Plate Tectonics Assessment #2

The surface of the Earth is called...

• mantle

• crust

• outer core

• inner core

What are the two different types of crust?

• Lithosphere Continental

• Continental Oceanic

• Nazca

  Eurasian

The oceanic crust is made up of what type of rock?

• granite

• basalt

• limestone

The continental crust is made up of what type of rock?

• granite

• basalt

• limestone

The lithosphere is located in

• the upper portion of the crust.

• the lower portion of the crust and upper portion of the mantle.

• the lower portion of the mantle and upper portion of the outer core.

The plates of the lithosphere include

• continental crust

• oceanic crust

• continental and oceanic crust

The layer of the Earth that is a solid and is composed of the elements iron and nickel is the

• crust

• mantle

• outer core

• inner core

The energy that moves the plates is located in the

• crust

• mantle

• outer core

• inner core

In the asthenosphere what happens that causes the plates to move?

• The magnetic pull of the poles causes the plates to move..

• The rising and sinking of heated/cooled material called convection current.

• The rotation of the earth pulls on the plates.

What happens to the temperature and pressure when moving from the crust towards the inner core?

• The temperature and pressure increase.

• The temperature and pressure decrease.

• The temperature and pressure stay the same.