The Earth

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Leaving Certificate (The Earth) Geography Test sobre The Earth, creado por eimearkelly3 el 10/06/2013.
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Resumen del Recurso

Pregunta 1

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

Pregunta 2

Pregunta
What are the two categories of crust?
Respuesta
  • Oceanic and continental
  • Passive and destructive

Pregunta 3

Pregunta
What is the composition of oceanic crust?
Respuesta
  • SiAl
  • SiMa

Pregunta 4

Pregunta
What is the composition of continental crust?
Respuesta
  • SiAl
  • SiMa

Pregunta 5

Pregunta
What is the rough temperature in the inner core?
Respuesta
  • 1000 degrees Celsius
  • 3000 degrees Celsius
  • 5000 degrees Celsius

Pregunta 6

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

Pregunta 7

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

Pregunta 8

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

Pregunta 9

Pregunta
Where are the convection currents believed to occur?
Respuesta
  • The asthenosphere
  • The lithosphere

Pregunta 10

Pregunta
How thick is the continental crust?
Respuesta
  • 3-10km
  • 30-70km

Pregunta 11

Pregunta
How thick is the oceanic crust?
Respuesta
  • 3-10km
  • 30-70km

Pregunta 12

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

Pregunta 13

Pregunta
What type of shape is the earth's crust?
Respuesta
  • Sphere
  • Flat
  • Geoid

Pregunta 14

Pregunta
How old is the earth approximately?
Respuesta
  • 3.2 billion years
  • 4.6 billion years
  • 5.8 billion years

Pregunta 15

Pregunta
How far is the earth from the sun roughly?
Respuesta
  • 150 million km
  • 150 thousand km
  • 150 km
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