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WorksheetsLayers of the Earth & Convection Currents
Total questions: 10
Worksheet time: 5mins
Select all that apply. Which of the following supports a convection current?
energy build up
heating/cooling of a fluid
density changes
force of gravity
Rocky or rigid outer part of Earth consisting of the brittle crust and the top part of the upper mantle
Lithosphere
Oceanic Crust
Continental Crust
Asthenosphere
Mantle convection is the very slow creeping motion of Earth’s solid silicate mantle caused by convection currents carrying heat from the interior to the planet's surface.
Lithosphere
Earthquake
Convection Currents
Core
Solid, outer layer and is made of both the oceanic and continental crust.
Hydrosphere
Core
Mantle
Crust
Hot fluid or semi-fluid material below or within the earth's crust from which lava and other igneous rock is formed on cooling.
Convection Current
Lithosphere
Core
Magma
The very center of the Earth, and the hottest part of the planet.
Outer Core
Inner Core
Magma
Lithosphere
