Earth Science Lithosphere

Which of the following are the three layers of the Earth?

• a. crust, mantle, core

• b. crust, mantle, sphere

• c. mantle, core, sphere

• d. sphere, crust, core

Which of the following creates the Earth’s magnetic field?

• a. the movement of liquid in the outer core

• b. the movement of iron in the inner core

• c. the conduction of heat from the core to the mantle

• d. the convection of heat from the inner to the outer core

Crustal plate A is moving away from crustal plate B. What is the expected average rate of change in position between A and B?

• a.a few millimeters per day

• b.a few meters per month

• c.a few centimeters per year

• d.a few millimeters per century

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Which of these is FALSE about lithospheric plates?

• a.include the crust and upper mantle

• b.thickest in the mountain regions

• c. vary in thickness

• d.have the same thickness everywhere

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Which of the following best describes the oceanic crust? Made up of ____________.

• a.Basalt lavas flowing on the seafloor

• b.Many different rocks

• c..Sand and rocks

• d.Soil and water

What makes the Pacific plate unique compared to other plates?

• a. It is the major plate that contains both continental crust and oceanic crust.

• b. It is the only major plate that is mainly underwater

• c. It is smallest of the major plates

• d. It borders the African plate.

Which of the following is considered as the smallest plate?

• a.Philippine Plate

• b.Juan de Fuca Plate

• c.Cocos Plate

• d.Nazca Plate

It is a lithospheric plate has the highest proportion of continental crust?

• a.Eurasia Plate

• b.North American Plate

• c.South American Plate

• d.Antarctica Plate

Which of the following is considered as the biggest plate?

• a.African Plate

• b.North American Plate

• c. Eurasia Plate

• d.Pacific Plate

The layer of comparatively cool, hard rocks that cover the uppermost part of the mantle.

• a. Lithosphere

• b. Asthenosphere

• c. mesosphere

• d. biosphere