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WorksheetsScience Chapter 1
Total questions: 40
Worksheet time: 20mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
Earth's ___________ is mostly nitrogen and oxygen.
a)
hydrosphere
b)
lithosphere
c)
atmosphere
2.
The ____________ covers most of the earths surface.
a)
atmosphere
b)
hydrosphere
c)
lithosphere
3.
Earth's ___________ is composed of the continent and the ocean floor.
a)
lithosphere
b)
atmosphere
c)
hydrosphere
4.
About twenty huge ____________ compose Earth's surface.
a)
mountain ranges
b)
plates
c)
tectonics
5.
Scientists believe that Earth's plates slowly __________ due to forces deep within the Earth.
a)
melt
b)
grow
c)
move
6.
Plate movements explain the __________ of mountains, earthquakes, and volcanoes.
a)
height
b)
depth
c)
location
7.
During physical ____________, water or tree roots can enter and enlarge tiny cracks in rocks.
a)
weathering
b)
eroding
c)
depositing
8.
Rocks are weathered ___________ by polluted air or acids from plants.
a)
physically
b)
chemically
c)
quickly
d)
manually
9.
Wave _________ can move huge rocks and carry away sand, changing shorelines and beaches.
a)
deposition
b)
erosion
c)
chemical weathering
10.
The Mississippi River Delta was formed by _________, when the river left eroded materials at the mouth.
a)
erosion
b)
deposition
c)
physical weathering
11.
In the rock cycle, rocks are changed from one _______ to another
a)
place
b)
sphere
c)
form
d)
place
12.
The top layer of the lithosphere is called ______.
a)
crust
b)
mantle
c)
igneous
d)
fossils
13.
The middle, semi-solid layer of the Earth is called _________
a)
mantle
b)
core
c)
crust
d)
cream
14.
The center of the Earth is called ________
a)
core
b)
mantle
c)
crust
d)
nut
15.
____________ rock are formed from the mantle's melted rock.
a)
ingneous
b)
sedimentary
c)
metamorphic
d)
fossils
16.
____________ rock are formed by the layers of sediment cemented together on ocean floors
a)
ingneous
b)
sedimentary
c)
metamorphic
d)
fossils
17.
_______________ rocks are sandstone heated and pressed
a)
ingneous
b)
sedimentary
c)
metamorphic
d)
fossils
18.
_______________ are remains of animals or plants trapped in any rock layer
a)
ingneous
b)
sedimentary
c)
metamorphic
d)
fossils
19.
The layer of the Earth that includes the crust and the rigid top part of the mantle is known as the _________.
a)
lithosphere
b)
crust
c)
mantle
d)
core
20.
The __________ is the layer of gases that surrounds the earth.
a)
atmosphere
b)
hydrosphere
c)
lithosphere
d)
clouds
21.
When sedimentary rock is changed by heat or pressure, it forms ______
a)
sedimentary rock
b)
igneous rock
c)
metamorphic rock
d)
rock cycle
22.
The ___________ describes how rocks can change from one form to another.
a)
rock cycle
b)
plate tectonics
c)
weathering
d)
erosion
23.
Soil can be lost from a farm field through a process called ____________.
a)
erosion
b)
deposition
c)
weathering
d)
lost
24.
The process that directly causes deltas to form is ____________
a)
deposition
b)
erosion
c)
weathering
25.
The process that breaks down and changes rocks is?
a)
deposition
b)
erosion
c)
weathering
d)
hands
26.
What moves rocks away?
a)
deposition
b)
erosion
c)
weathering
d)
hands
27.
The dropping of the materials moved by erosion is called
a)
deposition
b)
erosion
c)
weathering
d)
hands
28.
The ___________ is the center layer of the earth.
a)
crust
b)
mantle
c)
core
d)
lithosphere
29.
When layers of sediments are pressed together, __________ forms.
a)
igneous rock
b)
sedimentary rock
c)
metamorphic rock
d)
cool rock
30.
The layer of the earth above the core is called the ___________.
a)
core
b)
crust
c)
mantle
d)
middle
31.
The water part of the earth's surface is called the __________
a)
atmoshpere
b)
lithosphere
c)
hydrosphere
d)
rivers
32.
Most earthquakes occur when a _________ moves
a)
plate
b)
plate tectonic
c)
person
d)
house
33.
The theory known as ____________ explains how the continents move
a)
plate
b)
plate tectonics
c)
earthquakes
d)
moving
34.
When melted rock cools, it forms __________.
a)
igneous rocks
b)
metamorphic rocks
c)
sedimentary rocks
35.
The ________ is the layer of the earth on top of the mantle.
a)
core
b)
crust
c)
mantle 2
d)
layer
36.
The hardness of a _________ is measured by the Mohs Hardness scale.
a)
mineral
b)
liquid
c)
gas
37.
Brown =
a)
the crust
b)
the mantle
c)
the outer core
d)
the inner core
38.
Yellow =
a)
the crust
b)
the mantle
c)
the outer core
d)
the inner core
39.
Orange =
a)
the crust
b)
the mantle
c)
the outer core
d)
the inner core
40.
Red =
a)
the crust
b)
the mantle
c)
the outer core
d)
the inner core
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