Plate Tectonics Vocab

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8th Grade
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Terry Dent
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1.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
10 sec • 1 pt
The soft layer of the mantle on which the lithosphere floats
Crust
Mantle
Mesosphere
Asthenosphere
2.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
10 sec • 1 pt
The thin and solid outermost layer of the earth above the mantle
Mantle
Core
Crust
Lithosphere
3.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
10 sec • 1 pt
The largest division of geologic time
Epoch
Eon
Era
Eric
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NGSS.MS-ESS1-4
4.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
10 sec • 1 pt
Epoch is the _________ largest division of geologic time
Second
First
Third
Fourth
Tags
NGSS.MS-ESS1-4
5.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
10 sec • 1 pt
A major division of geological time that's usually divided into 2 or more periods.
Epoch
Epic
Era
Eon
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NGSS.MS-ESS1-4
6.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
10 sec • 1 pt
A record of the geologic events and life forms in Earth's history
Fossil Record
Rock Cycle
Geology Scale
Geologic Time Scale
Tags
NGSS.MS-ESS1-4
7.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
10 sec • 1 pt
A dense sphere of solid iron and nickel at the center of the earth
outer core
Lithosphere
inner core
Asthenosphere
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