What was the third stage in creating the solar systemgravitational forces caused some solid objects to form
- 18What is the last stage in the creation of the Solar System?Massive objects gather more gas and dust to them, forming the sun and other celestial bodies
- 19What is the temperature of the inner core?about 5700 degrees celcius
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