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Exploring the Layers Beneath Our Feet

Exploring the Layers Beneath Our Feet

Assessment

Interactive Video

Science

6th - 10th Grade

Practice Problem

Hard

NGSS
MS-ESS2-1, MS-ESS2-4, MS-LS4-1

Standards-aligned

Created by

Sophia Harris

FREE Resource

Standards-aligned

NGSS.MS-ESS2-1
,
NGSS.MS-ESS2-4
,
NGSS.MS-LS4-1

10 questions

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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What is the outermost layer of the Earth called?

Lithosphere

Core

Crust

Mantle

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Which type of rock primarily makes up the oceanic crust?

Sandstone

Basalt

Granite

Limestone

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What is the thickest layer of the Earth?

Inner Core

Crust

Mantle

Outer Core

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What is the lithosphere composed of?

Crust and outer upper mantle

Inner core and outer core

Mantle and core

Crust and inner core

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-1

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What is the name of the layer where Earth's tectonic plates sit?

Asthenosphere

Thermosphere

Lithosphere

Mesosphere

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What is the primary composition of the outer core?

Liquid iron and nickel

Solid iron and nickel

Basalt and granite

Silicate rocks

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What generates Earth's magnetic field?

The inner core

The mantle

The flow of liquid in the outer core

The crust

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