Earth's Layers and Plate Tectonics

Which answer choice list the layers of the Earth in the correct order from the core to the crust?

• lithosphere, lower mantle, upper mantle, asthenosphere, inner core, outer core

• asthenosphere, lithosphere, lower mantle, outer core, inner core

• inner core, outer core, lower mantle, upper mantle, asthenosphere, lithosphere

• lithosphere, asthenosphere, lower mantle, outer core, inner core

The Outer Core is the only molten or liquid layer.

• True

• False

The portion of the diagram labeled D is best described as-

• Outer Core

• Inner Core

• Mantle

• Crust

Which layer is made up of the crust and the very upper portion of the mantle?

• Outer Core

• Inner Core

• LIthosphere

• Asthenosphere

Identify the name of the ocean-covered tectonic plate 2.

• Pacific Plate

• Nazca Plate

• African Plate

• Indo-Australian Plate

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

Which of the following is the name of plate number 1?

• Pacific Plate

• Eurasian Plate

• North American Plate

• South American Plate

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

Identify the name of plate number 7.

• North American Plate

• South American Plate

• African Plate

• Pacific Plate

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

Which shows the movement of plates in the location where a mid-ocean ridge would form?

• A

• B

• C

• D

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

Which shows the movement of plates in the location where the Alps, a mountain range, were formed?

• A

• B

• C

• D

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

• divergent boundary

• convergent boundary

• transform boundary

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3