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10th -
12thgrade
Environmental science & Geology
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- Multiple ChoicePlease save your changes before editing any questions.Which layer of the Earth is the most dense?crustmantleinner coreouter core
- Multiple ChoicePlease save your changes before editing any questions.Which layer of the Earth is responsible for Earth's magnetic field?outer coreinner coremantlecrust
- Multiple ChoicePlease save your changes before editing any questions.The core is made-up of what two elements?iron and nickeliron and oxygennickel and siliconoxygen and silicon
- Multiple ChoicePlease save your changes before editing any questions.The solid, outer layer of the Earth that consists of the crust and the rigid upper part of the mantleLithosphereMesosphereMantleCrust
- Multiple ChoicePlease save your changes before editing any questions.The partially melted portion of the mantle below the lithospheremantlecorecrustasthenosphere
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If the Earth did NOT have a liquid outer core, how would earthquake waves travel differently.
P and S waves would both be absorbed.
Only S waves would travel through the Earth's core.
Shadow zones would not exist.
S waves would travel faster than P waves.
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A combination of Earth's rotation and the outer core rotating around the inner core, a force field is created. This called the ________________ effect.
dynamo
pangaea
continental drift
winter solstice
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The Aurora Borealis occurs in the
troposhere
stratosphere
mesosphere
thermosphere
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Both P and S waves travel through solids.
True
False
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When P waves leave the inner core and enter the outer core, they...
speed up
slow down
get absorbed