
Earth Layers Foldable Quiz
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- Q1Identify the red area #1 on the model...continental crustlithosphereasthenosphereoceanic crust30s
- Q2Identify the GREEN area #2 from the model....asthenospherecontinental crustlithosphereoceanic crust30s
- Q3Identify the entire area #3 shown in the bracket from the model...lithosphereupper mantleasthenospherecontinental crust30s
- Q4Identify layer #4 in blue on the model...lithospheremantleasthenospherecontinental crust30s
- Q5Identify area #5 in yellow on the model....inner coremesosphereasthenosphereouter core30s
- Q6Identify red area #6 from the model....asthenospheremantlelithosphereinner core30s
- Q7The blue-gray area in the model is what state of matter?liquidgasplasmasolid30s
- Q8What state of matter is found in the brown area #8?liquidgasplasmasolid30s
- Q9What type of rock is found in oceanic crust?obsidianbasaltgraniteiron30s
- Q10Imagine you could drill all the way to the center of the Earth, Assuming the drill speed remained constant the entire way, which layer would take the longest to drill through?inner corecrustouter coremantle30s
- Q11By which method is heat from deep in the Earth's interior transferred up to its crust?evaporation at the mid-ocean ridgeconvection in the mantleradiation from the solid coreconduction from the ocean30s
- Q12The layer of Earth where pressure, density, and temperature are thought to be greatest is the _______.inner coremantleouter corecrust30s
- Q13Why is the inner core of the Earth solid?high densitiesbecause it is made of metalexcessive heatexcessive pressure30s
