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What is the inner most layer of Earth?coreouter coreinner coreasthenosphere - Multiple ChoicePlease save your changes before editing any questions.Which layer of earth is molten?inner coreouter corecrustlithosphere
- Multiple ChoicePlease save your changes before editing any questions.Which layer of Earth is solid and why?The inner core is solid because of movement of the outer core.The inner core is solid because of the freezing temperatures.The inner core is solid because of the extreme pressure from the other layers.The outer core is solid because of the extreme pressure from the other layers.
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How are the materials of the Earths core different from those of the crust (in general)?
They are harder
They are more dense
They are older
They are darker in color
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Which area of the Earth is least dense ?
Outer core
inner core
mantle
crust
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What is the thinnest layer of the Earth?
Mantle
inner core
outer core
crust
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Which layer of the Earth has the most VOLUME?
crust
mantle
inner core
outer core
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How do scientists know the Earth has layers?
Drilling into the mantle
Volcanoes
Seismic waves data
ocean waves
- Multiple ChoicePlease save your changes before editing any questions.Name the two types of crustLand and SeaOceanic and LandLand and ContinentalOceanic and Continental
- Multiple ChoicePlease save your changes before editing any questions.Choose the statement that is TRUEOceanic crust is thinner than Continental Crust and denser than Continental CrustOOceanic crust is thicker than Continental Crust and denser than Continental CrustContinential crust is thinner than OceanicCrust and denser than Oceanic CrustContinential crust is thicker than Oceanic Crust and denser than Oceanic Crust
- Multiple ChoicePlease save your changes before editing any questions.Which element is not apart of the the composition of the mantle?MagnesiumSiliconeIronZinc
- Multiple ChoicePlease save your changes before editing any questions.The temperature in the mantle can measure as high as ________?3000 0C4000 0C5000 0C6000 0C
- Multiple ChoicePlease save your changes before editing any questions.Which element(s) make up the composition of the OUTER CORE?Iron and NickelIronMagnesium and SiliconeIron and Oxygen
- Multiple ChoicePlease save your changes before editing any questions.The inner Core is made up of mostly Iron with a little bit of NickelTRUEFALSE
- Multiple ChoicePlease save your changes before editing any questions.Identify CCrustMantleOuter CoreInner Core
- Multiple ChoicePlease save your changes before editing any questions.Identify DCrustMantleOuter CoreInner Core
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In which layer of the Earth do earthquakes happen?
Asthenosphere
Lithosphere
Inner Core
Outer Core
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Which interior layer produces the Earth's magnetic field?
Asthenosphere
Lithosphere
Inner Core
Outer Core
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In which interior layer of the earth will we mostly find magma?
Asthenosphere
Lithosphere
Lower Mantle
Outer Core
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What causes the inner core to be solid despite the extreme temperature at the depth in which it found?
Extremely high pressure
Extremely low temperature
Extremely high temperature
This is false, because the inner core is liquid.
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15. This layer exhibits plastic-like behavior, the ability to flow, and it causes the layer above it to move. Which is this layer that is also referred to as the "weak sphere"?
Asthenosphere
Lithosphere
Mantle
Mesosphere
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When the Earth was forming, the _____ materials sank to the inner core.
densest
least dense
gases and other light
magma and other flowing