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Layers and Plates
Layers and Plates
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1
Which is not a type of plate boundary?
North American
Divergent
Transform
Convergent
2
How much do continents move per year?
A few miles
A few centimeters
A few feet
A few inches
3
What plate is North Carolina located on?
South American Plate
United States Plate
North American Plate
Charlotte Plate
4
Which is the best definition of plates?
Continents
Dishes we eat off of
Oceans
Pieces of land/lithosphere
5
What is the thinnest and least dense layer?
Outer core
Mantle
Inner core
Crust
6
Which layer is the thickest?
Outer core
Inner core
Mantle
Crust
7
The crust is made up of---
Convection currents
Continental crust
Solid metal
Oceanic crust
8
Which layer is made of liquid metal?
Crust
Mantle
Outer core
Inner core
9
Layers of Earth are formed because of --
How dense they layer is
How old the layer is
How large the layer is
10
True/false? Plates are continuing to move.
False
True
11
Which layer has convection currents that cause plate tectonics?
Outer core
Inner core
Mantle
Crust
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Which layer is made of solid metal because of extreme heat and pressure?
Mantle
Crust
Outer core
Inner core
