Lithosphere

What layer of the earth is made of liquid magma?

• innner core

• mantle

• crust

• outer core

What layer of the earth is made of soild iron and nickel?

• innner core
• mantle
• crust
• outer core

naturally occuring chemical element or inorganic compound thats exists as a solid

• rock
• mineral
• ore
• natural gas

solid combination of one or more minerals found in the earth’s crust

• rock
• mineral
• ore
• natural gas

type of rock made of sediments - organic remains and particles of weathered and eroded rocks

• sedimentary
• igneous
• metamorphic
• this doesn't apply to any rocks

forms when an existing rock is subjected to high temperatures or high pressures

• sedimentary
• igneous
• metamorphic
• this doesn't apply to any rocks

forms below or on earth's surface when magma wells up from earth's mantle and then cools

• sedimentary
• igneous
• metamorphic
• this doesn't apply to any rocks

Which type of sedimentary rock are formed from weathering and erosion of preexisting rocks?

• clastic
• chemical
• organic
• none of these

90% of all earthquakes and volcanoes on Earth occur

• in the Atlantic Ocean

• in the United States

• around the Ring of Fire

• during a full moon

Volcanoes occur at tectonic plate boundaries that are

• colliding

• slipping past one another

• separating from one another

• both colliding and separating from one another