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Earth Science Chapter 8 Section 4 Review
Multiple Choice
Identify the choice that best completes the statement or answers the question.
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1. What layers of Earth make up the lithosphere?
a. the crust and lower mantle
b. the crust and upper mantle
c. the continental crust and oceanic crust
d. the upper and lower mantle
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2. What layer of Earth is labeled C in Figure 8-2?
a. the crust
c.
b. the asthenosphere
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the mantle
the lithosphere
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3. What layer of Earth is labeled E in Figure 8-2?
a. the continental crust
c.
b. the lithosphere
d.
the oceanic crust
the mantle
4. What layer of Earth is labeled B in Figure 8-2?
a. the continental crust
c.
b. the lithosphere
d.
the oceanic crust
the mantle
5. Earth’s thin, rocky outer layer is its ____.
a. core
b. mantle
c.
d.
outer core
crust
6. Earth’s core is made of an alloy of ____.
a. iron and nickel
b. copper and iron
c.
d.
zinc and magnesium
iron and zinc
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7. The continental crust has the average composition of ____.
a. gneiss
c. basalt
b. granite
d. limestone
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8. Evidence that Earth’s core has a high iron content comes from ____.
a. deep wells
c. the study of earthquake waves
b. deep-sea drilling
d. meteorites
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Earth Science Chapter 8 Section 4 Review
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