Class Activity - Earth's Layers and Convection Currents

Class Activity - Earth's Layers and Convection Currents

Multiple Choice

The ______ is the thin outer layer of solid rock around the Earth.

• biosphere

• core

• mantle

• crust

Multiple Choice

If a hard-boiled egg is an example of the Earth, the shell of the egg would be similar to the ________ of the Earth.

• inner core

• crust

• mantle

• outer core

Multiple Choice

What are the two types of crust?

• Continental and Landforms

• Oceanic and Mountains

• Mountains and Landforms

• Oceanic and Continental

Multiple Choice

Which letter represents the continental crust?

• A

• B

• C

Multiple Choice

Which letter represents the ocean crust?

• A

• B

• C

Multiple Choice

This layer of the Earth is found between the core and the crust.

• mantle

• outer core

• inner core

• crust

Multiple Choice

This layer contains the upper mantle and the crust.

• Atmosphere

• Megasphere

• Lithosphere

• Core

Multiple Choice

Which part of the core is liquid metal?

• outer core

• inner core

Multiple Choice

What two metals make up the core?

• aluminum and silver
• iron and nickel

Multiple Choice

In convection, WARM air

• Rises

• Sinks

Multiple Choice

In convection, COOL air

• Rises
• Sinks

Multiple Choice

Which of the following is one reason Earth's tectonic plates to move?

• energy from the Sun

• magnetic Pole Reversal

• convection currents in the mantle

• faults in Mountain Ranges

Multiple Choice

Convection currents affect the movement of plates on the Earth's crust.

• True

• False