Convection of the Mantle

Select all that apply. Which of the following supports a convection current?

• energy build up

• heating/cooling of a fluid

• density changes

• force of gravity

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

NGSS.MS-PS1-4

Identify the layer of the earth labeled # 6

• crust

• mantle

• outer core

• inner core

Name the type of heat transfer shown in the picture.

• convection

• conduction

• radiation

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

What is the rising of hot liquid and the sinking of cooled liquid called?

• Confection current

• Convention current

• Convection current

• Lava lamp

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

NGSS.MS-PS1-4

NGSS.MS-PS3-4

Fill in the blank:

_____, convection, and conduction are three types of heat

• power

• movement

• transfer

• radiation

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NGSS.MS-PS1-4

NGSS.MS-PS3-3

NGSS.MS-PS3-4

What are the two types of crust?

• continental and oceanic crust

• ocean and upper crust

• lower and upper crust

• pizza and subway crust

Which of these combines with changes in a fluid's density and the force of gravity to set convection currents in motion?

• evaporation of a fluid

• condensation of a fluid

• freezing and melting of a solid

• heating and cooling of a fluid

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NGSS.MS-PS1-4

Fill in the blank:

when you heat up an object, the particles in the object move_____

• slower

• painfully

• not at all

• faster

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NGSS.MS-PS1-4

The inner core is as hot as _________.

• 100 ovens

• the surface of the sun

• the big bang

• Texas in the summer

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NGSS.HS-ESS1-1

80% of the Earth's volume is made up of the _____.

• continental crust

• core

• mantle

• oceanic crust