U9L1 Layers of the Earth NOTES 🌍🌑

It is solid, less dense, and made of lighter colored rocks.

It is solid, more dense, and made of darker colored rocks.

It is the most dense layer of the Earth.

It is where the Earth's core is located.

Crust and uppermost solid mantle

Asthenosphere and lower mantle

Outer core and inner core

Crust and core

The outer core is liquid and creates Earth's magnetic field.

The inner core is liquid and creates Earth's magnetic field.

The core is made entirely of solid rock.

The core is the least dense part of the Earth.

They are caused by heat from the core.

They move the lithosphere plates.

They only occur in the core.

They cause the crust to split, come together, or slide past one another.

Continental and Oceanic; Continental is less dense and made of lighter colored rocks, Oceanic is more dense and made of darker colored rocks

Mantle and Core; Mantle is less dense and made of lighter colored rocks, Core is more dense and made of darker colored rocks

Continental and Mantle; Continental is more dense and made of darker colored rocks, Mantle is less dense and made of lighter colored rocks

Oceanic and Core; Oceanic is less dense and made of lighter colored rocks, Core is more dense and made of darker colored rocks

Convection currents in the mantle

Wind currents in the atmosphere

Ocean currents

Solar radiation