Earth's Structures Review

Which layer of Earth is located directly above the inner core?

• oceanic crust

• atmosphere

• outer core

• mantle

Which is the correct order of Earth’s layers starting from the surface?

• crust, mantle, inner core, outer core

• mantle, outer core, inner core, crust

• crust, mantle, outer core, inner core

• outer core, inner core, crust, mantle

Which of the following has the greatest direct influence on movement of the lithosphere?

• the sun

• the moon

• Earth's Core

• Earth's Mantle

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

Which layer of Earth is the thinnest?

• crust

• mantle

• inner core

• outer core

Near which location is an earthquake most likely to occur?

• the equator

• ocean basins

• crustal plate boundaries

• the middle of a continent

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS3-2

Which most likely causes seafloor spreading?

• earthquakes

• divergent boundaries

• convergent boundaries

• transform fault boundaries

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

What process is responsible for the Atlantic Ocean becoming wider by a few centimeters each year?

• one plate moving under the other plate

• two plates meeting at a transform boundary

• seafloor spreading along the Mid-Atlantic Ridge

• the edges of the continents are subsiding

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NGSS.HS-ESS1-5

NGSS.HS-ESS2-1

Which type of crust is produced by seafloor spreading?

• continental

• convergent

• oceanic

• volcanic

What is Earth's thickest layer?

• crust
• inner core
• outer core
• mantle

Two plates come together or collide at what boundary?

• Convergent

• Divergent

• Transform

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3