Quiz about Earth's Layers/Rock Cycle

Question 1

Which layer of Earth is located above the outer core?

Accepted Answer

mantle

Answer

crust

Answer

inner core

Answer

lithosphere

Question 2

Which of these two layers is a solid?

Accepted Answer

innercore

Answer

Outercore

Question 3

What is the top layer of the Earth's surface called?

Accepted Answer

Crust

Answer

Mantle

Answer

Innercore

Answer

Outercore

Question 4

A dense ball of solid iron and nickel.

Accepted Answer

inner core

Answer

crust

Answer

mantle

Answer

outer core

Question 5

Which best describes the asthenosphere?

Accepted Answer

solid that flows

Answer

molten metal

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dense, solid metal ball

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dry land and ocean floor

Question 6

Which layer of Earth is located above the outer core?

Accepted Answer

mantle

Answer

crust

Answer

inner core

Answer

lithosphere

Question 7

Which layer of the earth is rock made mostly of iron?

Accepted Answer

Answer

Lithosphere

Answer

Asthenosphere

Answer

Mantle

Question 8

Is the outer core a liquid or solid?

Accepted Answer

liquid

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solid

Question 9

Temperature _____________________ as you go deeper into the earth.

Accepted Answer

increases

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decreases

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goes up and down depending on the layer

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stays the same

Question 10

What layer of the mantle breaks into plates and is like the crust?

Accepted Answer

lithosphere

Answer

asthenosphere

Answer

lower mantle

Question 11

Which part of the core is liquid metal?

Accepted Answer

outer core

Answer

inner core

Question 12

What layer is the thickest?

Accepted Answer

mantle

Answer

crust

Answer

inner core

Answer

outer core

Question 13

Which layer is composed mostly of iron?

Accepted Answer

V

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Z

Answer

Y

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X

Question 14

Which layer is the densest?

Accepted Answer

V

Answer

Z

Answer

X

Answer

W

Question 15

Which layer is the thinnest?

Accepted Answer

Z

Answer

V

Answer

Y

Answer

X

Question 16

Which layer is the solid, inner core?

Accepted Answer

V

Answer

W

Answer

X

Answer

Y

Question 17

Which layer is the liquid outer core?

Accepted Answer

W

Answer

Y

Answer

Z

Answer

V

Question 18

Are layers X and Z cooler than V?

Accepted Answer

Yes

Answer

No

Answer

They are the same temperature.

Question 19

Which layer has convection currents where the hot, less dense magma rises and the cooler, dense magma sinks?

Accepted Answer

mantle

Answer

inner core

Answer

outer core

Answer

crust

Question 20

What layer of Earth contains the plates that cause earthquakes and volcanic eruptions?

Accepted Answer

The lithosphere which contains the crust and upper mantle.

Answer

The asthenosphere which is solid with the core.

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The asthenosphere which contains the crust and mantle.

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The lithosphere which contains the crust and outer core.

Question 21

What is the hot, convecting layer that is located directly under the crust?

Accepted Answer

mantle

Answer

crust

Answer

inner core

Answer

outer core

Question 22

Which layer is represented by the number 1?

Accepted Answer

crust

Answer

outer core

Answer

inner core

Answer

mantle

Question 23

Which layer of the Earth is represented by the number 3?

Accepted Answer

outer core

Answer

crust

Answer

inner core

Answer

mantle

Question 24

Which layer of the Earth is represented by the number 2?

Accepted Answer

mantle

Answer

crust

Answer

outer core

Answer

inner core

Question 25

Which layer is represented by the number 4?

Accepted Answer

inner core

Answer

crust

Answer

outer core

Answer

mantle

Question 26

Fossils are only found in

Accepted Answer

Sedimentary rocks

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Foliated Metamorphic rocks

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Igneous Rocks

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Nonfoliated Metamorphic rocks

Question 27

Rock that forms when sediment from older rocks get pressed and cemented together.

