6th grade Layers of the Earth quiz

Seismic waves travel

• at the same time

• through all materials

• outwards in all directions

• in a straight line

The lithosphere is

• the brittle crust and uppermost mantle

• another name for the crust

• where convection is strongest

• the upper part of the mantle

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Scientists know that Earth's core is metal because of

• the planet's high overall density

• the magnetic field

• metallic meteorites

• all of these

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compared to continental crust, oceanic crust

• is thicker

• is denser

• more varied in its rock types

• more magnetic

Heat in the mantle moves by

• radiation

• conduction

• convection

• heat flow

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Some ___________ cannot travel through the outer core so we know it is molten

• seismic waves

• hard rock

• heat

• meteorites

The _________ is solid but it can flow

• crust

• inner core

• asthenosphere

• lithosphere

______ may represent material from the early solar system

• gold

• meteorites

• mantle

• mountains

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Earthquake energy travels through rocks as______

• convection cell

• putty

• seismic waves

• hard rock

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The outer brittle layer of the Earth is called the ______

• crust

• inner core

• mantle

• lithosphere