Unit 7 - Earth's Layers Vocabulary

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6th Grade
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Samantha Hornbostel
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1.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Fill in the blank: The rock portion of Earth, made up of four different layers, is called the _________.
Geosphere
Hydrosphere
Atmosphere
Biosphere
Tags
NGSS.MS-ESS2-2
2.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Earth's rigid outer layer, made up of the crust and solid, upper mantle that is broken into plates that move on top of the asthenosphere, is called the _________?
Lithosphere
Asthenosphere
Core
Mantle
Tags
NGSS.MS-ESS2-3
3.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
The soft, slow-moving, semi-molten layer beneath the lithosphere is called the _________
Asthenosphere
Lithosphere
Mesosphere
Crust
4.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Fill in the blank: Heat-driven movements where hotter, less dense material rises and cooler, more dense material sinks are called _________
Convection Currents
Thermal Expansion
Radiation Waves
Evaporation Flows
Tags
NGSS.MS-ESS2-5
NGSS.MS-ESS2-6
5.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Fill in the blank: The layer beneath Earth's crust that is mostly less solid than the crust is called the _________.
Mantle
Core
Lithosphere
Asthenosphere
6.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Pieces of Earth’s crust that move slowly over the mantle are called ________.
Tectonic Plates
Continental Shelves
Oceanic Ridges
Mantle Plumes
Tags
NGSS.MS-ESS2-3
7.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
The cracks in the Earth’s crust that mark the boundary between tectonic plates are called ________.
Fault
Ridges
Valleys
Mountains
Tags
NGSS.MS-ESS2-3
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