Earth's Interior and Plate Tectonics

What is the name of layer 5?

• The crust

• The mantle

• The lithosphere

• The asthenosphere

What is the name of layer 3?

• The crust

• The mantle

• The core

• The mold

What is the name of layer 4?

• The crust

• The mantle

• The lithosphere

• The asthenosphere

What is the name of layer 1?

• The crust

• The mantle

• The lithosphere

• The asthenosphere

What is the name of layer 3b?

• The crust

• The mantle

• The inner core

• The outer core

Which of the following is NOT evidence of the Earth's interior?

• Principles of density

• Earth's magnetic field

• Snowball Earth

• Volcanoes

• Seismic waves

Why do the plates move?

• Isostatic rebound

• Convection currents in the mantle

• Seafloor spreading

• Magnetic reversals

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

What type of plate boundary is this?

• Divergent

• Convergent

• Transform

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

What type of plate boundary is this?

• Divergent

• Convergent

• Transform

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

What do seismic waves tell us about the interior of the Earth?

• There is a liquid inner core

• There is a liquid outer core

• There are convection currents in the mantle

• The Earth has layers of water beneath the crust

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-2