Question Bank: Earth and The Rock Cycle

________________ currents in the mantle drive Earth's plate movement.

• Convection
• Condensation
• Cephalopida
• Corriander

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

What is the correct order (starting from the surface) of Earth’s layers?

• Crust, outer core, inner core, mantle
• Mantle, outer core, inner core, crust
• Crust, mantle, outer core, inner core
• Outer core, inner core, crust, mantle

Scientists think that convection currents flow in Earth’s

• Crust
• Mantle
• Outer core
• Inner Core

Which layer of the Earth is considered malleable?

• Crust
• Mantle
• Outer core
• Inner Core

Which layer of the Earth is considered ridgid?

• Crust
• Mantle
• Outer core
• Inner Core

What is the coolest layer that is a part of the Earth?

• Crust
• Mantle
• Outer core
• Inner Core

Which layer of the Earth is liquid?

• Crust
• Mantle
• Outer core
• Inner Core

Which layer is made of solid Iron and nickel?

• Crust
• Mantle
• Outer core
• Inner Core

What are the two types of crust

• Continental and oceanic
• Upper and lower
• Ocean and upper
• Continental and lower

What are convection currents?

• the cycle of heated rock or metal rising, and cooling rock or metal falling.
• an electric current found in the mantle
• the cycle of cooling rock or metal rising, and heated rock or metal falling.
• and electric current found in the outer core.