Inside the Earth

What is the soft layer of rock in the mantle that can act like a solid and a liquid?

• Core

• asthenosphere

• lithosphere

• crust

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-1

The crust and the uppermost mantle make up this solid layer of hard rock.

• inner core

• asthenosphere

• lithosphere

• outer core

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-1

How does the temperature change as you move from the crust to the core?

• it gets cooler

• it gets hotter

• it stays the same

• the core is frozen

What is layer A?

• crust

• inner core

• outer core

• mantle

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-1

What is layer B?

• crust

• inner core

• outer core

• mantle

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-1

What is layer C?

• crust

• inner core

• outer core

• mantle

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-1

What layer is D?

• crust

• inner core

• outer core

• mantle

What did Alfred Wegener call the "Supercontinent" that existed 250 million years ago?

• North America

• Pangaea

• Eurasia

• Atlantica

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

The process of ocean crust sinking beneath continental crust is called

• subduction

• convection

• continental drift

• sea-floor spreading

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

What type of boundary is shown here?

• Divergent

• Convergent

• Transform

• Stress

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3