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What is the correct order (starting from the surface) of Earth’s layers?

• crust, outer core, inner core, mantle

• mantle, outer core, inner core, crust

• crust, mantle, outer core, inner core

• outer core, inner core, crust, mantle

Earth’s inner core is _______

• a dense ball of solid metal.

• a layer of molten metal.

• a layer of hot rock.

• a layer of rock that forms Earth’s outer skin.

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Heat transfer within a fluid takes place by _______

• convection currents.

• radiation.

• conduction.

• density.

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What is Pangaea?

• the name of a German scientist

• the name of the supercontinent that existed millions of years ago

• another name for continental drift

• the name of an ancient fossil

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The movement of Earth’s plates is caused by _______

• conduction.

• earthquakes.

• convection currents in the mantle.

• Earth’s magnetic field

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Which type of boundary occurs in this image?

• Transform Boundary

• Divergent Boundary

• Convergent Boundary

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Which layer(s) of the earth makes up the plates?

• the asthenosphere is divided into plates

• the lithosphere is divided into plates

• the lower mantle and part of the lithosphere

Which feature forms along a convergent boundary of two continental plates?

• Oceanic Trench

• Mountain Range

• Rift Valley

What is the process associated with the discharge of magma, hot fluids, ash, and gases?

• Volcanism

• Viscosity

• Conduit

• Explosion

Where will the majority of volcanoes form?

• Plate boundaries

• On mountains

• Underwater

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