Earth's Interior

What type of boundary is pictured?

• divergent

• convergent

• transform

What type of plate boundary is pictured?

• transform

• convergent

• divergent

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

What type of plate boundary is pictured?

• transform

• convergent

• divergent

What was the name of the supercontinent that Alfred Wegener included in his theory?

• Pangea

• North America

• Eurasia

What two metals make up Earth's core?

• iron and nickle

• gold and silver

• iron and gold

• silver and magnesium

What extreme conditions prevent exploration below the crust?

• density and pressure

• heat and pressure

• pressure and darkness

• density and composition

The movement of energy from a warmer object to a cooler object is called _.

• coolness

• heat transfer

• heat

• subduction

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS1-4

NGSS.MS-PS3-5

This is the uppermost part of the mantle that is rigid and attached to the crust.

• lithosphere

• asthenosphere

This layer of the mantle is soft and is comparable to tar.

• asthenosphere

• lithosphere

• lower mantle

Any trace of an ancient organism preserved in a rock is called a

• rock

• ancient organism

• antique

• fossil

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS4-1