Earth Science Quiz

What is a hot dense ball of iron?

• The outer core

• The Inner Core

• The mantle

• The crust

The outer core has a layer of what that lies above the inner core?

The sideways or downward movement of the edge of a plate of the Earth's crust into the mantle into another plate is what?

• Inner Core

• Outer Core

• Seafloor spreading

• Subduction

Theory that ocean's crust forms along a submarine mountain zone.​ ​ (a)  

• Epicenter
• luster
• weathering
• seafloor spreading

Things that are not as disruptive as an earthquake

A gentle sheen or soft glow especially that of a partly reflective surface.

• Weathering

• Erosion

• Luster

• Epicenter

Alteration of rock in its natural or original position

A current in a fluid that results from convection

The solid bulk of the Earth's interior

• Outer core

• Inner Core

• Crust

• Mantle

The tectonic plates move away from each other​ (a)  

• divergent boundary
• magnetic striping
• Convergent boundary