Earth Science STEM Words

Which of Earth's layers is the thinnest?

• Mantle
• Outer Core
• Crust
• Inner Core

Earth is like a giant bar magnet because of convection currents in the 

• Crust
• Mantle
• Outer Core
• Inner Core

What material is oceanic crust mostly made of?

• Basalt
• Granite
• Limestone
• Lava

As depth beneath Earth's surface increases, temperature and pressure ________.

• Both increase
• Both decrease
• Stay the same
• Move in opposite directions

The layer that makes up most of the earth's mass and volume is the

• crust
• mantle
• core
• magma

Earth's crust is completely stationary and doesn't move at all. 

• True
• False

A convergent plate boundary is 

• where two plates come together.
• where two plates move apart.
• where two plates slide past each other.
• where two plates don't move.

A divergent plate boundary is 

• where two plates come together.
• where two plates move apart.
• where two plates slide past each other.
• where two plates don't move.

A transform plate boundary is 

• where two plates come together.
• where two plates move apart.
• where two plates slide past each other.
• where two plates don't move.

Which of the following land forms is created by converging plates? 

• Deep ocean trenches
• Flat plateaus 
• Faults in the land
• Mountains