E5. Earth Interior and plate tectonics

The deeper into Earth you go the...

• greater the pressure
• less pressure
• pressure remains the same

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-1

Scientists think that convection currents flow in Earth's

• continents
• mantle
• lithosphere
• inner core.

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-1

Earth's oceanic crust is ______ than continental crust.

• thinner but denser
• thicker and denser
• thicker but less dense
• thinner and less dense

______ is a rock with a fine, dark texture that makes up the oceanic crust.

• Granite
• Gypsum
• Basalt
• Limestone

Which is thicker, the oceanic crust or the continental crust?

• oceanic crust
• continental crust

When molten  material is heated in the mantle it becomes

• more dense
• less dense 

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NGSS.MS-PS1-4

Convection currents occur due to...

• rotation of earth

• differences in temperature and density

• electrons moving

• gravitational pull

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

Which of the following is one reason 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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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

Which layer of Earth is broken up into giant moving plates?

• Asthenosphere
• Lithosphere
• Inner core
• Outer core

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

Oceanic crust is mostly made of ___________ and continental crust is mostly made of ___________.

• Granite, basalt 
• Basalt, granite
• Basalt, shale
• Granite, slate