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The Earth's Structure
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1how do we know that the earth has a liquid core
- Anot all the seismic waves pass through to the other side
- Bseismic waves pass through the earth slowly
2the inner and outer core are made up of iron and nickle
- ATrue
- BFalse
3what cause the lava to move
- Aconvection currents
- Bconduction currents
4the pieces of the earth are called tionic plates
- ATrue
- BFalse
5what is the super continent called
- Apangea
- Bpenia
- Cpania
6what can happen when two or more plates collide
- Amountains are created
- Bearthquakes
- Ctsunamis
- Dbad weather
- Eoutbreaks of diseases
- Fnothing
7what causes convection currents
- Anuclear reactions
- Bthe rotation of the earth
8what can scientists predict about an earthquake
- Awhere it will occur
- Bwhen it will occur
9how does an earthquake usually happen
- A2 plates next to each other will overcome the friction between them and slip creating an earthquake
- B2 plates crash into each other creating an earthquake
10why did scientists reject Wegener's theory
- Ahe was a meteorologist
- Bhe couldn't get enough evidence
- Che wasn't a well supported scientist
11what evidence supports his theory
- Asimilar rocks and fossils found on different continents
- Bcontinents fit together like a jigsaw puzzle
- Cplant fossils found in places that they wouldn't be able to grow in
- D evidence of sunk land bridges
- Ethe continents had never moved and had always been in fixed positions
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