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Identify The Various Layers Of The Earth.
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The main evidence we use to tell us about the layers of the Earth comes from...
a) Movies
b) Seismic waves and Volcanoes
c) Tsunamis
d) Special ships that go into the Earth
The part of the mantle that moves like putty is the
a) Asthenosphere
b) Lithosphere
c) Mesosphere
d) Outer core
What do scientist study to determine what the inside of the Earth is like
a) Seismic Waves
b) Movies
c) Faults
d) Fortune tellers
What is a tectonic plate
a) A slab of crust and upper mantle that drifts over Earth's surface
b) A slab of crust where convection occurs
c) A part of the asthenosphere where convection occurs
d) something to eat dinner on
Why does the ocean crust go underneath the continental crust
a) Ocean crust is made of granite which is more dense than continental crust
b) Ocean crust is made of basalt which is less dense than continental crust
c) Ocean crust is made of basalt which is more dense than continental crust
d) Ocean crust is made of granite which is less dense than continental crust
The density of the materials making up the layers as you go down into the Earth
a) Increases
b) Decreases
c) Stays the same
d) Changes randomly
This is the thickest layer of the Earth and has three sub layers
a) The Geosphere
b) The crust
c) The core
d) The mantle
This is a Semi solid layer that oozes like putty
a) Lithosphere
b) Asthenosphere
c) Geosphere
d) Hydrosphere
This rigid layer is composed of the crust and upper mantle
a) Rocksphere
b) Geosphere
c) Asthenosphere
d) Lithosphere
Solid iron and nickel make up this layer
a) Inner core
b) Outer core
c) Mantle
d) Asthenosphere
This is the only liquid layer of the Earth
a) The outer core
b) The inner core
c) The oceans
d) The asthenosphere
Where is the Asthenosphere located
a) The lower crust
b) The middle mantle
c) The upper mantle
d) The outer core
Compared to Oceanic crust, Continental crust is
a) Thicker and more dense
b) Thicker and less dense
c) Thinner and less dense
d) Thinner and more dense
This movement causes magma to rise and sink, moving the tectonic plates around the Earth
a) Seismic Waves
b) Earth rotation
c) Ocean currents
d) Convection currents
How do S waves help us understand that the Earths outer core is liquid?
a) Huh???
b) It is P waves that tell us this, not S waves
c) The outer core is not liquid
d) S waves can not travel through liquid and are not felt on the oppsite side of the earth
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