Layers of the Earth Review

Name the three types of heat transfer.

• conduction, convection, radiation
• lithosphere, conduction, x-rays
• ROY G BIV
• waves, sunlight, heat

Which layer of Earth is LIQUID?

• upper mantle
• lower mantle
• outer core
• inner core

Which layer of the earth is under the highest pressure?

• Crust
• Mantle
• Outer Core
• Inner Core

Scientists determine what Earth’s interior looks like by using:

• Volcanoes
• Seismic Waves
• Continental Drift
• Convection Currents

The domains in this picture ARE aligned, so that makes the object _______.

• Magnetic

• Not Magnetic

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Which of the following is one reason Earth's tectonic plates to move?

• energy from the Sun

• magnetic Pole Reversal

• convection currents in the mantle

• faults in Mountain Ranges

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Mid-Ocean Ridges, Trenches, Volcanoes and Earthquakes commonly occur at or near

• The middle of tectonic plates

• The borders/boundaries of tectonic plates

• Everywhere on land

• Everywhere under water

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What is a trench?

• An underwater mountain range

• A long deep valley or canyon in the ocean floor

• An opening in a planet's crust through which lava, ash, rock and gases erupt from a magma chamber.

• A part of the Earth's crust.

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The oceanic floor is made of?

• Granite
• Basalt
• Cookies
• Water

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____________ occurs when an energy source transfers heat directly to another object through space; an example would be an object becoming warm by sitting in the sunshine.

• conduction
• convection
• radiation
• heat

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