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Earth Layers Review 6th Grade
Earth Layers Review 6th Grade
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A review game for 6th grade class to be prepared for Earth Layers test. #science #Earth #Earthlayers
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1
If a large glacier located on continental crust were to melt away, it would make the crust _?
Turn into oceanic crust
Break into many pieces
Sink lower into the mantle
Float higher above the mantle
2
What rock makes up most of the oceanic crust?
Granite
Gold
Andesite
Basalt
3
What is the movement that begins in one location and sets things in motion farther away called?
Waves
Disturbance
Seismologist
Earthquakes
4
Where is the asthenosphere located?
Above the Lithosphere
In the oceanic crust
Below the Lithosphere
In the core
5
Which layer of Earth do scientists believe is most likely made of SOLID metals?
Mantle
Inner core
Crust
Outer core
6
Which layer of Earth is the thinnest?
Mantle
Crust
Outer core
Inner core
7
Basalt, the main type of rock found in the ocean floor, is slightly ________ than granite.
Salty
Hotter
Less dense
More dense
8
Which layer is the one scientists believe to be liquid?
Continental crust
Outer core
Oceanic crust
Inner core
9
Which layer would iron most likely be found?
Mantle
Inner core
Crust
Inner crust
10
What is the upward lifting force that acts on an object when the object pushes aside fluid?
Buoyant force
Disturbance
Gravity
Seismic waves
11
Less buoyant, denser materials have settled closer to which layer of Earth?
Continental crust
Lithosphere
Core
Oceanic crust
12
Which layer would aluminum and silicon most likely be found?
Inner core
Crust
Outer core
Mantle
13
What are the rocks that make up the continental crust?
Granite and Andesite
Basalt and Pyrite
Andesite and Obsidian
Granite and Marble
14
Earth's magnetic field is generated by powerful electric waves in the __________________
Mantle
Crust
Inner core
Outer core
15
The ________________includes the crust and a thin part of the upper mantle.
Asthenosphere
Outer core
Crust
Lithosphere
16
Which layer is the thickest and the least dense?
Crust
Mantle
Lithosphere
Core
