layers of earth/ rocks

What is the core made of?

• steel
• iron 
• aluminum
• iron and nickel

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS1-1

Which layer(s) of the Earth make up the asthenosphere?

• Part of the mantle
• Crust, mantle, Core
• Crust and upper mantle
• Only the crust

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-1

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

What describes the outer core?

• solid
• liquid
• viscous
• gas

This layer of Earth is solid Iron and Nickel

• Outer Core
• Mantle
• Inner Core
• Crust

What letter in the diagram identifies the layer that has convection currents that move earth's plates?

• layer A

• layer B

• layer C

• layer D

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

What does layer D show?

• upper mantle

• lower mantle

• outer core

• inner core

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-4

Which layer is the least dense?

• Crust

• Mantle

• Outer Core

• Inner Core

What are convection currents?

• the cycle of heated rock or rising, and cooling rock sinking.

• the cycle of cooling rock or metal rising, and heated rock or metal falling.

• an electric current found in the mantle.

• and electric current found in the outer core.

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-1

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

What are the two types of crust

• continental and oceanic

• ocean and upper

• lower and upper

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