Earth Processes Notebook Quiz-Honors

This lithosphere combines what two layers?

• asthenosphere and crust

• crust and upper mantle

• mantle and asthenosphere

Scientists have determined what the inside of the Earth looks like/is made up of by using:

• volcanoes

• continental drift

• seismic wave data

• convection currents

Which layer of the Earth is LIQUID?

• crust

• mantle

• inner core

• outer core

What is the correct layers of the Earth starting from the surface to the inner most layer?

• inner core, mantle, outer core, crust

• mantle, inner core, outer core, crust

• crust, mantle, outer core, inner core

• crust, inner core, outer core, mantle

The thinnest layer of the Earth is:

• crust

• mantle

• outer core

• inner core

What happens to the temperature as one moves fromt he crust down to the inner core?

• temperature increases

• temperature decreases

• temperature stays the same

This layer of the Earth is the thickest at about 3000 km thick.

• crust

• mantle

• outer core

• inner core

The asthenosphere makes up the

• upper part of the mantle

• the lower mantle

• inner core and lower mantle

• don't pick this answer

Weathering is

• breaking rock into smaller pieces

• moving sediment from one place to another

• depositing sediment into layers

What are the 3 main types of rock?

• crust, mantle, core

• volcanic rock, sediment, and magma

• Sedimentary, igneous, and metamorphic rock

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-4