Plate Tectonics

Front

What is the correct order (starting from the surface) of Earth's layers? Options: crust, outer core, inner core, mantle, mantle, outer core, inner core, crust, crust, mantle, outer core, inner core, outer core, inner core, crust, mantle

Back

crust, mantle, outer core, inner core

Front

Scientists think that convection currents flow in Earth's __________.

Back

mantle

Front

Which layer of Earth is the thinnest? Options: crust, mantle, outer core, inner core

Back

crust

Front

Part of mantle where lithosphere floats

Back

Asthenosphere

Front

Heat transfers within the Earth through...

Back

Convection Currents

Front

New rock is formed every day on the earth where lava pours out at which type of boundary? Options: Subduction, divergent, transform, Convergent

Back

divergent

Front

To make new crust, ____ is pushed up from the mantle.

Back

Magma

Front

Plates sliding past each other in opposite directions

Back

Transform

Front

Which was NOT evidence of Wegener? Options: fossils, puzzle piece, glacier evidence

Back

Seafloor spreading

Front

Geologists study the inside of the Earth by using____

Back

seismic waves