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Earth's Layers & Plate Tectonics

Authored by Brad Farley

Science

6th - 8th Grade

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Earth's Layers & Plate Tectonics
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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Which layer of the Earth is the thickest?

Inner Core
Mantle
Crust
Outer Core

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What is a difference between oceanic & continental crust?

Continental is thicker
Oceanic is thicker
Continental is made of basalt
Oceanic is made of granite

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What is the driving force behind plate tectonics?

convection currents
magnetic reversal
volcanic eruption
subduction zones

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Which of the following is not a piece of Wegener's evidence?

fossils
glaciers
rocks
rivers

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

How is new crust made?

sea-floor spreading
continental-oceanic
continental-continental
rift valley

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

A difference between the inner and outer core

Outer core is solid
Inner core is liquid
Outer core has magnesium
Inner core has iron

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What is the hottest layer of the Earth?

inner core

lithosphere

crust

mantle

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