Week 4 G8: Continents, Pangea, Convection currents

1. What is the correct order of Earth’s four layers?

• 1.Outer core 2. Inner Core 3. Crust 4. Mantle
• 1.Mantle 2. Outer core 3. Crust 4. Inner Core
• 1.Crust 2. Inner Core 3. Mantle 4. Outer core
• 1.Inner Core 2. Outer core 3. Mantle 4. Crust

2. What is ‘a large area of land that is joined together’?

• A continent
• A mid-Atlantic ridge
• A volcano
• Crust

3. A continent is part of Earth’s what?

• Mantle
• Core
• Crust
• Lithosphere

4. There are two types of crust. What are they?

• Upper mantle and crust
• Continental and Oceanic
• Lithosphere
• Inner core and outer core

5. How much of Earth’s surface is continent?

• 33% (or 1/3)

• 67% (or 2/3)

• 80%

• 20%

6. How much of Earth’s surface is ocean?

• 33% (or 1/3)

• 80%

• 67% (or 2/3)

• 20%

7. How many continents are there in the world?

• Five
• Seven
• Eight
• Six

8. What were the continents called when they were joined together?

• Crust
• Pangea
• Wegener
• America

9. What is the movement of continents over time called?

• Pangea
• Wegener
• Continental Drift
• Mid-Atlantic ridge

10. Evidence of Pangea is that the coastlines of South America, Africa and the east coast of North America join together. What is this called?

• Deserts and rocks
• Fossils
• Continental Drift
• Continental fit