Plate Tectonics Quiz

This layer contains most of Earth's mass.

• Inner Core
• Mantle
• Outer Core
• Crust

You live, breathe, and eat on this layer.

• Outer Core
• Inner Core
• Mantle
• Crust

The core is mostly made up mostly of which elements?

• Oxygen and Silicon
• Silicon and Magnesium
• Nickel and Iron
• Iron and Magnesium

What are the two type of crust?

• Continental and Landforms
• Oceanic and Mountains
• Mountains and Landforms
• Oceanic and Continental

How are scientist able to estimate the thickness of each layer of the Earth?By studying __________

•  radio waves
• sonar waves
• laser waves
• seismic waves

Scientists think that convection currents that move the plates flow in Earth's

• Continental crust
• oceanic crust
• Mantle
• Inner Core

Why is the inner core a solid when it is hot enough to be a liquid?

• The temp is too hot
• The pressure is too great
• Low pressure
• Gravity

Which layer is the OUTER CORE?

• 1
• 2
• 3
• 4

This layer is divided into pieces called tectonic plates.

• Mesosphere
• Asthenosphere
• Mantle
• Lithosphere

Which layer is represented by the yellow layer?

• inner core

• outer core

• mantle

• crust