WorksheetsEarth's Structure Quiz
Total questions: 23
Worksheet time: 12mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
What type of heat transfer is found in Earth's mantle?
a)
Conduction
b)
Convection
c)
Radiation
d)
I don't know
2.
At which type of boundary are mountains formed?
a)
Convergent
b)
Divergent
c)
Subductive Zone
d)
Transform
3.
At which type of plate boundary does seafloor spreading occur?
a)
Tranform
b)
Convergent
c)
Divergent
d)
Subductive Zone
4.
The San Andrea's Fault in California is which type of boundary?
a)
Convergent
b)
Divergent
c)
Subductive Zone
d)
Transform
5.
Why have geologists not reached the mantle?
a)
It is too hot for humans to go there.
b)
It is too smelly for humans to go there.
c)
It doesn't have Wi-Fi so none of their instruments work.
d)
Scientists have not figured out how to time travel.
6.
What do we call the center of the Earth?
a)
Mantle
b)
Crust
c)
Apple
d)
Core
7.
Which is the hottest part of the Earth?
a)
The core
b)
The mantle
c)
The crust
d)
The Asthenosphere
8.
What layer is between the inner core and the mantle?
a)
asthenosphere
b)
crust
c)
outer core
d)
lithosphere
9.
What boundary type is depicted in this image?
a)
Divergent Boundary
b)
Convergent Boundary
c)
Transform Boundary
10.
What boundary type is depicted here?
a)
Transform Boundary
b)
Convergent Boundary
Convergent Boundary
Convergent Boundary
c)
Divergent Boundary
11.
What layer is depicted in yellow?
a)
Crust
b)
Core
c)
Mantel
d)
Lithothsphere
12.
Label C represents what layer of the earth?
a)
Core
b)
Crust
c)
Mantel
d)
Lithosphere
13.
The scientist that studies seismic activity is called a...
a)
seismometer
b)
seismographer
c)
seismagram
d)
seismologist
14.
Earthquakes under the water can cause _________________________________.
a)
tornadoes
b)
tsunamis
c)
lightening
d)
hailstorms
15.
Many earthquakes happen along the borders of...
a)
Countries
b)
Tetonic Plates
c)
Climate Zones
d)
None of the above.
16.
This word describes the size of the earthquake:
a)
seismograph
b)
magnitude
c)
focus
d)
epicenter
17.
Smaller earthquakes that occur in the same area after a larger earthquake has occurred.
a)
aftershock
b)
liquefaction
c)
tsunami
18.
The Richter scale measures:
a)
the amount of radon gas released
b)
the movement of plates
c)
the strength of an earthquake
d)
the weight of tectonic plates
19.
The huge pieces of the earth's crust are called ____________________________.
a)
crust
b)
plates
c)
directions
d)
seismos
20.
The idea that a past supercontinent split apart over time is known as
a)
Continental Drift
b)
Pangaea
c)
Plate tectonics
d)
Earthquakes
21.
The super continent when it was whole was known as this
a)
Landmass
b)
Pangaea
c)
Plate tectonics
d)
Siesmologist
22.
What pieces of evidence prove that continental drift was real?
a)
Tombs
b)
Oils and gases
c)
Rocks and fossils
d)
Wind and rain
23.
A mid-ocean ridge is formed by
a)
Divergent plate boundaries
b)
Convergent plate boundaries
c)
Transform plate boundaries
d)
Gravity
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