What is the correct order of Earth's layers beginning with the hottest and most dense layer?

• mantle, inner core, outer core, and crust

• crust, mantle, outer core, and inner core

• inner core, outer core, mantle, and crust

• outer core, mantle, inner core, and crust

What causes convection currents to move within the mantle?

• Heat from the sun causes material to become less dense and rise towards the surface

• Heat from the core causes material to become less dense and rise towards the surface

• Heat from the sun causes material to become more dense and rise towards the surface

• Heat from the core causes material to become more dense and rise towards the surface

Earth’s lithosphere is divided into _______________.

• Continents

• Landmasses

• Plates

• Countries

Alfred Wegener's theory states that the continents were once joined to form a supercontinent called.....

• Bob

• Jurrassic

• Pangea

• Neverland

Which of the following was not a piece of evidence used by Alfred Wegener to explain the Theory of Continental Drift?

• Earthquake patterns

• Similar mountain ranges and rock formations on different continents

• The shape of the continents

• Similar fossils on different continents 

In sea floor spreading, molten material rises from the mantle and erupts along a...

• Convergent Boundary

• Transform Boundary

• Rift Valley

• Mid-Oceanic Ridge

The process in which an oceanic plate sinks beneath a continental plate and into a trench at a convergent boundary is called...

• Mid-ocean ridge

• 
  Subduction

• 
  Sublimation

• Transform

The location where two tectonic plates slide pass each other in a horizontal motion

• Divergent Boundary

• Territorial Boundary

• Convergent Boundary

• Transform Boundary

What happens when continental crust collides with other continental crust?

• It forms mountains

• It forms valley

• It explodes

• It subducts

What is the Asthenosphere made up of?

• Solid metal

• Soft rock that bends like putty

• Hot Liquid

• Rigid Rock