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WorksheetsEarth Science
Total questions: 24
Worksheet time: 12mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
Which layer of the earth is the thinnest?
a)
Mantle
b)
Inner Core
c)
Outer Core
d)
Crust
2.
If Marble is a rock that has large crystals and formed by exposure to high heat and pressure, what type of rock is it?
a)
Igneous
b)
Metamorphic
c)
Sedimentary
d)
Sediment
3.
When magma is cooled and solidified it becomes what type of rock?
a)
igneous
b)
metamorphic
c)
sedimentary
d)
conglomerate
4.
Which of the following has the layers of Earth in order from outside to inside?
a)
lithosphere, outer core, inner core, asthenosphere
b)
inner core, outer core, lithosphere, asthenosphere
c)
outer core, asthenosphere, lithosphere, inner core
d)
lithosphere, asthenosphere, outer core, inner core
5.
Which of the following explains how mountains are formed?
a)
Plates collide at divergent boundaries causing the crust to push upward.
b)
Plates collide at convergent boundaries causing the crust to push upward.
c)
Plates slide past each other at transform boundaries causing the crust to push upward.
d)
Plates collide at convergent boundaries causing the mantle to push upward
6.
What is the name of plate B?
a)
Eurasian
b)
North American
c)
South American
d)
Indo-Australian
7.
What is the name of Plate A
a)
North American Plate
b)
Pacific Plate
c)
Eurasian Plate
d)
South American Plate
8.
What is the name of Plate A
a)
North American Plate
b)
Pacific Plate
c)
Eurasian Plate
d)
South American Plate
9.
What is the name of Plate C?
a)
North American Plate
b)
Nazca Plate
c)
African Plate
d)
Pacific Plate
10.
What is the name of plate G?
a)
North American Plate
b)
South American Plate
c)
Nazca Plate
d)
Eurasian Plate
11.
Why does oceanic crust sub-duct under continental crust?
a)
The oceanic crust is more dense.
b)
The oceanic crust is less dense.
c)
The oceanic crust is hotter.
d)
The oceanic crust is cooler.
12.
How are ridges formed?
a)
Two plates collide with one another.
b)
Two plates sink below Earth's surface.
c)
Two plates slide beside each other.
d)
Two plates move away from one another.
13.
If plates move in the direction show in the picture, what will likely occur?
a)
Mountain Formation
b)
Earthquakes
c)
Trench formation
d)
Volcanic island formation
14.
What type of plate boundary is shown in the picture?
a)
convergent
b)
divergent
c)
transform
15.
What type of boundary does the picture show and what does it form?
a)
divergent; mountains
b)
divergent; mid ocean ridge
c)
convergent; mid ocean ridge
d)
transform; earthquake
16.
If an animal runs for 2 hours and covers 14 kilometers, what was the average speed of the animal?
a)
1.5 km/h
b)
7.0 km/h
c)
13 km/h
d)
30 km/h
17.
Why do plates move?
a)
Convection currents in the mantle cause plates to move.
b)
The outer core spins
c)
The inner core is magnetic
d)
The plates are floating on an ocean
18.
Rock X is produced by "cooling". What type of rock is Rock X?
a)
Sedimentary Rock
b)
Metamorphic Rock
c)
Sediment
d)
Igneous Rock
19.
The picture gives a description of what type of rock?
a)
Sedimentary
b)
Igeneous
c)
Metamorphic
d)
Lava
20.
The picture gives a description of what type of rock?
a)
Sedimentary
b)
Igneous
c)
Lava/maga
d)
Sediment
21.
What is the name of plate 3?
a)
Indo-Australian Plate
b)
Eurasian Plate
c)
South American Plate
d)
Pacific Plate
22.
What is the name of Plate #13
a)
Nazca Plate
b)
South American Plate
c)
African Plate
d)
Eurasian Plate
23.
Why did we use graham cracker to represent the crust?
a)
graham crackers are brown
b)
graham crackers are delicious
c)
graham crackers are solid and brittle
d)
graham crackers have plasticity
24.
When the sea floor spreads apart, ridges are formed because....
a)
sediments are deposited where the sea floor spreads
b)
as the plates pull apart, magma moves to the surface
c)
ocean water pushes down on the surrounding sea floor
d)
underwater earthquakes lift the sea floor into long ridges
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