Earth's Layers Quiz

Convection currents occur in which layer of the Earth?

• crust

• mantle

• outer core

• inner core

The ________ includes the crust and the upper mantle and is divided up into tectonic plates.

• asthenosphere

• biosphere

• lithosphere

• atmosphere

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

A scientific ________ is a well-supported and widely accepted explanation of the natural world.

• theory

• hypothesis

• law

• variable

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Convection is...

• heat transfer by electromagnetic radiation

• heat transfer by the movement of matter (hotter material is less dense & rises, colder material sinks)

• heat transfer by direct contact

• the amount of energy required to change the temperature of a substance

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Which layer of Earth is the only true liquid layer?

• crust

• mantle

• outer core

• inner core

6th Grade Review: Which term refers to the breakdown of rock material?

• Weathering

• Erosion

• Deposition

• Subduction

Subduction occurs in certain locations on Earth because...

• continental crust is more dense than oceanic crust, so continental crust sinks underneath.

• oceanic crust is more dense than continental crust, so the oceanic crust sinks underneath.

• tectonic plates spread apart resulting in fault line destruction.

• Earth's solid inner core is constantly caving in on itself.

_____________ is a surface event that results in the movement of sediments (or broken down pieces of rock material) from one location to another.

• Weathering

• Deposition

• Erosion

• Transformation

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There are two types of crust: ______________ & ________________

• Continental & Gravitational

• Kinetic & Potential

• Continental & Oceanic

• Lithospheric & Computational

Continental crust is mostly ________, an igneous rock.

• obsidian

• granite

• basalt

• gneiss