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Grade 8 Earth's Layers
Which layer creates the Earth's magnetic field?
  1. lithosphere
  2. mesophere
  3. outer core
  4. inner core
Grade 8 Earth's Layers
What do you call the portion of the mantle just below the lithosphere?
  1. oceanic crust
  2. asthenosphere
  3. plate tectonics
Grade 8 Earth's Layers
Which one of the following is not a layer of Earth?
  1. Core
  2. Crust
  3. Magma
  4. Mantle
Grade 8 Earth's Layers
Earth's thickest layer is the                .
  1. crust
  2. mantle
  3. core
  4. lithosphere
Grade 8 Earth's Layers
The                 is a rigid layer of earth about 100 km thick.
  1. asthenosphere
  2. lithosphere
  3. mantle
  4. core
Grade 8 Earth's Layers
Earth's inner core is composed of mainly of                      .
  1. molten rock
  2. solid iron and nickel
  3. heated gases
  4. none of these
Grade 8 Earth's Layers
Which of the following does NOT play a role in mantle convection?
  1. gravity
  2. density
  3. temperature
  4. magnetism
Grade 8 Earth's Layers
Earthquakes, volcanoes, and other natural disasters occur because of the movement of the oceanic and continental plates. What causes these plates to move?
  1. the flow of the liquid metals in the outer core
  2. the flow of the hot material in the middle mantle that causes convection currents
  3. the breaking up of the crust
  4. the movement of the hot, solid metals in the inner core
Grade 8 Earth's Layers
Sections of the crust and upper mantle are collectively called as                .
  1. lithosphere
  2. asthenosphere
  3. biosphere
  4. troposphere
Grade 8 Earth's Layers
The oceans, the soils, the clouds, trees, humans, and ALL LIVING THINGS live on which of Earth's layers?
  1. middle mantle
  2. inner core
  3. crust
  4. outer core
  5. upper mantle
Grade 8 Earth's Layers
Which Earth layer is composed of Fe and Ni?
  1. crust
  2. mantle
  3. core
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