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What layer of the earth forms the earths plates?
Tectonic plates are floating on the magma (semi-molten rocks) of the mantle layer. Therefore, they form the crust layer of the Earth.
Earths thin rocky outer layer is its .?
crust
What is the uppermost layer of the earth?
The uppermost layer of the Earth is called the crust. It is divided into two types: continental crust, which makes up the landmasses, and oceanic crust, which forms the ocean floors. The crust is thinnest under the oceans and thickest under mountain ranges.
What do scientists study to learn about the temperature inside the earths crust?
Scientists study seismic waves to learn about the temperature inside the Earth's crust. By analyzing the speed and direction of these waves as they travel through different layers of the Earth, scientists can infer information about the temperature and composition of the Earth's crust.
What is another word for earths outer surface?
Another word for Earth's outer surface is "crust."
What forms the elevated part of the earths crust?
continental crust
Where do fine grained igneous rock form?
Well that will be intrusive igneous rocks, extrusive forms inside the earths crust
What causes the earths crust to rise and fall?
The sudden vibration in the plates inside the crust causes the earths crust to rise & fall.
When magma hardens inside earths crust it can form vertical?
sills
What forms valcanoes?
most volcanoes are formed from a hot spot in the earths crust.
How do deposits of minerals form deep inside the earths crust?
by heat and pressure
What is the mineral forms?
one of the common minerals that make up most of the rocks of the earths crust
When fissures in the earths crust through which molten lava ash and gasses escape what forms?
New land
What is igneas rock?
igneous rocks come from inside the earths crust. Usually through volcanoes, or fissures
What is the name of the opening in the earths crust where hot melted rocks from inside the earth come to the surface?
volcano
What is the solid rock that makes up earths outermost layer?
The solid rock forms the Earth's crust on which we live.
What forms when magma cools slowly inside the crust?
Intrusive igneous rock.
