Geologic Processes Plate Tectonics

This layer of Earth is the thickest part

• crust
• outer core
• mantle
• inner core

The driving force of the tectonic plates are convection currents, where can these be found?

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

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

What is the most innermost layer of the earth?

• crust

• lower mantle

• core

• lithosphere

____ takes place in the mantle.

• conduction

• convection

• radiation

The soft layer of the mantle on which the tectonic plates move

• Asthenosphere
• Outer Core
• Mantle
• Mesosphere

Which layer of the Earth is responsible for Earth's magnetic field?

• outer core
• inner core
• mantle
• crust

The partially melted portion of the mantle below the lithosphere

• mantle
• core
• crust
• asthenosphere

The liquid portion at the center of the Earth.

• Asthenosphere
• Inner Core
• Outer Core
• Lithosphere

What is the outermost layer of earth?

• inner core
• outer core
• mantle
• crust

What is the name of the layer that contains the uppermost mantle and crust

• Asthenosphere
• Mesosphere
• Lithosphere
• Transosphere