Earth's Interior & Plate Boundaries

Geologists have used two types of evidence to learn about Earth's interior. They are called....

• External Evidence and Internal Evidence.

• scientist and chemist.

• Direct Evidence and Indirect Evidence.

• the internet and text books.

Geologists that examine rock samples, and rocks drilled from inside the Earth are called

• the exterior structure.

• Direct Evidence

• Indirect Evidence

• the interior structure.

When Scientists use seismic waves to study the Earth's interior they are using

• the exterior structure.

• Direct Evidence

• Indirect Evidence

• the interior structure.

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What is the outer most layer of the Earth?

• The Crust

• The Mantle

• Outer Core

• Inner Core

What is the layer just beneath the surface of the Earth?

• The Crust

• The Mantle

• Outer Core

• Inner Core

The center of the Earth contains the

• The Crust

• The Mantle

• Outer Core

• Inner Core

What is the Core mostly made of?

• Oxygen and Hydrogen

• Gold and Silver

• lithosphere and Asthenosphere

• Iron and Nickle

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The layer of Earth that contains a layer of solid, hot rock beneath the surface.

• The Crust

• The Mantle

• The Outer Core

• The Inner Core

The transfer of energy through empty space.

• density.

• convection.

• radiation.

• conduction.

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Heat transfer by direct contact of particles of matter (spoon gets hot while stirring a pot of soup) is called

• density.

• convection.

• radiation.

• conduction.