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- 1. Multiple Choice
This layer of Earth is the thickest.crustouter coremantleinner core - 2. Multiple ChoiceThe layer that makes up most of the earth's mass and volume is thecrustmantlecoreasthenosphere
- 3. Multiple ChoiceWhich of the following occurs because of convection currents?Tectonic plates on the crust move.The mantle increases in size.Pressure in the crust increases.Pressure in the crust decreases.
- 4. Multiple ChoiceScientists think that convection currents that move the plates flow in Earth'sContinental crust onlyOceanic crust onlyAsthenosphereLithosphere
- 5. Multiple ChoiceThe mantle of Earth is made partly of magma. When magma rises and sinks due to temperature differences, this is called ______________.conduction currentsa hot spota volcanic eruptionconvection currents
- 6. Multiple ChoiceWhich is a correct order of the layers from the surface to inside the Earth?inner core, lithosphere, mesosphere, outer core, asthenosphereasthenosphere, lithosphere, mesosphere, outer core, inner corelithosphere, asthenosphere, mesosphere, outer core, inner corecrust, core, mantle
- 7. Multiple ChoiceAs you travel from the crust to the inner core, how would temperature, pressure, and density of the material change?They would all increase.They would all decrease.They would stay the same.Temperature would decrease, but pressure and density would increase.
- 8. Multiple ChoiceThe physical outer layer of Earth made of solid rock and soil is called the ___________.corelithosphereasthenospheremesosphere
- 9. Multiple ChoiceWhere does the heat come from that drives convection currents in the mantle?The sunThe crustthe mantlethe core
- 10. Multiple ChoiceWhich liquid is the least dense? Use the picture to help you answer the question.oilwatersyrupplastic bottle
- 11. Multiple ChoiceWhich box has a higher density?Box ABox Bcannot be determinedthey are the same
- 12. Multiple ChoiceWhich of these layers is ALL solid iron and nickel?inner coreouter corelithospheremesosphere
- 13. Multiple ChoiceWhich layer of Earth is located above the outer core?crustinner coremantlelithosphere
- 14. Multiple ChoiceWhat would happen to the convection currents if the heat from the inner core disappeared?They would stop.They would change directions.It would not change.They would speed up.
- 15. Multiple ChoiceWhich of the following is NOT evidence of plate tectonic movement?A fossil of a fish was found on a mountain.A volcano at a subduction zone erupts.Weathering of a rock causes it to crack.An earthquake occurs
- 16. Multiple ChoiceContinental mountains, such as the Appalachian Mountains, form at this type of boundary.divergentconvergenttransformall types
- 17. Multiple ChoiceMid-Ocean Ridges form at this type of boundary.divergentconvergenttransformall types
- 18. Multiple ChoiceEarthquakes occur becauseconvection currents in the mantle cause plates to moveplates bump into one anotherplates slide past one anotherall answers are correct
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