Question 1

What are the two kinds of crust that the Earth has?

Accepted Answer

continental and oceanic

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lithospheric and atmosphere

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lithosphere and asthenosphere

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more dense and less dense

Question 2

Using the image, link the following layers correctly.

Question 3

Where do convection currents occur?

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in the mantle

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in the lithosphere

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in the outer core

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in the crust

Question 4

As you travel from the inner core to the crust, how would temperature, pressure and density of the material change?

Accepted Answer

The would all increase

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The would all decrease.

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They would stay the same.

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Temperature would decrease, but pressure and density would increase.

Question 5

Organize these options into the right categories

Question 6

What is the primary difference between continental drift and plate tectonics?

Accepted Answer

Plate tectonics involves the movement of tectonic plates, not just continents.

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Continental drift is a modern theory while plate tectonics is a scientific law.

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Continental drift involves only oceanic plates.

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Plate tectonics does not involve the Earth's crust, only the oceanic crust.

Question 7

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