Which statement matches the chart of Earth's surface?

Compared with the southern half of Earth, what distinguishes the northern half?

Which layer forms Earth's outermost solid rocky shell?

Which layer makes up most of Earth's volume?

Which type of surface rock layer is marked A in the cross section?

Compare the two surface rock layers in the cross section. Which statement is supported?

Which comparison of the two main surface rock layers is generally accurate?

Which rock best represents the composition of the continents' surface layer?

Which rock is most characteristic of the solid layer beneath deep ocean basins?

At a boundary where a plate carrying oceanic crust converges with one carrying continental crust, which plate usually descends into the mantle?

Where does new seafloor form as oceanic plates move apart?

Which process carries old seafloor into Earth's interior at deep-sea trenches?

If the inland mountain range marked A forms as two continental plates collide, what typically happens to the crust beneath it?

Use the map. Which ocean lies between Africa and Australia?

Students use random points on an equal-area map to estimate Earth's land coverage. Which change most reduces variation caused by chance?

When a rock is fully submerged in water in a graduated cylinder, what does the increase in the water reading measure?

A rock has a mass of 60 g. Water rises from 100 mL to 120 mL when it is fully submerged. What is its density?

Which property of a rock sample is measured using a weighing scale?

Using the measurements in the table, which sample has the greater mass per unit volume?

A rock displaces 12 mL when partly submerged and 20 mL when fully submerged. What error results if 12 mL is used to calculate its density?