Earth's Interior

As you go deep into the Earth’s interior, what increases?

• Temperature, density and pressure

• Light and sound

• Oxygen levels

• Vegetation

I am the solid part of the Earth’s surface. What am I?

• Atmosphere

• Hydrosphere

• Lithosphere

• Biosphere

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Carbon-14 is used to date what kind of material?

• Metals

• Fossils

• Organic materials

• Rocks

What is Pangea?

• A type of rock

• A supercontinent-were all continents were united into a single continent

• A mountain range

• An ocean

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Which is thicker, continental or oceanic crust?

• Continental crust

• Oceanic crust

• They are the same thickness

• Neither has a measurable thickness

The mid-ocean ridge is a part of what kind of plate boundary?

• Convergent boundary

• Divergent boundary

• Transform boundary

• Static boundary

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What occurs along the San Andreas Fault in California?

• Volcanic eruptions

• Earthquakes

• Tsunamis

• Tornadoes

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Fossils are found in what type of rock?

• Igneous rock

• Sedimentary rock

• Metamorphic rock

• Volcanic rock

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As you increase your distance from the mid-ocean ridge, the age of rock also _________.

• Decreases

• Increases

• Stays the same

• Becomes unpredictable

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How old is the Earth estimated to be?

• 4.5 million years

• 4.5 billion years

• 4.5 trillion years

• 4.5 thousand years

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