8.ESS.1 Earth's Interior

There are how many different types of crust?

• 1
• 2
• 5
• 3

What is the core made of?

• steel
• iron 
• aluminum
• iron and nickel

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NGSS.MS-PS1-1

What describes the outer core?

• solid
• liquid
• viscous
• gas

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NGSS.MS-PS1-4

What layer is a semisolid and acts like clay or plastic?

• Lithosphere
• Mantle
• Asthenosphere
• crust

What happens to temperature as we move from the crust to the inner core?

• Decreases
• Increases
• Nothing

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NGSS.MS-PS3-4

Which layer of Earth has the GREATEST density?

• crust
• mantle
• outer core
• inner core

Using data from seismic waves, geologists have learned that Earth's interior is made up of several

• continents
• layers
• ridges
• trenches

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

If you traveled from the center of Earth to the surface, the pressure would...

• increase
• decrease
• stay the same
• unsure

What are the two types of crust?

• top crust,bottom crust
• oceanic crust, continental crust
• water,land
• none of the above 

If we compare the temperature and pressure of the Earth’s mantle to the core, what differences can we expect as we move downward into the Earth?

• Both the temperature and pressure increase.
• Both the temperature and pressure decrease.
• The temperature increases and the pressure decrease.
• The temperature decreases and the pressure increases.

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NGSS.MS-PS1-4

NGSS.MS-PS3-4