earth structure

What do we call the center of the Earth?

• Mantle
• Crust
• Apple
• Core

The ??? is the plastic (slowly flowing) layer made of solid rock in the mantle

• Asthenosphere
• Lithosphere
• Cryosphere
• Mesosphere

The pieces of the lithosphere that move around on top of the asthenosphere are called

• continents.
• mesospheres. 
• crust
• tectonic plates.

Earthquake waves that vibrate from side to side and up and down, moving only through solids, are known as _____ waves.

• S
• Ground
• P
• Surface

The type of seismic waves that arrive at the surface first are called _____.

• P waves
• S waves
• surface waves
• Mercalli waves

What is the force inside the mantle that causes the Earth's Plates to move ?

• subduction

• radiation

• conduction

• convection

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

The upper layer of the Earth which includes continental and ocean crust is called the :

• lithosphere

• asthenosphere

• atmosphere

• stratosphere

How is subduction zone formed?

• When two plates slide each past each other

• When two plates move away from each other

• When two plates move toward each other

• When one tectonic plate sinks below another

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

What kind of plate boundary is shown here?

• divergent
• convergent
• transform
• subducting

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

What kind of plate boundary is shown here?

• divergent
• convergent
• transform
• strike slip

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

NGSS.MS-ESS2-2