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What is the deepest that man has been able to drill into the Earth?
a) 10 miles (12.3 KM)
b) 2 miles (3.2 KM)
c) 50 miles (80 KM)
d) We are not able to drill into the crust of the Earth

Holes drilled several miles into the Earth's crust direct evidence about Earth's interior in the form of:
a) rock samples
b) seismic waves
c) liquid iron
d) volcanic eruptions

What is the correct order (starting from the surface) of Earth's layers?
a) crust, mantle, outer core, inner core
b) crust, mantle, inner core, outer core
c) outer core, inner core, mantle, crust
d) crust, inner core, mantle, outer core

Using data from seismic waves, geologists have learned that Earth's interior is made up of several
a) layers
b) continents
c) ridges
d) trenches

Earth's inner core is
a) a dense ball of solid metal.
b) a layer of molten metal.
c) a layer of hot rock.
d) a layer of rock that forms Earth's outer skin.

Which of the following is not a type of heat transfer?
a) indirect
b) radiation
c) conduction
d) convection

This layer of the Earth is made up of a liquid like layer.
a) asthenosphere
b) lithosphere
c) mesosphere
d) geosphere

As you descend deeper into the Earth, the pressure ___________ and the temperature ____________.
a) increases, increases
b) increases, decreases
c) decreases, decreases
d) decreases, increases

Earth's core is mainly made up of nickel and __________.
a) iron
b) magnesium
c) oxygen
d) nitrogen

Type of heat transfer that that occurs when materials are in contact with one another.
a) conduction
b) convection
c) radiation
d) indirect

How long ago was the super continent Pangaea connected
a) about 200 million years ago
b) about 100 millions years ago
c) about 50 million years ago
d) about 10 million years ago

Density is the amount of mass in a given amount of ________________.
a) space
b) weight
c) length
d) radiation

What happens to particles in a substance when that substance is heated?
a) particles move faster
b) particles move slower
c) the substance gets cold
d) the substance gets hot

Which statement is not true of glaciers?
a) form from salt water
b) form on land
c) move down hill
d) can leave groves in rocks as they move

This is the outer most layer of the Earth.
a) Crust
b) Mantle
c) Outer Core
d) Inner Core

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