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Earth's Layers

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1
The mantle is made of
dirt.
liquid metals
very hot rock that flows like hot asphalt.
solid metals.
2
Earth's crust is
soft and thick.
soft and thin.
hard and thick.
hard and thin.
3
As the young Earth cooled, the heaviest material
rose to the top.
formed the mantle.
sank to the center.
flew out into space.
4
It is most likely that the high pressure in the inner core comes from
high temperatures.
gasses deep inside the Earth.
low temperatures.
the weight of the layers above the inner core.
5
Continental crust is
made of molten iron.
the part of the Earth's crust that forms land masses.
deep in the ocean.
made mostly of silicon and magnesium oxide.
6
You can infer that earthquakes are caused by
large ocean waves.
movement in the inner core.
the movements of plates.
the solid iron in the inner core.
7
Earth's thickest layer is
the crust.
the inner core.
the mantle.
the outer core.
8
One can best show Earth's layers by a
a slice of frosted cake.
peach half, showing the skin, flesh, and pit.
a soccer ball.
round rock.
9
The oceanic crust
lies only under the ocean.
lies under both the ocean and the continents.
is part of the Earth's mantle.
is part of the Earth's core.
10
Plate Tectonics Explained
False
True