Plate tectonics quiz

A layer of molten iron and nickel that surrounds the Earth’s inner core

• Lithosphere
• Outer core
• Inner core

The thickest crust that is located under mountains and is similar to granite

• Continental Crust
• Fossils
• Asthenosphere

The rigid outermost layer of the Earth consisting of the crust and upper mantle.

• Continental Drift
• Core
• Lithosphere

The thinnest crust, has composition similar to basalt

• Mantle
• Oceanic crust
• Continental crust

A dense, solid region of iron and nickel at the center of the Earth

• Inner core
• Lithosphere
• Upper mantle

The layer of hot, moltened material that surrounds the Earth’s core

• Continental crust
• Mantle
• Oceanic crust

The scientist who developed the hypothesis that all continents were once joined all together

• Wegner
• Hess
• Copernicus

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

The movement or drifting of continents apart from each other

• Continental drift
• Pangaea
• Wegner

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

The theory that we were once a supercontinent is called

• Wegner
• Pangaea
• Conduction

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

The two types of crust

• Outer and inner
• Lithosphere and asthenosphere
• Continental and Oceanic