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What is the first layer of the Earth? Crust
What is the densest layer of the earth? Inner core
Which layer is the hottest? Inner core
Which layer are diamonds formed? mantle
Earthquakes produce what kind of waves? Seismic
What is the density of the crust? 2.7g/cm
What is one thing that makes up the Mantle? Silicon
What is the temp. of the inner core? 5600c to 7000c
What two layers make up the Mantle? Inner Mantle, Asthenosphere
What is the outermost physical layer of the Earth? Lithosphere
What two physical layers make up the Core? Inner Core, Outer Core
How many physical layers of the Earth are there? 5
Have scientists ever made it to the mantle? No
What kind of fault happens at a divergent boundary? Normal
Name the type of stress that happens at a transform boundary. Shearing
Which layer is the least dense? crust
What is the theory that the continents today were 1 big land mass and drifted apart? Continental drift
What kind of fault forms at tension? Normal
What type of fault forms at a convergent boundary? Reverse
What type of stress forms at a strike-slip fault? Shearing
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