Final Review

continental crust

• able to be moved or bent
• a region in which a magnetic force exists
• Large plates that float on the mantle and make up the earth's crust.
• the part of the crust that is land

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-1

oceanic crust

• the layer of Earth, under the crust, in which plate movement is generated; the thickest layer
• Part of the crust that underlies the ocean and is only about 8 km thick.
• the innermost layer of Earth
• the most common rock on earth found in the Earth's crust

tectonic plates

• Large plates that float on the mantle and make up the earth's crust.
• the layer of Earth, under the crust, in which plate movement is generated; the thickest layer
• the innermost layer of Earth
• able to be moved or bent

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

Which layer has the hottest temperatures?

• inner core
• outer core
• mantle
• crust

Which statement is correct?

• As you move up through the layers, the pressure increases.
• As you move down through the layers pressure increases.
• As you move down through the layers, pressure decreases.
• As you move up down through the layers, pressure remains the same.

What happens to temperature as you move down through the layers?

• it remains the same
• it increases then decreases
• it increases
• it decreases

Which layer of Earth is the Thinnest

• Inner Core

• Mantle

• Crust

• Outer Core

Which layer of earth is represented by E?

• Outer Core

• Inner Core

• Mantle

• Crust

Which layer of earth is represented by A?

• Outer Core

• Inner Core

• Mantle

• Crust

Which layer of earth is represented by D?

• Outer Core

• Inner Core

• Mantle

• Crust