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What are the four layers of the Earth (from outer to inner)?

crust, mantle, outer core, inner core

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This diagram represents Earth’s layers. What does C represent?

mantle

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Which of the Earth’s layers is liquid?

outer core

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When you stand on the beach and walk into the shallow water, what part of the ocean are you standing on?

continental shelf

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Describe how lithospheric plates move across the surface of the Earth

The plates are driven by convection currents within the mantle.

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What type of boundary is shown here?

convergent

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What type of boundary is shown here?

divergent

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What type of boundary is shown here?

transform

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In this model of the sea floor, what does H represent?

mid-ocean ridge

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In this model of the sea floor, what does J represent?

trench

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In this model of the sea floor, what does E represent?

seamount

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In this model of the sea floor, what does F represent?

abyssal plain

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What causes any kind of rock to change into metamorphic rock?

heat and pressure

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What causes any kind of rock to change into igneous rock?

melting and cooling

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What causes any kind of rock to change into sedimentary rock?

weathering, erosion, and deposition

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Describe the concept of the rock cycle.

Rocks are continually changing, and any type of rock may be transformed into another type of rock by appropriate processes.

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