Mid Unit Assessment

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Unit 6 Mid Unit Assesement 

Match the name of each of Earth's layers next to its chararacteristics.

Draggable item		Corresponding Item
crust		Earth's largest and thickest layer; consists of very hot, very dense rock
inner core		solid; made of very hot metal; may be nearly as hot as the sun's surface; innermost layer
outer core		thin; rocky; outermost layer; two types: oceanic and continental
mantle		liquid made of very hot metal

Draggable item		Corresponding Item
active		a volcano that has erupted in the last 10,000 years and is likely to erupt again
dormant		a volcano that hasn't erupted in a long time but could erupt again
extinct		a volcano that has not erupted in the last 10,000 years and is likely to not to erupt again

Draggable item		Corresponding Item
Richter Scale		Numbers describe the intensity of earthquakes based on the largest seismic wave recoreded
seismograph		jagged up and down lines show the energy of sesimic waves

Draggable item		Corresponding Item
Richter Scale		Numbers describe the intensity of earthquakes based on the largest seismic wave recoreded
seismograph		jagged up and down lines show the energy of sesimic waves