Earth's Features

Which statement best describes Earth's outer layer?

• Earth's outer layer is made up of a soft solid material.

• Earth's outer layer is made up of hard, solid rock.

• Earth's outer layer is a combination of hard, solid rock and a soft, solid material.

• Earth's outer layer is made up of hard, solid rock or water; it depends on where you go.

The team is drilling underground at sites 1 and 2. Where will the team find hard, solid rock?

• They will find hard, solid rock below site 1. At site 2, they will find water and sand.

• They will find hard, solid rock below site 2. At site 1, they will find plants and soil.

• They will find hard, solid rock below both sites.

• They will find hard solid rock at neither of these sites; they will find water below both of them.

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Earth's plates are a __________ solid material. Earth's mantle is a ________ solid material.

• Soft; hard

• Hard; soft

• Soft; soft

• Hard; hard

One of the very large sections of hard, solid rock making up Earth's outer layer?

• Mantle

• Pattern

• Inner core

• Plate

The pieces that make up Earth's surface are called…?

• Jigsaw puzzle

• Pattern

• Plate boundary

• Tectonic Plates

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What is a plate boundary?

• The single point where Earth's plates have motion.

• The place along which two plates meet.

• Long lines on the ground that cause the plates to move.

• The only location on Earth where earthquakes are possible.

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An earthquake is…

• the slow plate motion that is constantly happening to the plates.

• the sudden shaking of Earth's surface.

• the reason that plates have any motion.

• a mild geologic hazard.

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Plate motion is caused by earthquakes that push the plates around.

• True

• False

What best describes Earth's mantle?

• Liquid, melted rock below the outer layer.

• The hard, solid rock beneath the plates.

• Liquid, melted rock on which the plates move.

• The soft, solid rock on which the plates move.

Geologists look for _____ in geologic events and landforms to better understand Earth's outer layer.

• Solutions

• Unexpected changes

• Patterns

• Fossils

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