The Earth

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Leaving Certificate Geography (The Earth) Quiz am The Earth, erstellt von eimearkelly3 am 10/06/2013.
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Frage 1

Frage
Name the two categories of forces that shape the earth.
Antworten
  • Endogenic and exogenic
  • Exogenic and endogenic

Frage 2

Frage
What are the two categories of crust?
Antworten
  • Oceanic and continental
  • Passive and destructive

Frage 3

Frage
What is the composition of oceanic crust?
Antworten
  • SiAl
  • SiMa

Frage 4

Frage
What is the composition of continental crust?
Antworten
  • SiAl
  • SiMa

Frage 5

Frage
What is the rough temperature in the inner core?
Antworten
  • 1000 degrees Celsius
  • 3000 degrees Celsius
  • 5000 degrees Celsius

Frage 6

Frage
From the outside in, what is the arrangement of the earth?
Antworten
  • Mantle, inner core, outer core, crust
  • Crust, inner core, mantle, outer core
  • Crust, mantle, outer core, inner core
  • Outer core, mantle, inner core, crust

Frage 7

Frage
In the case of a continental and an oceanic plate colliding, which plate will subduct underneath the other?
Antworten
  • Oceanic plate
  • Continental plate

Frage 8

Frage
Where is the moho (mohorovicic discontinuity) located?
Antworten
  • Between the outer core and the mantle
  • Between the crust and the mantle
  • Between the inner core and the outer core

Frage 9

Frage
Where are the convection currents believed to occur?
Antworten
  • The asthenosphere
  • The lithosphere

Frage 10

Frage
How thick is the continental crust?
Antworten
  • 3-10km
  • 30-70km

Frage 11

Frage
How thick is the oceanic crust?
Antworten
  • 3-10km
  • 30-70km

Frage 12

Frage
What is the lithosphere?
Antworten
  • The inner and outer core
  • The solid part of the mantle and the crust
  • The asthenosphere and the crust

Frage 13

Frage
What type of shape is the earth's crust?
Antworten
  • Sphere
  • Flat
  • Geoid

Frage 14

Frage
How old is the earth approximately?
Antworten
  • 3.2 billion years
  • 4.6 billion years
  • 5.8 billion years

Frage 15

Frage
How far is the earth from the sun roughly?
Antworten
  • 150 million km
  • 150 thousand km
  • 150 km
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