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What stage cause water Droplets to fall to the ground?
Transpiration
Condensation
Precipitation
Evaporation
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Convection is likely occurring in:
the mantle
both the mantle and the outer core
the outer core
throughout the Earth
3
Which rich layer is the youngest?
Fault
Siltstone
Limestone
Basalt
4
How thick is the crust of the Earth?
4km
40km
400km
4 miles
5
What is the inner most layer of the earth?
Outer core
Inner core
Crust
Mantle
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which rock layer is the sec. oldest?
C
B
F
E
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The name of the layer of the Earth that separates the crust from the core is the ___?
Asthenosphere
magma
Lithosphere
Mantle
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Which of the following is not one of the four inner planets?
Earth
Neptune
Mars
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When did geologists develop the theory of plate tectonics?
in the 1960
in the mid 1800
in the early 1900
in the 1950
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The layer that separates crust from core is the?
lithosphere
mantle
continent
magma layer
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Which rock layer is the oldest?
Siltstone
Fault
Limestone
Basalt
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what is the outer layer of the earth?
Inner core
Crust
Outer core
Mantle
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Approximately how deep (below sea level) are deep-sea trenches?
3 to 4 km
1000 km
100 km
10 km
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New seafloor is created at a ________.
deep sea trench
mid-ocean ridge
subduction zone
transform fault
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Approximately how fast does an Earth lithospheric plate move?
several centimeters per day
several centimeters per hour
several centimeters per second
several centimeters per year
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which rock layer is the sec. youngest?
B
E
A
F
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which rock layer cuts through?
E
B
D
A
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What cause the convection current to move underneath us?
Density
Moon gravity
Earths gravity
Sun gravity
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