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- 1. Multiple Choice
What is layer 5 called?
The crust
The mantle
The lithosphere
The asthenosphere
- 2. Multiple Choice
What is layer 3 called?
The crust
The mantle
The core
The moho
- 3. Multiple Choice
What is layer 4 called?
The crust
The mantle
The Lithosphere
The Asthenosphere
- 4. Multiple Choice
What is layer 1 called?
The crust
The mantle
The Lithosphere
The Asthenosphere
- 5. Multiple Choice
What is layer 3b called?
The crust
The mantle
The inner core
The outer core
- 6. Multiple Choice
Which of the following is NOT evidence for the earth's interior?
Principles of density
Earth's magnetic field
Snowball earth
Volcanoes
Seismic waves
- 7. Multiple Choice
Why do the plates move?
Isostatic rebound
Convection currents in the mantle
Seafloor spreading
Magnetic reversals
- 8. Multiple Choice
What kind of plate boundary is this?
Divergent
Convergent
Transform
- 9. Multiple Choice
What type of plate boundary is this?
Divergent
Convergent
Transform
- 10. Multiple Choice
What do seismic waves tell us about the interior of the earth?
There is a liquid inner core
There is a liquid outer core
There are convection currents in the mantle
The earth has layers of water under the crust
- 11. Multiple Choice
What do the principles of density tell us about the interior of the earth?
From the top-down, it is layered from most dense to least dense earth materials.
From the top-down, it is layered from least dense to most dense earth materials.
The earth is a homogeneous mixture of materials.
The earth is made of rocks.
- 12. Multiple Choice
Why is the interior of the earth so hot?
Radioactive rocks
Early earth rock collisions generating heat
From the gravitational pull from the moon
The sun has been shining on it for 4.6 billion years
- 13. Multiple Choice
Which of the following are at divergent plate boundaries?
African Rift Zone
Iceland Rift Zone
Mid Ocean Ridge
Aleutian Islands
- 14. Multiple Choice
Which mountain range formed from a continent-continent convergent boundary?
Cascades
Himalayas
Wasatch Mountains
Andes Mountains
- 15. Multiple Choice
Which of the following is NOT a feature from an ocean-continent plate boundary?
Andes
Cascades
Mariana Trench
Mid-ocean Ridge
- 16. Multiple Choice
Which of the following is evidence for plate tectonics?
Matching fossil records on different continents
Matching glacial records on different continents
Magnetic striping on the seafloor
Matching rock records on different continents
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