Earth Layer's Quiz 2.

List the layers of Earth in order from Most Dense to Least Dense.

• Inner Core, Mantle, Crust, Outer Core

• Crust, Mantle, Outer Core, Inner Core

• Inner Core, Outer Core, Crust, Mantle

• Inner Core, Outer Core, Mantle, Crust

List the layers in order from Coldest to Hottest.

• Crust, Mantle, Outer Core, Inner Core

• Mantle, Inner Core, Crust, Outer Core

• Inner Core, Outer Core, Mantle, Crust

• Crust, Outer Core, Mantle, Inner Core

In a convection current, Warm material ________, and colder material _________

• Sinks, Rises

• Rises, Sinks

• Stays the same

• Rises, Rises

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

Which theory claims that the Landmass on Earth was once joined together in a landmass called Pangea?

• Plate Tectonics

• Big Bang

• Drifting Plates

• Continental Drift

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

___________________ is the process by which more dense lithosphere sinks beneath less dense lithosphere and is returned to the mantle.

• Subvection

• Subduction

• Conduction

• Convection

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

How often do Lithospheric Plates move?

• Constantly

• Once a day

• Once a Year

• Once a month

Without a difference in heat, what happens to convection currents?

• They will speed up

• They will low down but continue

• They will eventually stop

• Nothing changes

Name two places where convection currents occur?

• Outer Core and inner core

• Mantle and Outer Core

• Crust and Lithosphere

• Mantle and Inner Core

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-1

At _____________ plate boundaries, such as the Mid-Ocean Ridge, lithosphere is pulled APART in opposite directions creating new crust.

• Divergent

• Convergent

• Transform

At ____________ plate boundaries, lithospheric plates COLLIDE and push together.

• Divergent

• Convergent

• Transform