Unit 6.3 Structure of the Earth

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Multiple Choice

What are the layers of the Earth's interior starting with the inside layer and ending with the outside layer?

• Core-Mantle-Crust

• Crust-Mantle-Core

• Mantle-Core-Crust

• Core-Crust-Mantle

Multiple Choice

Which of the following statements is true?

• The asthenosphere and lithosphere are both layers of the crust

• The lithosphere floats on top of the asthenosphere in the mantle

• The asthenosphere is the lower mantle

• The lithosphere and the asthenosphere are the same thing

Multiple Choice

What did scientists study to determine the composition of the Earth's interior?

• Asteroids

• Magma

• Meteorites

• Diamonds

Multiple Choice

What is the thinnest layer of the Earth?

• Mantle

• Core

• Crust

Multiple Choice

The thickest layer of the Earth is

• The crust

• The mantle

• The core

Multiple Choice

It is as hot as the surface of the Sun

• Crust

• Mantle

• Core

Multiple Choice

The inner core is:

• Solid

• Liquid

• Gaseous

Multiple Choice

The hottest layer of the Earth is

• The crust

• The mantle

• The outer core

• The inner core

Multiple Select

From Page 213, which ones are the evidences that Alfred Wegener used to support his idea called continental drift?

Pick 3

• The shapes of the continents fit together

• the types of the rock on the different continent match up where they fit together

• The fossils on the different continents match up where they fit together

• The colour of the people that inhabit the places are the same where they fit together