The most dense layer of the Earth is the

• Inner Core
• Outer Core
• Lower Mantle
• Upper Mantle

In what layer of Earth do convection currents occur?

• Inner Core
• Outer Core
• Mantle
• Crust

Which layer of Earth is made up of tectonic plates?

• outer core
• inner core
• asthenosphere
• lithosphere

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What type of plate boundary is this?

• Plate
• Divergent
• Convergent
• Transform

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Which of the following causes Earth's tectonic plates to move?

• Energy from the Sun
• Magnetic Pole Reversal
• Convection currents in the mantle
• Faults in Mountain Ranges

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What drives tectonic plate movement? 

• gravity
• coriolis effect
• convection currents
• the earth's magnetic core

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What drives tectonic plate movement? 

• gravity
• coriolis effect
• convection currents
• the earth's magnetic core

Earthquakes and volcanoes are most likely found in which locations? 

• at plate boundaries
• in oceans
• in the middle of continents
• in the middle of plates

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NGSS.MS-ESS3-2

_________ currents carry heat from the hot inner core to the cooler outer mantle and back again.

• River
• Radiation
• Convection
• Conduction

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When plates slide past one another, _________ occur.

• divergent boundaries
• convection currents
• subduction zones
• transform faults

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