Earth review

Earth review

Multiple Choice

What is the correct order of earths layers from outside to inside?

• crust, mantle, outer core, inner core

• mantle, outer core, inner core, crust

• inner core, outer core, crust, mantle

• crust, outer core, inner core, mantle

Multiple Choice

Which layer of Earth would have the greatest density?

• upper mantle

• lower mantle

• inner core

• outer core

Multiple Choice

What are the two types of crust

• continental and oceanic

• ocean and upper

• lower and upper

• pizza and subway

Multiple Choice

Scientists think that convection currents flow in Earth’s

• continents.

• mantle.

• lithosphere.

• inner core.

Multiple Choice

Most geologists think that the movement of Earth’s plates is caused by _______

• convection.

• continental drift.

• subduction.

• conduction.

Multiple Choice

The process by which the ocean floor sinks beneath a deep-ocean trench and back into the mantle is known as _______

• convection.

• continental drift.

• subduction.

• conduction.

Multiple Choice

Magma, gases, and ashes can erupt through vents in the Earth's surface called —

• earthquakes

• hurricanes

• volcanoes

• trenches

Multiple Choice

What type of plate tectonic boundary has two plates that slide past each other?

• Divergent

• Convergent

• Transform

• Mountain

Multiple Choice

What type of plate tectonic boundary has two plates that pull away from each other?

• Divergent

• Convergent

• Transform

• Mountain

Multiple Choice

What type of plate tectonic boundary has two plates that pull away from each other?

• Divergent

• Convergent

• Transform

• Mountain

Multiple Choice

78% of the Earth's atmosphere is ___________ and 21% of the Earth's atmosphere is _____________.

• Oxygen, Nitrogen

• Nitrogen, Oxygen

• Nitrogen, Carbon Dioxide

• Oxygen, Carbon Dioxide

Multiple Choice

In what layer of the atmosphere do all weather events occur?

• Stratosphere

• Exosphere

• Mesosphere

• Troposphere

Multiple Choice

What type of front is over Texas?

• warm front

• cold front

• stationary front

• occluded front

Multiple Choice

Which front does this show?

• cold front

• warm front

• stationary front

• occluded front

Multiple Choice

What is the name this front?

• warm front

• cold front

• stationary front

• occluded front

Multiple Choice

The Coriolis Effect is caused by what?

• The wind blowing

• Earth's gravity pulling things down

• The rotation of the Earth

• The pull of the Moon

Multiple Choice

What is the process called when water changes to vapor (gas)?

• condensation

• evaporation

• freezing

• melting

Multiple Choice

What is the process called when water changes to vapor (gas)?

• condensation

• evaporation

• freezing

• melting