Earth Structures Test

What is the correct order (starting from the surface) of Earth's layers?

• crust, outer core, inner core, mantle

• mantle, outer core, inner core, crust

• crust, mantle, outer core, inner core

• outer core, inner core, crust, mantle

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Holes drilled several kilometers into Earth's crust provide direct evidence about Earth's interior in the form of ___________

• seismic waves

• rock samples

• liquid iron

• volcanic eruption

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Convection currents within Earth's core and mantle transfer large amounts of heat when

• hotter, less dense rock rises and cooler, more dense rock sinks

• cooler, less dense rock sinks and hotter, more dense rock rises

• hotter, less dense rock sinks and cooler, more dense rock rises

• cooler, less dense rock rises and hotter, more dense rock sinks

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Which description below BEST describes the Earth's mantle?

• molten metal

• dense, solid metal ball

• hot but solid rock

• dry land and ocean floor

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Which layer of the Earth do humans reside on?

• asthenophere

• mesophere

• lithosphere

• ionosphere

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Which of the below statements best describes the inner core and outer core?

• inner core is made up of liquid metal and outer core is solid metal

• inner core is made up of solid metal and outer core is made up of liquid metal

• both the inner and outer core are made up of liquid metal

• both the inner and outer core are made up of solid metal

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Heat and pressure deep beneath Earth's surface can change any rock into

• chemical rock

• gemstones

• metamorphic rock

• sedimentary rock

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The process by which sediment settles out of the water or wind carrying it is ____________

• compaction

• cementation

• deposition

• erosion

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The sedimentary rock formed when water deposits tiny particles of clay in very thin, flat layers is called ______________

• gypsum

• shale

• limestone

• calcite

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What step in the rock cycle would be required to change granite into limestone?

• granite particles settle on the ocean floor

• lava flow melts the granite sediment

• pieces of the granite melt when they return to the mantle by subduction

• magma hardens into granite sediment

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