Geology - Plate Tectonics

Which state of matter is the earth's inner core?

• plasma

• liquid

• solid

• gas

Which earth layer is made up of the upper mantle and the crust?

• core

• lower mantle

• asthenosphere

• lithosphere

Which scientist is credited with the Theory of Plate Tectonics (modern version of the Theory of Continental Drift)?

• Alfred Wegener

• Charles Darwin

• Robert Hooke

• Charles Lyell

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What was an evidence for plate tectonics that was claimed by the author of the theory?

• plate measurements

• knowledge of the mantle

• fossils on the coasts

• the movie Ice Age

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This layer of the earth is the thickest part

• crust

• outer core

• mantle

• inner core

This layer of the earth is the thinnest part

• crust

• outer core

• mantle

• inner core

The lithosphere includes the

• Crust only

• Mantle only

• Crust and part of the mantle

• None of the above

The transfer of heat by movements of a heated fluid

• Radiation
• Convection
• Conduction
• Infrared Radiation

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What are the five FUNCTIONAL layers of the Earth's interior?

• Lithosphere, asthenosphere, mesosphere, solidosphere, ironosphere

• Upper crust, lower crust, upper mantle, lower mantle, core

• Lithosphere, asthenosphere, mesosphere, outer core, inner core

• Green coconut flakes, cocoa pebbles, bran flakes, orange jello, red graham crackers

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The lithosphere includes rock from which two compositional layers?

• All of the crust and some of the mantle

• All of the mantle and some of the core

• All of the crust and some of the core

• All of the core and some of the mantle