Plate Tectonics

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1.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
20 sec • 1 pt
Which of Earth's layers is a liquid?
Mantle
Inner Core
Outer Core
Crust
2.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
20 sec • 1 pt
Which of Earth's layers is a solid, metallic sphere?
Mantle
Inner Core
Outer Core
Crust
3.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
20 sec • 1 pt
Continental crust, oceanic crust, and the upper mantle make up the...
Lithosphere
Asthenosphere
Outer Core
Mesosphere
4.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
20 sec • 1 pt
Which of the following has the lowest density?
Mantle
Asthenosphere
Oceanic Crust
Continental Crust
5.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
20 sec • 1 pt
What is the hot, gel-like zone within the mantle where convection takes place?
Lithoshpere
Asthenosphere
None of the above
6.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Which of the following are evidence that Wegener used to support his theory of continental drift?
fit of the coastlines of South America and Africa
fossils of the same land animals are found on widely separated continents
ice sheets that covered portions of India and the southern continents 250 million years ago
all of the above
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NGSS.MS-LS4-1
NGSS.MS-LS4-2
7.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
20 sec • 1 pt
According to the theory of plate tectonics, most earthquakes and volcanoes occur mainly...
along plate boundaries.
near the center of each plate.
on the underside of each plate.
all of the above.
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NGSS.MS-ESS3-2
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