Lesson 1: Earth's Layers and Plates - Vocabulary and Labeling

What is the middle layer of Earth called?

• Crust

• Mantle

• Outer core

• Lithosphere

Which layer of Earth is the outermost shell that we live on?

• Mantle

• Crust

• Core

• Inner core

True or False: The inside layer of Earth is the core?

• True

• False

Plate tectonics is best described as which of the following?

• A map of continents

• The theory that explains the motion of plates

• A kind of volcanic rock

• A crack in Earth’s crust

What is a plate boundary?

• The center of the core

• The place where two plates meet

• A ring around a volcano

• The outer edge of a continent

Which statement describes a volcano?

• A sudden shaking of Earth’s crust

• A hole in Earth from which melted rock flows out and cools to form a mountain

• Cracks in Earth’s crust

• Huge pieces of crust and mantle that move

What term refers to a sudden shaking of Earth’s crust?

• Earthquake

• Fault

• Plate boundary

• Mantle

Faults are defined as which of the following?

• Mountains formed by cooled lava

• Cracks in Earth’s crust

• Places where two plates meet

• A circle where continents drift

Where do many volcanoes and earthquakes occur?

• Great Plains

• Ring of Fire

• Arctic Circle

• Sahara Belt

In the vocabulary list, what are plates?

• Thin sheets of sediment

• Huge pieces of Earth’s crust and mantle that move

• Layers of the atmosphere

• Blocks of cooled lava near volcanoes