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WorksheetsEarth's Structure and Composition Review
Total questions: 76
Worksheet time: 38mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
What are magnetically and electrically charged particles that stream out from the sun in all directions
a)
solar flares
b)
solar winds
c)
magnetic field
d)
electric field
2.
What is created from the flow of liquid iron in the outer core?
a)
solar flares
b)
solar winds
c)
magnetic field
d)
electric field
3.
What deflects particles of solar wind into space away from Earth?
a)
solar flares
b)
solar winds
c)
magnetic field
d)
electric field
4.
The magnetic field causes the Earth to act like a large ________ with a north and south ________
a)
pole, magnet
b)
magnet, hemisphere
c)
magnet, pole
d)
planet, pole
5.
What does the Van Allen radiation belts protect us from?
a)
aliens
b)
the moon
c)
cosmic radiation
d)
other planets
6.
What are distinct layers of gases that surround the solid portion of Earth?
a)
atmosphere
b)
magnetosphere
c)
asthensophere
d)
mesosphere
7.
What are the main gases in our atmosphere
a)
Oxygen and carbon dioxide
b)
Nitrogen and oxygen
c)
Oxygen and hydrogen
d)
Helium and nitrogen
8.
True or False. All planets have atmospheres.
a)
True
b)
False
9.
Which letter shows where metamorphic rock would be?
a)
B
b)
D
c)
F
d)
H
10.
How long ago did oxygen begin to accumulate in our atmosphere
a)
100 years ago
b)
1000 years ago
c)
2.5 billion years ago
d)
3.5 billion years ago
11.
What lived off of the energy from the sun and the carbon dioxide in the oceans therefore giving off oxygen as a waste product
a)
Bacteria
b)
Viruses
c)
Dinosaurs
d)
Fungus
12.
How did oceans form?
a)
Volcanoes released oxygen into the atmosphere
b)
Volcanoes released water vapor into the atmosphere
c)
Earthquakes caused water to come up
d)
Earthquakes released water into the atomosphere
13.
What is the effect of lighter elements being blown away by the solar winds while the Earth was being formed?
a)
Hydrogen and helium aren't found on Earth.
b)
The Earth is composed of hydrogen and helium.
c)
The Earth is composed of mainly heavier elements
14.
The most abundant elements in the Earth's crust are: Fe, Si, O, Mg. What are their names in order?
a)
Ferrus, Silicone, Oxygen, Magnesium
b)
Iron, Silicone, Oxygen, Manganese
c)
Magnesium, Oxygen, Iron, Silicon
d)
Iron, Silicon, Oxygen, Magnesium
15.
What make up most minerals along with other elements? What is its chemical formula?
a)
Silicon, SiO2
b)
Silica, SiO2
c)
Rocks, HO
d)
Minerals, Fe
16.
What type of rock is granite that has less iron and magnesium?
a)
Felsic
b)
Mafic
c)
Sedimentary
d)
Igneous
17.
What type of rock is basalt that is a rock with less silica and more iron?
a)
Felsic
b)
Mafic
c)
Sedimentary
d)
Metamorphic
18.
What are carbon containing compounds?
a)
Organic compounds
b)
Rocks
c)
Minerals
d)
Glasses
19.
What are inorganic crystalline solids?
a)
Organic compounds
b)
Rocks
c)
Minerals
d)
Glasses
20.
What are non-crystalline mineral like matter that cooled very quickly?
a)
Organic compounds
b)
Rocks
c)
Glasses
d)
Metals
21.
What are mixtures of minerals?
a)
Organic compounds
b)
Rocks
c)
Glasses
d)
Metals
22.
What are solids made of metallic elements?
a)
Organic compounds
b)
Rocks
c)
Glasses
d)
Metals
23.
What type of rock is cooled from a liquid?
a)
Igneous
b)
Metamorphic
c)
Sedimentary
d)
Mineral
24.
What type of rock is made from debris cemented from pre-existing rocks?
a)
Igneous
b)
Metamorphic
c)
Sedimentary
d)
Mineral
25.
What type of rock is other rocks altered by temperature and pressure?
a)
Igneous
b)
Metamorphic
c)
Sedimentary
d)
Mineral
26.
If rocks have been heated to a liquid what has happened?
a)
Melted
b)
Frozen
c)
Changed
d)
Nothing
27.
What is molten rock beneath the surface?
a)
Magma
b)
Lava
c)
Volcano
28.
What is molten rock at the surface?
a)
Magma
b)
Lava
c)
Volcano
29.
Dry ice is an example of a material that turns into a gas at surface temperatures. What are these materials called?
a)
Magma
b)
Lava
c)
Volatile
d)
Dust
30.
What makes a volatile?
a)
Earthquake
b)
Hurricane
c)
Volcanic eruptions
d)
Students
31.
Which letter should say sediment?
a)
A
b)
C
c)
E
d)
G
32.
Which letter shows where igneous rock should be?
a)
A
b)
C
c)
E
d)
G
33.
Which letter shows where sedimentary rock should be?
a)
A
b)
C
c)
E
d)
G
34.
Which letter shows where magma would form when rock melts deep beneath the Earth's surface?
a)
A
b)
C
c)
E
d)
G
35.
