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Which layer of the Earth is the thinnest?
Which layer of the Earth is the thinnest?
- Crust (correct)
- Inner Core
- Mantle
- Outer Core
What are the two types of crust called?
What are the two types of crust called?
- Oceanic and Inner Core
- Continental and Oceanic (correct)
- Inner Core and Mantle
- Mantle and Outer Core
What causes earth's magnetism?
What causes earth's magnetism?
- Spinning of the inner core and outer core (correct)
- Movement of the tectonic plates
- Seismic waves from earthquakes
- Convection currents in the mantle
What is the name of the supercontinent that existed 200 million years ago?
What is the name of the supercontinent that existed 200 million years ago?
What do we call the movement of the Earth's plates?
What do we call the movement of the Earth's plates?
Who came up with the theory of continental drift?
Who came up with the theory of continental drift?
How fast do tectonic plates move in a year?
How fast do tectonic plates move in a year?
What do scientists study to know what's inside the Earth?
What do scientists study to know what's inside the Earth?
Why does the Earth have different layers?
Why does the Earth have different layers?
Which type of plate boundary is formed when two continental crusts collide?
Which type of plate boundary is formed when two continental crusts collide?
What is created when two oceanic crusts collide?
What is created when two oceanic crusts collide?
What happens when an oceanic crust collides with a continental crust?
What happens when an oceanic crust collides with a continental crust?
Which type of plate boundary creates mid-ocean ridges?
Which type of plate boundary creates mid-ocean ridges?
What is created by transform plate boundaries?
What is created by transform plate boundaries?
What type of plate boundary is formed when two tectonic plates divide or pull away from each other?
What type of plate boundary is formed when two tectonic plates divide or pull away from each other?
What type of plate boundary is formed when two tectonic plates slide past each other?
What type of plate boundary is formed when two tectonic plates slide past each other?
When two continental crusts collide, what is created?
When two continental crusts collide, what is created?
When two oceanic crusts collide, what is created?
When two oceanic crusts collide, what is created?
When an oceanic crust collides with a continental crust, what is created?
When an oceanic crust collides with a continental crust, what is created?
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