Earth Space Practice

List the layers of the Earth from the outside to the center

• mantle, crust, outer core, inner core
• outer core, inner core, mantle, crust
• crust, mantle, inner core, outer core
• crust, mantle, outer core, inner core

The inner core is solid and made mostly of

• iron
• nickel and iron
• iron and molten rock
• magma

Tectonic plates that move apart

• transforming
• diverging
• subducting
• converging

Tectonic plates that slide past each other

• transforming
• diverging
• subducting
• converging

Tectonic plates that come together

• transforming
• diverging
• subducting
• converging

What can be created when tectonic plates come towards each other and collide?

• new countries
• an ocean
• lakes
• mountains

What happens once groundwater reaches a layer of rock in the ground that it cannot pass through?

• it is soaked up by that layer of rock and dirt
• it creates a reservoir
• it creates an aquifer
• it evaporates

People can get freshwater form

• reservoirs
• lakes and rivers
• pumping water from underground aquifers
• all of the above

What is the energy source for the water cycle?

• rain
• sun
• wind
• oceans

When the water in the ocean is heated by the sun and turns to water vapor

• condensation
• evaporation
• transpiration
• runoff