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WorksheetsUnit 4 Layers of the Earth
Total questions: 35
Worksheet time: 18mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
Which layer of the earth is made of iron and nickel (2 very dense metals)?
a)
Crust
b)
Mantle
c)
Core
d)
Hinsley
2.
Which layer of the earth is made of mostly silicon and oxygen (2 very light elements)?
a)
Crust
b)
Mantle
c)
Core
3.
As you go deeper into the earth, temperature ___________.
a)
increases (gets hotter)
b)
decreases (gets colder)
c)
stays the same
4.
Approximately, what is the temperature of Earth’s core? (hint: water freezes at 0 degrees Celsius, and water boils at 100 degrees Celsius)
a)
500 degrees Celsius
b)
5,000 degrees Celsius
c)
5 million degrees Celsius
5.
Which type of crust is denser?
a)
continental
b)
oceanic
c)
pizza
6.
Which type of crust is thinner?
a)
continental
b)
oceanic
c)
oizza
7.
Which type of crust is made of mostly granite?
a)
continental
b)
ocreanic
c)
pizza
8.
What happens at mid-ocean ridges?
a)
sea-floor spreading
b)
tsunamis
c)
trenches
d)
island arcs
9.
What is the an example of a mid-ocean ridge?
a)
San Andres Fault
b)
Himalayan Mountains
c)
Mid Atlantic Ridge
d)
Red Sea
10.
What type of boundaries form mid-ocean ridges?
a)
Convergent
b)
Divergent
c)
Transform
11.
Which layer is the thinnest (only about 50 kilometers deep)?
a)
crust
b)
mantle
c)
core
12.
Which point is located near OLDER oceanic crust?
a)
Point X
b)
Point Y
13.
What forms at the mid-Atlanic ridge?
a)
A Volcanoes, caused by a divergent boundary
b)
Volcanoes , cause by a transform boundary
c)
A rift valley, cause by a convergent boundary
d)
A trench, caused by a convergent boundary
14.
Transform boundaries are when:
a)
Two plates collide.
b)
Two plates move away from each other
c)
Two plates slide past each other.
15.
Divergent boundaries are when:
a)
Two plates collide
b)
Two plates move away from each other.
c)
Two plates slide past each other.
16.
Convergent boundaries are when:
a)
Two plates collide.
b)
Two plates move away from each other.
c)
Two plates slide past each other.
17.
Explain why California has so many earthquakes?
a)
Because it is near a convergent boundary that creates earthquakes
b)
Because it is near a transform boundary that creates earthquakes
c)
Because it is near a divergent boundary that creates earthquakes
d)
Because it is near a convergent boundary where the plates slide past each other
18.
The Himalayan Mountains are an example of what type of boundary?
a)
Divergent continental-continental
b)
Divergent continental-oceanic
c)
Convergent continental- continental
d)
Transforming continental- continental
19.
Convergent boundaries can form:
a)
sea-floor spreading
b)
earthquakes
c)
folded mountains
d)
rift valley
20.
Divergent boundaries can form:
a)
tsunamis
b)
earthquakes
c)
folded mountains
d)
rift valley
21.
Transform boundaries can form:
a)
sea-floor spreading
b)
earthquakes
c)
folded mountains
d)
rift valley
22.
A mid-ocean ridge is made by:
a)
sea-floor spreading
b)
earthquakes
c)
folded mountains
d)
rift valley
23.
Which part of the core is made of iron and nickel?
a)
Inner core
b)
Outer core
c)
Both the inner core and the outer core
24.
The inner core is thought to be a _______________________.
a)
solid
b)
liquid
c)
gas
25.
The lithosphere is less dense, so it floats on the asthenosphere.
a)
True
b)
Fasle
26.
Which lithospheric plate do we live on?
a)
Asia plate
b)
North American Plate
c)
Pacific plate
d)
Atlantic Plate
27.
___________________is the supercontinent that Alfred Wegener thought existed when all of the continents were together during the dinosaur age.
a)
Wegenerville
b)
Lysosaurus
c)
Pangaea
d)
North America
28.
What is one piece of evidence that supports continental drift or plate tectonics?
a)
The picture from space
b)
Fossil evidence
c)
From the history books of Pangaea
d)
The roads that are split apart
29.
This picture shows (look at the arrows):
a)
the water cycle
b)
sea-floor spreading
c)
erosion
d)
evolution
30.
What type of plate boundary is pictured?
a)
convergent
b)
divergent
c)
transform
31.
What causes tectonic motion?
a)
convection currents in the asthenosphere
b)
evaporation in the water cycle
c)
population movement on the lithosphere
d)
your super science teachers
32.
Tectonic plates move about 2-3 ________ each year.
a)
Centimeters
b)
Miles
c)
Football Fields
d)
Kilometers
33.
Choose the answer choice that correctly identifies the plate boundary represented in diagram A.
a)
Divergent
b)
Convergent
c)
Transform
34.
Choose the answer choice that correctly identifies the plate boundary in diagram B.
a)
Convergent
b)
Divergent
c)
Transform
35.
Choose the answer choice that correctly identifies the plate boundary in diagram C.
a)
Divergent
b)
Transform
c)
Convergent
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