Unit 2 Practice Quiz

What is the type of energy transfer that powers the movement of lithospheric plates?

In which type of plate boundary are the plates PUSHING TOGETHER? 

Which layer of the Earth is liquid?

In areas with sea-floor spreading, where are the older rock samples found?

Oceanic crust is composed primarily of what type of rock?

What process adds material from the crust sinking into the mantle?

The 3 main layers of the Earth are all of the following EXCEPT:

What is the name given to mountain ranges that extend along the ocean floor?

What term is used to describe the type of heat transfer when heat travels through space?

Layers of the Earth increase in pressure, __?___ , and density.