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WorksheetsOur Changing Earth
Total questions: 15
Worksheet time: 7mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
Which of Earth's layers is found at the center, is the hottest layer, and is made of solid metal?
a)
crust
b)
mantle
c)
inner core
d)
outer core
2.
What is the thickest, middle layer of the Earth called?
a)
crust
b)
mantle
c)
outer core
d)
inner core
3.
What is the thinnest, outermost layer of Earth called?
a)
crust
b)
mantle
c)
outer core
d)
inner core
4.
The mantle is made of hot, soft rock called...
a)
lava
b)
magma
c)
plates
d)
faults
5.
An opening in Earth's crust through which lava flows is called ...
a)
an earthquake
b)
the mantle
c)
a volcano
d)
a mountain
6.
Earth's crust is broken up into several large rocky pieces called ...
a)
plates
b)
faults
c)
fossils
d)
puzzle pieces
7.
Large cracks where the pieces of Earth's crust move (bend or break) are called...
a)
plates
b)
valleys
c)
volcanoes
d)
faults
8.
When Earth's plates rub or scrape against one another, the release of energy causes ...
a)
a volcano
b)
an earthquake
c)
a tornado
d)
continental drift
9.
What is the layer of air that surrounds the Earth called?
a)
stratosphere
b)
hydrosphere
c)
atmosphere
d)
oxygen
10.
What is the layer of water that covers the Earth called?
a)
hydrosphere
b)
atmosphere
c)
oceans
d)
lakes
11.
What are the physical features of Earth's surface (shape or form of land and water) called?
a)
fossils
b)
magma
c)
landforms
d)
mountains
12.
The "super continent" that combined all of Earth's land into one huge continent millions of years ago is called...
a)
plate tectonics
b)
mountain formation
c)
North America
d)
Pangea
13.
The process that breaks down rocks into sediment is called...
a)
erosion
b)
a landslide
c)
weathering
d)
an avalanche
14.
The process that carries sediment away from one place to another is called...
a)
erosion
b)
weathering
c)
waterfall
d)
landslide
15.
Who came up with the theory of Continental Drift?
a)
Albert Einstein
b)
Issac Newton
c)
Alfred Wegener
d)
Mrs. Collar
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