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Earth's Internal Structure

Authored by Amy Wagner-Texley

Science

9th - 12th Grade

NGSS covered

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Earth's Internal Structure
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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Which layer of Earth is responsible for generating the planet's magnetic field?

Continental Crust

Lower Mantle

Outer Core

Inner Core

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

How do seismologists primarily understand Earth's internal structure?

Volcanic eruption studies

Direct drilling

Analyzing seismic wave patterns

Satellite imaging

Tags

NGSS.HS-ESS2-1

NGSS.HS-ESS2-3

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Which scientist is most credited with developing the initial theory of continental drift?

Harry Hess

Alfred Wegener

Alexander Du Toit

Abraham Ortelius

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What mechanism primarily drives plate tectonic movement?

Wind currents

Ocean currents

Mantle convection currents

Gravity

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Which Earth layer has the highest density?

Oceanic crust

Outer core

Inner core

Continental crustContinental crust

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What type of seismic wave can travel through both solid and liquid materials?

Surface waves

S-waves

P-waves

Rayleigh waves

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Which plate boundary is characterized by two plates sliding horizontally past each other?

Convergent boundary

Subduction zone

Transform fault boundary

Divergent boundary

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