Earth's Layers Quiz

The difference in temperature affects a material's density. The rising and sinking of material creates __________ _________.

• Conduction Currents

• Nuclear Heating

• Radiation transference

• Convection currents

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

The upper mantle and crust combine to create the lithosphere. This is a rigid layer broken into chunks called ________?

• Fault Ranges

• Tectonic Plates

• Traverse Plates

• Mountain Ranges

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

Which of the following most likely causes Earth's inner core to be a solid?

• The pressure at the core is very high.

• The metals in the core are very heavy.

• The temperature of the core is very low.

• The chemicals in the core are very reactive.

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NGSS.HS-ESS2-3

A student uses clay to construct a model of Earth. Which layer of the model should be the thinnest layer?

• the layer representing the mantle

• the layer representing the outer core

• the layer representing the inner core

• the layer representing the crust

The upper mantle and the crust make up the _____________________ which is broken into chunks called _____________ ______________.

• lithosphere, tectonic plates

• asthenosphere, lithospheric plates

• outer core, magnetic field

• mesosphere, convection currents

Earth is composed of four layers.

Scientists believe that as the Earth cooled, the denser materials sank to the center and the less dense materials rose to the top. The least dense layer is the...

• crust

• mantle

• outer core

• inner core

What do you call a solid without a crystal structure? It behaves like silly putty, under pressure it acts like a solid. Under less pressure it acts like a liquid.

• amorphous solid

• plasma

• microcrystalline solid

• silicon dioxide

The lithosphere includes ______________. SELECT ALL THAT APPLY.

• nickel and iron

• very thick molten rock

• the crust and part of the upper mantle

• the tectonic plates

Which layer is a metallic liquid responsible for Earth's magnetic field?

• inner core

• outer core

• asthenosphere

• lithosphere

What happens to temperature, pressure, and density as you move from the core to the crust?

• they remains the same

• some increases others decreases

• they all increases

• they all decreases