Science 10 (1st Quarter)

It is 10-70km thick, buoyant, and mostly made up of granite

rocks

• Continental Crust

• Pizza Crust

• Oceanic Crust

It is 7km thin, dense, and made up of basalt rocks

• Continental Crust

• Pizza Crust

• Oceanic Crust

It is a soft layer where the hot mantle convection cells are

located.

• lithosphere

• asthenosphere

• mesosphere

• troposphere

A layer made up of the crust and the

upper part of the mantle. This is what makes up the

tectonic plates.

• lithosphere

• asthenosphere

• mesosphere

• troposphere

What is the correct order of the layers of the Earth from the thickest to thinnest?

• crust, inner core, outer core, mantle

• outer core, inner core, mantle, crust

• inner core, mantle, outer core, crust

• mantle, outer core, inner core, crust

How long ago did the Earth first form?

• 4.6 million years

• 13.8 million years

• 4.6 billion years

• 13.8 billion years

What is the name of the process where hot air/liquids rise and cool air/liquids drop?

• natural currents

• convergent currents

• conduction currents

• convection currents

Which way do plates in a transform boundary move?

• toward each other

• parallel to each other

• away from each other

• perpendicular to each other

Which way do plates in a convergent boundary move?

• toward each other

• parallel to each other

• away from each other

• perpendicular to each other

Which way do plates in a divergent boundary move?

• toward each other

• parallel to each other

• away from each other

• perpendicular to each other