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Layers of the Earth
Layers of the Earth
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Earth Science Plate Tectonics
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The oceanic crust is made up of which type of rock?
quartz
marble
granite
basalt
2
What happens to density as you go from the crust to the inner core?
decreases
gets stronger
increases
stays the same
3
Continental crust consists mainly of the rock
mantle
basalt
granite
nickel
4
The soft layer of rock in the mantle that can act like a liquid and a solid is called the
crust
core
asthenosphere
lithosphere
5
What is the correct order (starting from the surface) of Earth's layers?
inner core, outer core, mantle, crust
crust, mantle, outer core, inner core
mantle, outer core, inner core, crust
crust, mantle, inner core, outer core
6
Scientists think that convection currents flow in Earth's
outer core
crust
inner core
mantle
7
What layer (in the picture) is to the right of the mantle?
outer core
asthenosphere
inner core
crust
8
Which layer of the Earth is pure liquid?
outer core
mantle
inner core
crust
9
What layer from the picture is orange?
mantle
Inner core
crust
outer core
10
What happens to temperature as you go from the crust to the inner core?
decreases
stays the same
loses heat
increases
11
What layer from the picture has water on it?
crust
outer core
inner core
mantle
12
Earth's inner core is
a layer of molten metal
a layer of hot rock
a dense ball of solid metal
a layer of rock that forms Earth's outer skin
13
The crust and the uppermost mantle make up the solid layer of rock called the
lithosphere
outer core
inner core
asthenosphere
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What layer (from the picture) is a complete sphere?
outer core
inner core
crust
mantle