Earth's Plates and Layers

Which of these two layers is a solid?

• innercore
• Outercore

What is the top layer of the Earth's surface called? 

• Mantle
• Innercore
• Outercore
• Crust

Temperature _____________________ as you go deeper into the earth.

• increases
• decreases
• goes up and down depending on the layer
• stays the same

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NGSS.MS-PS3-4

Pressure ______________________ as you go deeper into the Earth

• increases
• decreases 
• goes up or down depending on the layer
• stays the same

Which of the following is the name of the ancient supercontinent formed 28 Million Years ago.

• Pangea

• Gondwanda

• Laurasia

• Neverland

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-4

What is the name of the single landmass that began to break apart 200 million years ago?

• Panthalassa
• Laurasia
• Gondwanna
• Pangaea

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NGSS.HS-ESS2-1

NGSS.HS-ESS1-5

Pangaea was an ancient supercontinent made up of...

• America, Greenland, and Europe.
• Antarctica, India, and America.
• all of Earth’s continents.
• South Africa, India, Australia, and South America.

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

What is the correct order (starting from the surface) of Earth’s layers?

• crust, outer core, inner core, mantle

• mantle, outer core, inner core, crust

• crust, mantle, outer core, inner core

• outer core, inner core, crust, mantle

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NGSS.HS-ESS2-1

The geological theory of _______ states that pieces of Earth’s lithosphere are in constant, slow motion.

• subduction

• plate tectonics

• deep-ocean trenches

• sea-floor spreading

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

What are the two types of crust

• continental and oceanic
• ocean and upper
• lower and upper
• pizza and subway

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NGSS.HS-ESS2-1

NGSS.HS-ESS1-5