Accepted Answer

Sedimentary Rock

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Metamorphic Rock

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Igneous Rock

Question 28

The process by which igneous rocks are formed...

Accepted Answer

melting and cooling

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heat and pressure

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weathering and erosion

Question 29

The process by which metamorphic rocks are formed...

Accepted Answer

heat and pressure

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erosion and deposition

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melting and cooling

Question 30

Rock that forms when pressure and temperature change existing rock.

Accepted Answer

Metamorphic Rock

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Igneous Rock

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Sedimentary Rock

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Rock Cycle

Question 31

The name rock is given when it is broken down into smaller pieces.

Accepted Answer

sediment

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texture

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weathering

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erosion

Question 32

_______ rock forms from magma/lava

Accepted Answer

Igneous

Answer

Metamorphic

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Sedimentary

Question 33

This rock started as molten magma. What type of rock is this?

Accepted Answer

Igneous

Answer

Sedimentary

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Metamorphic

Question 34

This rock was formed by smaller pieces of rock that settled at the bottom of a lake millions of years ago. What type of rock is this?

Accepted Answer

Sedimentary

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Igneous

Answer

Metamorphic

Question 35

What are the 3 major types of rocks?

Accepted Answer

Igneous, Metamorphic, Sedimentary

Answer

Metamorphic, Igneous, Cementation

Answer

magma, lava, crystals

Question 36

Which type of rock is made by small bits of rock, mud, or sand compacted and cemented together?

Accepted Answer

sedimentary

Answer

Coal

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igneous

Answer

metamorphic

Question 37

Which type of rock is made from a rock being changed by heat and pressure?

Accepted Answer

metamorphic

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Smooshed Rock

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igneous

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sedimentary

Question 38

Which type of rock is made from magma cooling inside Earth?

Accepted Answer

intrusive igneous

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cool rock

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non-foliated metamorphic

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sedimentary

Question 39

Which type of rock is heated and pressurised but does NOT melt?

Accepted Answer

metamorphic

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igneous

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hard rock

Answer

sedimentary

Question 40

Sediment goes through _________________ to become sedimentary rock.

Accepted Answer

compacting and cementing

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heat and pressure

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weathering and erosion

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melting and cooling

Question 41

a rock that formed from layers of sediments

Accepted Answer

sedimentary

Answer

metamorphic

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igneous

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magma

Question 42

Fossils are found in ____________ rocks.

Accepted Answer

sedimentary

Answer

metamorphic

Answer

magma

Answer

igneous

Question 43

Tiny bits of weathered rock or once living plants or animals are called

Accepted Answer

Sediment

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basalt

Answer

mineral

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coal

Question 44

___________________ rock means FIRE and is formed from melted rock either from magma below Earth's crust or from lava above it

Accepted Answer

igneous

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sedmetary

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metamorphic

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magma

Question 45

Which type of rock forms from heat and extreme pressure?

Accepted Answer

Metamorphic

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Igneous

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Sedimentary

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Organic

Question 46

Lava which cools on Earth's surface forms an

Accepted Answer

extrusive igneous rock

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metamorphic rock

Answer

intrusive igneous rock

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foliated metamorphic rock

Question 47

The three groups of rocks are classified by

Accepted Answer

How they form

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Color

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Grain size

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Chemical Composition

Question 48

Sedimentary and igneous rocks go through _____________________________ to become metamorphic rocks.

Accepted Answer

heat and pressure

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weathering and erosion

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compacting and cementing

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melting and cooling

Earth's Layers/Rock Cycle

48 questions

Which layer of Earth is located above the outer core?

Which of these two layers is a solid?

What is the top layer of the Earth's surface called?

A dense ball of solid iron and nickel.

Which best describes the asthenosphere?

Which layer of Earth is located above the outer core?

Which layer of the earth is rock made mostly of iron?

Is the outer core a liquid or solid?

Temperature _____________________ as you go deeper into the earth.

What layer of the mantle breaks into plates and is like the crust?

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