1. Convection and the Mantle
The Earth System
Earth’s Interior
Heat Transfer
Convection and the Mantle
Vocabulary
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2. What does the Earth system consist of?

3. Geosphere, Hydrosphere, Atmosphere, Biosphere and the Sun.

4. What is the sphere that contains all of Earth’s water and does it interact with the another sphere?

5. Hydrosphere
Example varies 

6. What is considered a major source of energy for Earth processes?

7. The Sun

8. To which sphere do mountains, valleys, and other pieces of land belong?

9. Geosphere

10. A Volcano erupts and the lava begins to harden and form new rock
A Volcano erupts and the lava begins to harden and form new rock. What is this force called?

11. Constructive forces

12. What direct evidence of Earth’s interior do geologist use?

13. Rock samples drilled from holes and volcanoes

14. What happens with pressure and temperature as we explore deeper into the Earth’s interior?

15. Pressure and temperature increase

16. Which layer of the Earth is the thickest?

17. Mantle

18. Name the two different types of crust that surrounds the Earth?

19. Oceanic Crust and Continental Crust

20. What are the two different parts of the core?
Be specific!!!

21. Liquid outer core and solid inner core

22. What are the three types of heat transfer and provide an example?

23. Conduction, convection, and radiation
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24. What type of heat transfer occurs when you place an ice cube between your hands and it begins to melt?

25. Conduction

26. What is the flow that transfers heat within a fluid?
A constant flow begins. Cooler, denser soup sinks to the bottom of the pot. Simultaneously, warmer, less dense soup rises.
What is the flow that transfers heat within a fluid?

27. Convection Current

28. What is the transfer of energy that is carried in rays such as sunlight?

29. Radiation

30. How is your body experiencing heat transfer right now?

31. Conducting heat by directly touching cooler objects

32. What causes convection currents in the mantle?

33. Heat from the core and mantle itself

34. A cool fluid is ________ dense than a warm fluid?

35. More

36. What does a convection current transfer within a fluid?

37. Heat

38. What three things must take place to start convection currents in the mantle?

39. Heating and cooling of fluid, changes in a fluid’s density, and force of gravity

40. How does heat move?

41. From a warmer to a cooler object

42. These forces wear down, or destroy landmasses?

43. Destructive Forces

44. A dark rock with fine grains located in the oceanic crust?

45. Basalt

46. A wave produced by an earthquake that helps us study the Earth’s layers?

47. Seismic waves

48. A dense ball of solid iron an nickel?

49. Inner core

50. A measure of how much mass there is in a given volume of a substance?

51. Density