Earth's Layers and Their Properties

Which type of crust is thickest at 25 miles thick?

• Oceanic Crust

• Tectonic plates

• Continental Crust

• The Mantle

The magnetic field around the earth protects earth from what?

• The Moons rays

• The suns solar winds and rays

• Venus' rays

• All asteroids from slamming into earth

Which thick layer of the earth helps to slowly move the tectonic plates around?

• The inner core

• outer core

• Mantle

• Crust

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

The inner core is the hottest but also solid. What causes the inner core to be solid?

• Plasma

• Reactions

• Pressure of the earth

• gravity

Which layer is the hottest part of the earth?

• The mantle

• crust

• inner core

• outer core

We live on the outer core

• True

• False

The study of what is called Volcanology?

• Mountains

• Rivers

• Earthquakes

• Volcanoes

What is the supercontinent where all of Earth's plates were together called?

• Pandora

• Pantages

• Pangea

• Steven

Earth's crust is made of what two types of crust?

• Continental Crust

• Atmospheric Crust

• Space Crust

• Oceanic Crust

What happens as a result of tectonic plates shifting?

• Tornadoes

• High Winds

• Hurricanes

• Earthquakes