WorksheetsForces Shaping Earth
Total questions: 26
Worksheet time: 13mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
High, sharply pointed mountains are _____.
a)
young
b)
old
c)
impossible to date
d)
nonexistent
2.
Earth is compused of _______.
a)
layers
b)
blocks
c)
cubes
d)
nodules
3.
The innermost section of Earth is the ___.
a)
inner core
b)
outer core
c)
mantle
d)
crust
4.
The lithosphere is broken into ____.
a)
rows
b)
plates
c)
spheres
d)
seas
5.
The crust that forms the ocean floor is called _____.
a)
water crust
b)
deep crust
c)
oceanic crust
d)
land crust
6.
Mountains made of huge, tilted blocks are called ____ mountains.
a)
fault-block
b)
upwarped
c)
folded
d)
oceanic
7.
Large fractures in rocks along which movement occurs are called plates.
a)
True
b)
False
8.
One plate sinking underneath another is called reduction.
a)
True
b)
False
9.
It is possible that plates move as a result of conduction in the mantle.
a)
True
b)
False
10.
Mountains formed by the folding of rock layers are called folded mountains.
a)
True
b)
False
11.
When Earth's crust is pushed up, upwarped mountains form.
a)
True
b)
False
12.
Magma breaking onto Earth's surface can form a volcanic mountain.
a)
True
b)
False
13.
The outer layer of earth, #1 is called the ____.
a)
inner core
b)
mantle
c)
outer core
d)
crust
14.
The second layer of Earth, #2 is called the _____.
a)
inner core
b)
mantle
c)
outer core
d)
crust
15.
The third layer of Earth, #3 is called the ___.
a)
inner core
b)
mantle
c)
outer core
d)
crust
16.
The inner most layer of Earth, #4 is called the ____.
a)
inner core
b)
mantle
c)
outer core
d)
crust
17.
The dense layer composed mostly of solid iron is ____.
a)
inner core
b)
mantle
c)
outer core
d)
crust
18.
The layer composed mostly of molten metal is the ____.
a)
inner core
b)
mantle
c)
outer core
d)
crust
19.
The larger layer flows slowly, like putty is the ____.
a)
inner core
b)
mantle
c)
outer core
d)
crust
20.
The layers on which you are living on is called the ____.
a)
inner core
b)
mantle
c)
outer core
d)
crust
21.
67% of Earth is
a)
mantle
b)
outer core
c)
inner core
d)
crust
22.
30% of Earth is
a)
mantle
b)
outer core
c)
inner core
d)
crust
23.
2.5% of Earth is the
a)
mantle
b)
outer core
c)
inner core
d)
crust
24.
Only 0.5% of Earth is the
a)
mantle
b)
outer core
c)
inner core
d)
crust
25.
Earthquakes occur at this kind of plate boundary
a)
colliding plates
b)
separating plates
c)
sliding plates
d)
ridge-push
26.
Mount St. Helen and Mount Popocatepl
a)
fault-block mountains
b)
folded mountains
c)
volcanic mountains
d)
continental mountains
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