Earth Processes

What is the thinnest layer?

• Crust

• Mantle

• Outer Core

• Inner Core

What is the thickest layer?

• Crust

• Mantle

• Outer Core

• Inner Core

What is the coolest layer?

• Crust

• Mantle

• Outer Core

• Inner Core

The Lithosphere is made up of the ___________.

• Crust and Upper Mantle

• Inner and Outer Cores

• Outer Core and Lower Mantle

• Lower and Middle Mantle

What are convection currents?

• the cycle of heated rock or metal rising, and cooling rock or metal falling.

• the cycle of cooling rock or metal rising, and heated rock or metal falling.

• an electric current found in the mantle.

• and electric current found in the outer core.

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The surface along which rock break and slide past each other is called a:

• fracture
• fault
• joint

The type of plate boundary where two plates come together is a .....

• Convergent Boundary
• Divergent Boundary
• Transform Boundary
• Plate Boundary

Which of the following causes Earth's tectonic plates to move?

• Energy from the Sun
• Magnetic Pole Reversal
• Convection currents in the mantle
• Faults in Mountain Ranges

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What type of plate boundary is this?

• Plate
• Divergent
• Convergent
• Transform

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Mountains are created when....

• Two continental plates collide
• Two oceanic plates pull apart
• An Oceanic plate subducts under a Continental Plate
• Two continental plates pull apart

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