Unit #4 Test (Earth's Layers and Tectonic Plates)

What is the name given to the two types of Earth's Crust?

(one is based above land; the other is based below the ocean)

• Continental and Oceanic

• Land and Water

• Upper and Lower

Which outer layer of earth is made of continental and oceanic crust?

(This layer can be 5 to 100 km thick)

• Core

• Mantle

• Crust

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-1

What is the name given to the largest layer of Earth made of silicate rock?

(the process of convection takes place in this layer)

• Crust

• Mantle

• Core

What is the name given to the liquid layer of Earth made of iron and nickel?

(the average temperature is 4000--5000^oF in this layer)

• Inner Core

• Outer Core

• Mantle

What is the name given to the solid metal layer of Earth made of nickel and iron ?

(the average temperature is 5000--6000^oF in this layer)

• Inner Core

• Outer Core

• Lower Mantle

What is the name of the plate boundary where the two plates move away from one another called?

• Transform

• Convergent

• Divergent

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

What is the name of the plate boundary where the two plates move toward one another called?

• Transform

• Convergent

• Divergent

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

What is the name of the plate boundary where the two plates slide past one another called?

• Transform

• Convergent

• Divergent

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

Which Sphere (secondary layer) of Earth is made up of crust and upper mantle?

(This layer contains the tectonic plates)

• Lithosphere

• Asthenosphere

• Atmosphere

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

Which Sphere (secondary layer) of Earth is made up of upper mantle?

(This layer contains the magma that the plates move on)

• Lithosphere

• Asthenosphere

• Statusphere