Earth Vocab

What are the two kinds of crust that the Earth has?

• Oceanic and Crustatious Crust
• Oceanic and Continental Crust
• Optic and Continental Crust

4. What layer is the hottest?

• Core
• Crust
• Mantle

5. Which layer is the thickest?

• Core
• Crust
• Mantle

Which layer of Earth is the thinnest? 

• Crust
• Mantle
• Inner Core
• Outer Core

Which sublayer is made up of the crust and upper mantle?

• Inner Core
• Outer Core
• Lithosphere
• Asthenosphere

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

Is the outer core a liquid or solid?

• liquid
• solid

Which layer contains convection currents?

• outer core

• inner core

• mantle

• lithosphere

Which is the correct order of the Earths layers?

• inner core, outer core, mantle, crust

• crust, inner core, outer core, mantle

• crust, mantle, inner core, outercore

• crust, mantle, outer core, inner core

Which of the following causes Earth's tectonic plates to move?

• Energy from the Sun
• Magnetic Pole Reversal
• Convection currents in the mantle
• Faults in Mountain Ranges

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

What is Pangaea?

• the name of an ancient fossil

• the name of a supercontinent that existed million of years ago

• another name for continental drift

• the name of a German Scientist

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3