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Convection Currents in the Mantle

Authored by Lisa Thompson

Science

6th Grade

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Convection Currents in the Mantle
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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

When molten  material is heated in the mantle it becomes

more dense

less dense 

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NGSS.MS-PS1-4

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

When molten  material is cooled in the mantle the molecules

expand (spread out)

condense (shrink together) 

stay the same

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NGSS.MS-PS1-4

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

Convection currents occur due to...

rotation of earth

differences in temperature and density

electrons moving

gravitational pull

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

When molten  material is cooled in the mantle it becomes

more dense

less dense 

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NGSS.MS-PS1-4

NGSS.MS-PS3-4

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

Molecules that are less dense than the surrounding particles will...

rise up

sink down

stay put

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

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Scientists think that convection currents that move the plates flow in Earth's

Continental crust

oceanic crust

Asthenosphere

Lithosphere

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-1

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 5 pts

Convection currents move magma in the mantle. How does this affect the crust?

crust has no motion

crust moves in random directions

crust moves in same direction as the convection current

Crust moves in the opposite direction to the convection current

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-1

NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

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