Layers of the Earth

The rigid rocky layer of the crust and upper mantle is called the:

• Asthenosphere

• Lithosphere

• Core

The less dense part of the Earth's crust that forms large land masses.

• Oceanic Crust

• Continental Crust

• Mechanical Layers

• Compositional Layers

What are the three compositional layers of the Earth?

• Core, mesosphere, lithosphere

• Crust, mesosphere, core

• Inner core, outer core, crust

• Crust, mantle, core

Which crust subducts because it is denser than other crust?

• pizza crust

• oceanic crust

• continental crust

• new crust

What is the driving force that causes the plates to move on the semi-solid, plastic-like asthenosphere?

• radiation

• conduction

• convection currents

• plate tectonics

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NGSS.HS-ESS2-3

What happens to pressure, density, and temperature as you get closer to Earth's core?

• they all increase

• they all decrease

• only pressure increases

The more dense part of Earth's crust that underlies the oceans.

• Oceanic Crust

• Continental Crust

• Mechanical Layers

• Compositional Layers

Layers that differ in chemical compositional makeup (elements and compounds); Crust (continental and oceanic), Mantle, and Core.

• Oceanic Crust

• Continental Crust

• Mechanical Layers

• Compositional Layers

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-1

Mechanical layer we refer to as tectonic plates:

• outer core

• mantle

• lithosphere

• asthenosphere

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

Which is the outermost mechanical layer of the Earth?

• Mesosphere

• Crust

• Lithosphere

• Asthenosphere