Lithosphere Quiz

Question or Hint Answer or Word
  1. What layers of the Earth make up the lithosphere? Crust and upper mantle (wrong answers: Crust and inner core, crust , mantle , inner core)
  2. Which of the following is NOT true about the lithosphere? It has the same thickness everywhere. (wrong answers: It is the outermost rigid layer of the Earth., It is composed of the crust and upper mantle., It varies in thickness.)
  3. True or False: Continental lithosphere is denser than oceanic lithosphere. False (wrong answers: True)
  4. What do you call the broken segments that make up the lithosphere? Plates (wrong answers: Mantle, Crust , Core )
  5. What's the origin of the name Lithosphere "lithos" meaning rock and "sphaera" meaning (sphere) (wrong answers: "lithos" meaning earth and "sphaera" meaning sphere, "lithos" meaning sphere and "sphaera" meaning rock)
  6. Plates moving can cause: earthquakes and mountains (wrong answers: rain and ponds, thunderstorms and ponds)

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