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- 1. Multiple ChoiceThe tectonic plates float on thelithospherelower mantleouter coreasthenosphere
- 2. Multiple ChoiceThis layer is completely liquidcrustinner coremantleouter core
- 3. Multiple Choice
The core is made-up of what two elements?iron and nickeliron and oxygennickel and siliconoxygen and silicon - 4. Multiple ChoiceThe strong lower part of the mantle is a physical layer called thelithospheremesosphereathenosphereouter core
- 5. Multiple ChoiceThis layer is solid & rigidLithosphereasthenospheremantleouter core
- 6. Multiple ChoiceWhich layer is made of the crust and upper mantle?lithosphereasthenospheremesosphereouter core
- 7. Multiple ChoiceThe layer that the tectonic plates float on.lithosphereasthenospheremesospherecrust
- 8. Multiple ChoiceMade mostly of silicon, oxygen and aluminum.inner coreouter corecrustmantle
- 9. Multiple Choice
Which layer is made of liquid metal (Fe and Ni)?
crust
mantle
outer core
inner core
- 10. Multiple Choice
Which layer is the thinnest?
crust
mantle
outer core
inner core
- 11. Multiple Choice
Which layer can be described as either Oceanic or Continental?
crust
mantle
outer core
inner core
- 12. Multiple Choice
Which layer is responsible for creating Earth's magnetic field?
crust
mantle
outer core
inner core
- 13. Multiple Choice
Which layer is described as plastic-like and slowly flowing?
lithosphere
asthenosphere
crust
inner crust
- 14. Multiple ChoiceHow would you describe the outer-core?liquid nitrogenliquid iron and nicklesolid iron and nickleneither liquid nor solid, but plastic like layer
- 15. Multiple ChoiceWhich statement is true about oceanic crust?It is made of melted rock.It is the thinner than continental crust.It is thicker than continental crust.It is made of liquid metal.
- 16. Multiple Choice
The mantle "flows" because of large differences in temperature from the bottom to the top, which create convection currents.
True
False
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