10.1 Earth's Interior

TRUE:

Those observations come from seismic waves

TRUE:

Those observations come from rock samples of the asthenosphere

FALSE:

Scientists have not been able to take samples beneath Earth's crust

FALSE:

Scientists can only make guesses about Earth's interior

Mantle

Crust

Inner core

Outer core

both temperature and density increase

temperature increases and density decreases

temperature decreases and density increases

both temperature and density decrease

to the top of the sphere

to the bottom of the sphere

to the middle of the sphere

to the outside of the sphere

conduction

convection

radiation

At the boundary between tectonic plates

Randomly across the crust

In the center of tectonic plates where there is the most mass

Under cities with heavy buildings

The denser oceanic plate slides on top of the less dense continental plate.

The denser oceanic plate slides under the less dense continental plate.

The less dense oceanic plate slides past the denser continental plate.

The less dense oceanic plate slides under the denser continental plate.