earth’s layers shoebox challenge post-it note answers by teams required!!

Earth’s Layers Shoebox Challenge

Post-it note answers by teams required!!

#1-page 194

• What do we call pieces of the lithosphere that move around on top of the asthenosphere?

#2- page 195

• Tectonic plates float on top of the…

#3- PAGE 194

• TECTONIC PLATES ARE BLOCKS OF LITHOSPHERE THAT CONSISTS OF THE CRUST AND THE RIGID, OUTERMOST PART OF THE ?

#4- PAGE 193• WHAT IS THE SOLID, OUTER LAYER OF THE

EARTH THAT CONSISTS OF THE CRUST AND THE RIGID UPPER PART OF THE MANTLE CALLED?

#5-PAGE 193

• A SOFT LAYER OF THE MANTLE ON WHICH THE TECTONIC PLATES MOVE IS THE…

#6- PAGE 193• THE STRONG, LOWER PART OF THE MANTLE

BETWEEN THE ASTHENOSPHERE AND THE OUTER CORE IS THE…

#7- PAGE 193

• SOLID PART OF THE CORE WITH A DIAMETER OR RADIUS OF 1,230 KM

#8-PAGE 193

• LIQUID PART OF THE CORE WITH A DIAMETER OR RADIUS OF 2,200 KM

#9-PAGES 192- 193

• MADE OF 2 PARTS-CRUST AND MANTLE WITH A THICKNESS OF 15-300 KM

#10- PAGES 192-193

• DIVIDED INTO PIECES CALLED TECTONIC PLATES

#11- PAGE193

• BELOW THE ASTHENOSPHERE, STRONG, WITH A THICKNESS OF 2,550 KM

#12- PAGES 192-193

• A PLASTIC LAYER IN THE MIDDLE OF THE MANTLE ON WHICH PIECES OF THE LITHOSPHERE MOVE

• BENDABLE, LIKE “LAFFY TTAFFY”

#13- PAGE 192

• MADE OF SOLID ROCK THAT FLOWS VERY SLOWLY..250 KM THICKNESS

#14-PAGES 192-193

• WHAT IS THE ORDER OF THESE THREE PARTS OF THE MANTLE? PUT THEM IN THE CORRECT ORDER..

• ASTHENOSPHERE• LITHOSPHERE• MESOSPHERE

#15- PAGE 192

• THE LITHOSPHERE, ASTHENOSPHERE, MESOPSHERE, OUTER CORE, AND INNER CORE ARE THE FIVE _____LAYERS OF THE EARTH.

#16-PAGE 190

• THE CRUST, MANTLE, AND THE CORE ARE THE THREE _______LAYERS OF THE EARTH.

#17- PAGE 190

• OUTERMOST LAYER OF EARTH• 5-100 KM THICK• 2 TYPES OF THIS

#18-PAGE 190

• CONTINENTAL AND OCEANIC ARE TWO TYPES OF _________.

#19- PAGE 190

• OCEANIC CRUST IS ________ AND ______THAN CONTINENTAL CRUST.

#20- PAGE 190

• THE DENSER_____CRUST HAS MORE IRON, CALCIUM, AND MAGNESIUM.

#21- PAGE 190

• BOTH CONTINENTAL AND OCEANIC CRUST ARE MADE MAINLY OF THE ELEMENTS OXYGEN, SILICON AND _______.

#22-PAGE 191

• THE LAYER OF THE EARTH BETWEEN THE CRUST AND THE CORE IS THE _______.

#23- PAGE 191

• BECAUSE THE MANTLE HAS MORE _______ AND LESS ALUMINUM AND SILICON THAN THE CRUST DOES, THE MANTLE IS DENSER THAN THE CRUST.

#24-PAGE 191

• THE LAYER OF THE EARTH THAT EXTENDS FROM BELOW THE MANTLE TO THE CENTER OF THE EARTH IS THE ________.

#25- PAGE 191

• ABOVE THE MANTLE, ROCKY, SOLID

#26-PAGE 191

• THE EARTH’S CORE IS MADE MOSTLY OF ______ AND ________.

#27-PAGE 191

• THE MANTLE IS ______% OF EARTH’S MASS AND HAS TEMPS BETWEEN 1,000-3,700 DEGREES C

#28-PAGE 191

• THE CRUST IS LESS THAN _____% OF EARTH’S MASS AND HAS TEMPS FROM 0-1,000 DEGREES C

#29-PAGE 191

• THE CORE IS _______#OF EARTH’S MASS AND HAS TEMPS OF 3,700-7,000 DEGREES C

#30- PAGE 191

• WHICH IS THICKER, THE MANTLE OR THE CRUST?

Bonus #1-PAGE 191

• IN WHICH LAYER OF THE EARTH WOULD WE SEE MAGMA FLOWING OUT OF ACTIVE VOLCANOES ON THE OCEAN FLOOR.

BONUS #2- PAGE 190

• WHICH THE DENSEST LAYER OF THE EARTH?• A)CRUST• B)MANTLE• C)INNER CORE• D)OUTER CORE

BONUS #3-PAGES 192-193

• WHAT DOES “LAM” STAND FOR IN THE MANTLE?