High School

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

Which of the following is considered as the biggest plate?

• a.African Plate

• b.North American Plate

• c. Eurasia Plate

• d.Pacific 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

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Which of the following facts are NOT based on the picture?

• Continental crust is thicker than oceanic crust

• Oceanic crust is denser than the continental crust

• The layer below the crust is the upper mantle

• The Lithosphere is composed of the crust and the upper mantle

Which is TRUE about the continental crust?

• It is thinner than oceanic crust

• It is denser than oceanic crust

• It is thicker but less dense than the oceanic crust

• It is thinner and more dense than the oceanic crust

Earth’s lithosphere is made up of what layer/s?

• Crust

• Mantle

• Crust and Mantle

• Crust and upper mantle

Where is the thickest part of the crust located?

• Along the ocean floor

• Mountain area

• Valley

• Deepest part of the ocean