WorksheetsLayers of the Earth
Total questions: 25
Worksheet time: 25mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
This layer of Earth is solid Iron and Nickel
a)
Outer Core
b)
Mantle
c)
Inner Core
d)
Crust
2.
This layer of Earth is solid Iron and Nickel
a)
Outer Core
b)
Mantle
c)
Inner Core
d)
Crust
3.
What is the name of the layer that contains the uppermost mantle and crust
a)
Asthenosphere
b)
Mesosphere
c)
Lithosphere
d)
Transosphere
4.
What is the name of the layer that contains the uppermost mantle and crust
a)
Asthenosphere
b)
Mesosphere
c)
Lithosphere
d)
Transosphere
5.
What is the name of the layer that contains the uppermost mantle and crust
a)
Asthenosphere
b)
Mesosphere
c)
Lithosphere
d)
Transosphere
6.
This layer of Earth is the thickest part
a)
crust
b)
outer core
c)
mantle
d)
inner core
7.
This layer of Earth is the thickest part
a)
crust
b)
outer core
c)
mantle
d)
inner core
8.
What are the two types of crust
a)
continental and oceanic
b)
ocean and upper
c)
lower and upper
d)
pizza and subway
9.
Which type of plate boundary would cause mountains to form
a)
Transform
b)
Convergent
c)
Divergent
d)
Reform
10.
Which type of plate boundary would cause mountains to form
a)
Transform
b)
Convergent
c)
Divergent
d)
Reform
11.
California, Japan, Chile, Nepal, and India have all experienced earthquakes before. What type of plate boundary must be near
a)
Reform
b)
Divergent
c)
Convergent
d)
Transform
12.
Scientists think that convection currents that move the plates flow in Earth's
a)
Continental crust
b)
oceanic crust
c)
Asthenosphere
d)
Lithosphere
13.
Where does molten material from the mantle rise up during the process of sea-floor spreading?
a)
Along the mid-ocean ridge
b)
At the north and south poles
c)
Along the edges of all the continents near the shoreline and beaches
d)
at the equator
14.
Which is the most thinnest layer of the earth?
a)
Mantle
b)
crust
c)
Bread crust
d)
Pizza crust
15.
How many layers are there in the Earth?
a)
40
b)
5
c)
89
d)
4
16.
which one is hotter?
a)
the crust
b)
mantle
c)
Inner core
17.
Is the Outer core solid or liquid?
a)
solid
b)
liquid
18.
_________ is the thickest layer of the Earth.
a)
Inner Core
b)
Outer Core
c)
Crust
d)
Mantle
19.
The lithospheric plates make up which layer of the Earth?
a)
Crust
b)
Mantle
c)
Outer Core
d)
Inner Core
20.
What is the driving force to plate tectonics occurring when warm magma rises and cooler magma sinks?
a)
An oceanic current
b)
A conventional current
c)
A convection current
d)
A magnetic current
21.
Evidence to support continental drift included ______________.
a)
remains of human beings on a number of continents
b)
similar fossils found on different continents
c)
how the continents drifted
d)
written records
22.
_____________ came up with the theory of continental drift.
a)
Alfred Einstein
b)
Alfred Wegener
c)
Harry Hess
d)
Barack Obama
23.
Identify layer #20.
a)
mantle
b)
pizza crust
c)
inner core
d)
outer core
24.
A break or crack in the Earth's crust is called a...
a)
plate
b)
fault
c)
fold
d)
crack
25.
What was the name given to all the continents when they were joined as one super continent
a)
Supreme Continent
b)
United States
c)
Bill Nye's World
d)
Pangea
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