Which letter shows where metamorphic should be?
a)
B
b)
D
c)
F
d)
H
36.
Which letter shows where rocks at the Earth's surface are broken down into smaller pieces?
a)
B
b)
D
c)
F
d)
H
37.
Which letter shows where cools and solidifies forming igneous rocks?
a)
B
b)
D
c)
F
d)
H
38.
Which letter shows when sediments are compacted and cemented, forming sedimentary rocks?
a)
B
b)
D
c)
F
d)
H
39.
Where is there heat and pressure?
a)
C-H
b)
G-E
c)
H-E
d)
H
40.
Where is there uplift and weathering?
a)
C-H
b)
G-E
c)
A-B
d)
C-D
41.
Where is there uplift and weathering?
a)
H-E
b)
A-C
c)
A-B
d)
C-D
42.
What letter shows the lithosphere?
a)
A
b)
C
c)
E
d)
G
43.
What letter shows the continental crust?
a)
A
b)
C
c)
E
d)
G
44.
What letter shows the inner core?
a)
A
b)
C
c)
E
d)
G
45.
What letter shows the mantle?
a)
A
b)
C
c)
E
d)
G
46.
What letter shows the outer core?
a)
B
b)
D
c)
F
d)
A
47.
What letter shows the oceanic crust?
a)
B
b)
D
c)
F
d)
A
48.
What letter shows the asthenosphere?
a)
B
b)
D
c)
F
d)
A
49.
What is made of granitic(felsic) rock?
a)
lithosphere
b)
continental crust
c)
oceanic crust
d)
inner core
50.
What layer is a cool, rigid crust and the uppermost mantle?
a)
lithosphere
b)
continental crust
c)
oceanic crust
d)
inner core
51.
What is made of solid iron and nickel- similar to metallic meteorites?
a)
lithosphere
b)
continental crust
c)
oceanic crust
d)
inner core
52.
What is made of soft, weak rock that slowly flows?
a)
outer core
b)
mantle
c)
asthenosphere
d)
inner core
53.
Which layer is similar to stony meteorites?
a)
outer core
b)
mantle
c)
asthenosphere
d)
inner core
54.
Which layer is made of liquid iron and nickel?
a)
outer core
b)
mantle
c)
asthenosphere
d)
inner core
55.
What does different seismic waves traveling through different states of matter prove?
a)
there are different types of waves
b)
there are different layers of the Earth
c)
there are volcanoes
d)
there are different states of matter
56.
Why is the knowledge that S waves travel through solids only helpful for determining the state of matter for the outer core?
a)
They don't travel through the inner core, so it has to be a solid.
b)
They don't travel through the inner or outer core so it has to be a liquid
c)
They don't travel through the outer core, so then the outer core had to be a liquid.
d)
None of the above
57.
True or False. The oceanic crust is made of basalt, a mafic rock.
a)
True
b)
False
58.
True or False. Continental crust is made of granitic, a mafic rock.
a)
True
b)
False
59.
True or False. The oceanic and continental crusts are made of silicates.
a)
True
b)
False
60.
True or False. The continental crust has greater density than the oceanic crust.
a)
True
b)
False
61.
Which layer includes the oceanic crust and the upper part of the mantle?
a)
mesosphere
b)
atmosphere
c)
lithosphere
d)
asthensophere
62.
What makes up the asthensophere and the mesosphere?
a)
Crust
b)
Mantle
c)
Inner core
d)
Outer core
63.
What layer is a layer that is made up of a soft rock that flows?
a)
asthensophere
b)
mesosphere
c)
lithosphere
d)
atmosphere
64.
What layer is a layer that is made up of hard rock that flows?
a)
asthensophere
b)
mesosphere
c)
lithosphere
d)
atmosphere
65.
True or False. The inner core and the outer core are both composed of iron/nickel.
a)
True
b)
False
66.
True or False. The inner core is a liquid and the outer core is a solid.
a)
True
b)
False
67.
True or False. If a mineral can scratch another, the mineral that does the scratching is harder.
a)
True
b)
False
68.
True or False. The Moh's hardness scale is based on 10 common minerals from softest (diamond) to hardest (talc).
a)
True
b)
False
69.
What is the state of matter of the asthenosphere?
a)
plasma
b)
gas
c)
liquid
d)
solid
70.
True or False. S waves can only go through solids.
a)
True
b)
False
71.
What does cold water sinking down and warm, less dense water moving upward cause?
a)
Tidal waves
b)
Convection currents
c)
Earthquakes
d)
Volcanoes
72.
What from the inner and outer core causes convection currents in the mantle?
a)
Heat
b)
Magnetism
c)
Solar wind
d)
Van Allen radiation belts
73.
Where does the heat that causes convection currents come from?
a)
Core
b)
Mantle
c)
Lithosphere
d)
Crust
74.
What is caused when some material is heated and becomes less dense, causing it to rise and then the cooler, denser material sinks?
a)
Van Allen radition belts
b)
tectonic plates
c)
convection currents
d)
None of the above
75.
True or False. The convection currents in the coree cause the asthenosphere to move
a)
True
b)
False
76.
True or False. The rigid lithosphere(tectonic plates) ride like a raft on top of the moving asthenosphere
a)
True
b)
False
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