Year 9 Continental Plates and Earthquakes Revision

The ​ (a)   is the ​ (b)   , outer layer of the Earth.

• crust
• rocky
• Mantle
• liquid
• Core
• gaseous

Using the diagram reorder the following to match the 5 layers of the Earth

• Lower Mantle

• Outer Core

• Inner Core

• Asthenosphere

• Crust

How thin is the Earth's crust?

• 1m

• 20km

• 50km

• 300m

The ​ (a)   is the semi-liquid, high ​ (b)   layer below the ​ (c)   .

• Mantle
• temperature
• crust
• core
• pressure
• time

What is the layer at the centre of the Earth?

• Core

• Crust

• Mantle

• Asthenosphere

What is an earthquake?

• An Indie band

• A violent movement of rocks in the Earth's crust.

• A type of weather phenomenon caused by strong winds.

• A sudden release of energy from the Earth's core.

What are four effects of earthquakes?

The ​ (a)   scale is a ​ (b)   scale which ​ (c)   the severity of an ​ (d)   .

• Richter
• numerical
• measures
• earthquake
• tsunami
• Ricahrd
• Richard
• calculates
• statistical