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Identify the outer core
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Why has the Earth's surface changed position over time?
convection
Plates are moving
Glaciers
Fossils
3
When two continental plates collide_____ form.
trenches
ridges
mountains
none
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Identical rock types, fossils, and mountain ranges supports
Organisms travel
Continents were joined
none
mountains erode
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Plate tectonics describe movements mainly in the _______
Mantle
Crust
Inner core
none
6
Which statement is correct about the layers of Earth's surface
denisty is the same through out all layers
density increase then decreases with depth
density increases with depth
density decreases with depth
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This is a ___________ boundary.
Divergent
none
Strike
convergent
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The layer where pressure, density, and temperature are the greatest is?
Inner core
Crust
outer core
Mantle
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Earth's layer with the lowest temperature
Crust
outer core
none
mantle
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Which layer is the thinnest
Inner core
Mantle
Crust
Outer core
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The constant cycle in the mantle where hot material rises, cools, sinks, reheats & rises again
convection currents
Hot spots
advection forces
Magnetic Fields
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Earth's thickest layer
outer
crust
inner core
mantle
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Identify the layer that makes up 70% of Earth's mass and is mostly solid but capable of flow
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1
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The inner core is solid because
Gravity is compressing the core because its the smallest
the inner core is cooler than the outer core
pressure from the outer core, mantle, and crust compress it
it is spinning
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at divergent boundaries, plates move ______
together
none
slide past
apart
