Earth's Layers and Tectonic Plates Part 1

What is the outermost layer of the Earth called?

• Inner Core

• Outer Core

• Crust

• Mantle

Which type of crust is covered by the world's oceans?

• Continental crust

• Mantle crust

• Oceanic crust

• Inner crust

What is the temperature of the mantle?

• 4000 degrees Celsius

• 100 degrees Celsius

• 6000 degrees Celsius

• 2000 degrees Celsius

What is the main component of the outer core?

• Water

• Iron and Nickel

• Magma

• Solid Rock

What is the deepest layer found right in the center of the planet called?

• Crust

• Outer Core

• Inner Core

• Mantle

What is the process where warm things rise and cold things sink called?

• Erosion

• Convection

• Condensation

• Evaporation

What is formed when some of the magma has cooled down enough to solidify?

• Mantle

• Crust

• Inner Core

• Outer Core

What is the name for the different slabs of rocks constantly being pushed around by convection currents underneath them?

• Metamorphic Rocks

• Sedimentary Rocks

• Tectonic Plates

• Volcanic Rocks

What is the boundary between tectonic plates where magma is rising up and spreading outwards called?

• Convection Cell

• Slab Pull

• Ridge Push

• Tectonic Boundary

What are the North American plate and the Eurasian plate doing in relation to each other?

• Staying still

• Colliding

• Moving away from each other

• Moving towards each other