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Heat from the _______ and _______ cause convection currents in the mantle.
a) crust , mantle
b) mantle, lithosphere
c) core, mantle
d) asthenosphere, crust

How does heat move?
a) from a warmer to a cooler object
b) from a cooler to a warmer object
c) toward a hot object
d) away from a cold object

the measurement of mass in a given volume (space)
a) weight
b) density
c) temperature
d)

Without heat, convection currents eventually stop.
a) True
b) False
c)
d)

Heat transfer by the movement of a fluid or a gas is called _____________.
a) conduction
b) convection
c) radiation
d)

Heat transfer that is carried in rays (or waves) is called __________.
a) conduction
b) convection
c) radiation
d)

Heat transfer between materials that are solid and touching is called _________________.
a) conduction
b) convection
c) radiation
d)

asthenosphere is found in the
a) crust only
b) mantle only
c) crust and mantle
d)

The layers of the Earth in order from INSIDE to OUTSIDE are
a) crust, mantle, inner core, outer core
b) mantle, inner core, outer core, crust
c) inner core, outer core, mantle, crust
d) inner core, mantle, crust, outer core

A warm fluid is _____________ dense than a cool fluid.
a) more
b) less
c)
d)

lithosphere is the
a) crust only
b) mantle only
c) crust and mantle
d)

continental crust is found in the
a) crust only
b) mantle only
c) crust and mantle
d)

oceanic crust is found in the
a) crust only
b) mantle only
c) crust and mantle
d)

layer of gases (air) that surrounds the Earth
a) atmosphere
b) biosphere
c) geosphere
d) hydrosphere

all of Earth's land and rocks, including the core, the mantle and the crust
a) atmosphere
b) biosphere
c) geosphere
d) hydrosphere

contains all living organisms
a) atmosphere
b) biosphere
c) geosphere
d) hydropshere

contains all of Earth's water
a) atmosphere
b) biosphere
c) geosphere
d) hydrosphere

the ability to do work
a) energy
b) gravity
c) particle
d) system

the force that makes objects fall toward the Earth's core
a) energy
b) gravity
c) particle
d) system

small parts working together as a whole
a) energy
b) gravity
c) particle
d) system

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