Earth's Interior/ Pla. Tectonics Quiz 1

Question 0

What Is The Rock Composition Of The Crust?

Answer 0

Mostly aluminum and silicon

Question 1

What state of matter is the crust?

Answer 1

Solid

Question 2

What are the two types of crust?

Answer 2

Oceanic crust and continental crust

Question 3

What state of matter of matter is the mantle?

Answer 3

Semi-solid

Question 4

What causes plates to move due to the temperature differences between the mantle and the crust, hot air rises and cool sinks?

Answer 4

Convection (heat) currents

Question 5

What increases as you go deeper?

Answer 5

Pressure and temperature

Question 6

How thick is the Mantle?

Answer 6

1,800 miles thick

Question 7

What layer make up 80% of the Earth’s volume?

Answer 7

The mantle

Question 8

Plate tectonics theory that pieces of the Earth’s lithosphere, called plates, move about slowly on top of what layer?

Answer 8

The Asthenosphere

Question 9

The continents are believed to have been connected together in a large continent called what, and what is the meaning of the word?

Answer 9

Pangea, and “all land”

Question 10

Name three “evidences” of plate tectonics.

Answer 10

Matching coastlines, shared fossils, and paleomagnetism. (Can also be polar reversals, matching glaciers, rock strata (layers) match, and matching mountain ranges.

Question 11

What is the rock composition of the mantle?

Answer 11

Mostly iron and magnesium

Question 12

What is the mantle made of?

Answer 12

Tectonic plates

Question 13

What is the rock composition of the core?

Answer 13

Iron and Nickel

Question 14

Is the core solid or liquid?

Answer 14

Solid