Understanding Earth
Quiz by Dana Pavuk
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- Q1What is the hottest layer of Earth?crustmantlecore30sEditDelete
- Q2What are the three layers of Earth?volcanoes, earthquakes, crustcontinents, oceans, platescrust, mantle, core30sEditDelete
- Q3How many layers of Earth are there?123530sEditDelete
- Q4What is the outside layer of Earth?mantlecrustcore30sEditDelete
- Q5What is the middle layer of Earth?mantlecorecrust30sEditDelete
- Q6One THEORY is that Earth has 3 layers. Which sentence is EVIDENCE for that theory?The core of Earth is small.Earthquakes can destroy homes and cities.The cooler crust is Earth's outer layer.30sEditDelete
- Q7What causes many earthquakes?Magma rises to Earth's surface.Two plates scrape against each other.Cooled lava turns into hard rock.30sEditDelete
- Q8What is one thing that happens when plates move?Earth has 3 layersMountains and earthquakes can form.the core is hot30sEditDelete
- Q9What is another thing that happens when plates move?Earthquakes and volcanoes can form.Lava cools as it moves away from a volcano.The mantle is the middle layer.30sEditDelete
- Q10What happens in an earthquake?magma rises to the surface of the Earth.Two plates push against each other and the Earth's surface wrinkles.two plates scrape against each other.30sEditDelete
- Q11How is a volcano formed?Magma spills onto the surface of Earth.Two plates scrape against each other.An ocean plate is pushed under a continent plate.30sEditDelete
- Q12How are trenches formed?An ocean plate is pushed under a continent plate.Magma spills onto the surface of EarthTwo plates scrape against each other.30sEditDelete
- Q13How are mountains formed.Two plates scrape against each other.An ocean plate is pushed under a continent plate.Two plates push against each other and wrinkles form on the Earth's surface.30sEditDelete