The Earth

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Leaving Certificate Geography (The Earth) Quiz sobre The Earth, criado por eimearkelly3 em 10-06-2013.
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Questão 1

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

Questão 2

Questão
What are the two categories of crust?
Responda
  • Oceanic and continental
  • Passive and destructive

Questão 3

Questão
What is the composition of oceanic crust?
Responda
  • SiAl
  • SiMa

Questão 4

Questão
What is the composition of continental crust?
Responda
  • SiAl
  • SiMa

Questão 5

Questão
What is the rough temperature in the inner core?
Responda
  • 1000 degrees Celsius
  • 3000 degrees Celsius
  • 5000 degrees Celsius

Questão 6

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

Questão 7

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

Questão 8

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

Questão 9

Questão
Where are the convection currents believed to occur?
Responda
  • The asthenosphere
  • The lithosphere

Questão 10

Questão
How thick is the continental crust?
Responda
  • 3-10km
  • 30-70km

Questão 11

Questão
How thick is the oceanic crust?
Responda
  • 3-10km
  • 30-70km

Questão 12

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

Questão 13

Questão
What type of shape is the earth's crust?
Responda
  • Sphere
  • Flat
  • Geoid

Questão 14

Questão
How old is the earth approximately?
Responda
  • 3.2 billion years
  • 4.6 billion years
  • 5.8 billion years

Questão 15

Questão
How far is the earth from the sun roughly?
Responda
  • 150 million km
  • 150 thousand km
  • 150 km

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