Layers of the Earth

Who is the person credited with developing the theory of continental drift?

• Harry Hess
• Galileo
• Alfred Wegener
• Newton

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What heats material in the mantle causing the convection cycle?

• Solar Radiation
• The Earths Core
• Fire
• Hard Work

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What process creates mountains?

• The Sun 
• Coriolis Effect
• Ocean Currents 
• The Convection Cycle

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The physical layer of Earth made of solid rock and soil is called the ___________. 

• mesosphere
• lithosphere
• asthenosphere
• mantle

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As you travel from the inner core to the crust, how would temperature, pressure and density of the material change?

• The would all increase
• The would all decrease.
• They would stay the same.  
• Temperature would decrease, but pressure and density would increase. 

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Where does the heat come from that drives this convection current in the mantle? 

• The sun
• The crust
• the mantle
• the core

What does the theory of continental drift state?

• The continents were once joined in a super-continent and have moved over time
• Continents are stationary and do not move
• The Earth is broken into lithospheric plates that move due to convection currents
• none of the above

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Mountains form from ...

• plates sliding past one another
• collision of plates
• plates moving away from each other

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Earth's plates are...

• constantly moving and changing the face of the earth
• Never moves
• Moves seldom and very fast
• Moves when it feels like it

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Identify the letter in the diagram.  Identify letter A

• Lithosphere
• Asthenosphere
• Mantle
• Outer Core