Earth Structures Review

What are the Earth's three main layers?

• core, mantle, surface

• core, mantle, crust

• inner core, outer core, mantle

• upper mantle, lower mantle, crust

Which of the following statements about the Earth's inner core is true?

• Its made mostly of iron

• Its made mostly of nickel

• Its made mostly of cadmium

• Its made mostly of magnesium

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What word best characterizes the lower mantle?

• scalding

• cool

• molten

• lukewarm

How deep would you have to drill to reach the center of the Earth?

• about 60,000 kilometers

• about 600,00 kilometers

• about 600 kilometers

• about 6000 kilometers

Geology is the study of

• Rocks and earth

• Maps

• Fossils

• Geodes

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What does a geologist primarily study?

• The forces that shape Earth

• The history of human civilizations

• The properties of outer space

• The behavior of weather patterns

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What effect does spinning of the Earth's core have?

• It creates gravity

• It creates matter

• It creates mass

• It creates the earth's magnetic field

What is the only entirely liquid layer of the Earth?

• the upper mantle

• the outer core

• the inner core

• the lower mantle

If the Earth's mantle were completely solid, ______________

plates could not move around.

• tectonic

• technical

• Titanic

• terrible

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The inner core is solid

• nickel

• gold

• magnesium

• iron

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