Earth's Layers/Pangea/Plate Tectonics

What name would you give to layer 1 on the diagram?

• crust

• mantle

• inner core

• outer core

What label would you give layer 3 on the diagram?

• crust

• mantle

• inner core

• outer core

What label would you give layer 2 on the diagram?

• crust

• mantle

• outer core

• inner core

What label would you give to layer 4 on the diagram?

• crust

• mantle

• outer core

• inner core

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-1

Which is the THICKEST layer of the Earth?

• crust

• inner core

• mantle

• outer core

Which layer is home to all life?

• mantle

• crust

• inner core

• outer core

Which layer is the THINNEST of Earth's layers?

• outer core

• inner core

• crust

• mantle

Which of Earth's layers is made up of liquid nickle and iron?

• mantle

• crust

• outer core

• inner core

Wegener had a career that wasn’t in geology so scientists didn’t take his Continental Drift seriously. What was his career?

• Geologist

• Biologist

• Circus Clown

• Weather Man

What is continental drift?

• The theory of Pangaea that the continents drifted AWAY from each other over time

• The theory of Pangaea that continents drifted TOWARD each other over time

• A theory that fossils were found in Antarctica

• A theory that weather predicts the climate in different places

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3