The Earth

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Leaving Certificate Geography (The Earth) Quiz on The Earth, created by eimearkelly3 on 10/06/2013.
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Question 1

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

Question 2

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

Question 3

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What is the composition of oceanic crust?
Answer
  • SiAl
  • SiMa

Question 4

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What is the composition of continental crust?
Answer
  • SiAl
  • SiMa

Question 5

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

Question 6

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

Question 7

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

Question 8

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

Question 9

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

Question 10

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

Question 11

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

Question 12

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

Question 13

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

Question 14

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

Question 15

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