WorksheetsEarth's Layers Review
Total questions: 26
Worksheet time: 18mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
If the Earth's layers were compared to a boiled egg, the crust would be compared to the...
a)
Yolk
b)
White
c)
The outer portion of the white
d)
the shell
2.
The thinnest layer of the Earth is?
a)
Mantle
b)
Lithosphere
c)
Athenosphere
d)
Crust
3.
The lithosphere combines what two layers?
a)
Athenosphere & Crust
b)
Crust & Upper Mantel
c)
Mantel & Athenosphere
4.
This layer of Earth is solid Iron and Nickel
a)
Outer Core
b)
Mantle
c)
Inner Core
d)
Crust
5.
What is the name of the layer that contains the uppermost mantle and crust
a)
Asthenosphere
b)
Mesosphere
c)
Lithosphere
d)
Transosphere
6.
What are the two types of crust
a)
continental and oceanic
b)
ocean and upper
c)
lower and upper
d)
pizza and subway
7.
Which layer of Earth is made up of tectonic plates?
a)
outer core
b)
inner core
c)
asthenosphere
d)
lithosphere
8.
The soft layer of the mantle on which the tectonic plates move
a)
Asthenosphere
b)
Outer Core
c)
Mantle
d)
Mesosphere
9.
Which layer of Earth is characterized by rock that is plastic, or soft enough to flow?
a)
asthenosphere
b)
crust
c)
lithosphere
d)
inner core
10.
True or FalseThe most abundant elements in the Earth's crust are silicon and oxygen.
a)
True
b)
False
11.
What was the name given to all the continents when they were joined as one super continent?
a)
Supreme Continent
b)
Eurasia
c)
Plate tectonics
d)
Pangea
12.
Which of the following occurs because of convection currents?
a)
Tectonic plates on the crust move.
b)
The mantle increases in size.
c)
Pressure in the crust increases.
d)
Pressure in the crust decreases.
13.
The layer that lies beneath the mantle and surrounds the inner core.
a)
mantle
b)
outer core
c)
inner core
d)
crust
14.
This layer of the Earth is found between the core and the crust.
a)
mantle
b)
outer core
c)
inner core
d)
crust
15.
The thickest layer of the Earth is ...
a)
outer core
b)
mantle
c)
crust
d)
inner core
16.
The hypothesis that land masses spread apart from each other and have done so in the past is known as
a)
Divergent Plate Boundary
b)
Tension
c)
Uplift
d)
Continental drift
17.
The core is made-up of what two elements?
a)
iron and nickel
b)
iron and oxygen
c)
nickel and silicon
d)
oxygen and silicon
18.
What do geologists call the crust and upper mantle?
a)
asthenosphere
b)
stratosphere
c)
mesosphere
d)
lithosphere
19.
what is not a layer of the Mantle?
a)
Lithosphere
b)
Stratosphere
c)
Asthenosphere
d)
Mesosphere
20.
What layer of the Earth's interior is totally liquid?
a)
crust
b)
mantle
c)
outer core
d)
inner core
21.
What layer of the Earth is also the tectonic plates?
a)
mantle
b)
core
c)
lithosphere
d)
asthenosphere
22.
Alfred Wegener believed that the world's plates once were connected in a giant continent called...?
a)
Patagonia
b)
Pangaea
c)
Paraguay
d)
Wegeneria
23.
The five PHYSICAL layers of the Earth are...
a)
Crust, Mantle, Core
b)
Crust, Upper Mantle, Lower Mantle, Inner Core, Outer Core
c)
Eurasia, North America, South America, Antarctica, Africa
d)
Lithosphere, Asthenosphere, Mesosphere, Outer Core, Inner Core
24.
The three COMPOSITIONAL layers of the Earth are...
a)
Lithosphere, Asthenosphere, Atmosphere
b)
Crust, Mantle, Core
c)
Crust, Upper Mantle, Lithosphere
d)
Upper Mantle, Asthenosphere, Mesosphere
25.
Each of the following is a major plate of the Earth's lithosphere, except for...
a)
Eurasian Plate
b)
Nazca Plate
c)
North American Plate
d)
Indo-Australian Plate
26.
Wegener believed that the Earth's plates were once connected because of which of the following reasons?
a)
Fossils, common rock types, and the shape of the continents all supported his theory
b)
China and the USA seemed to fit together perfectly like a giant puzzle piece
c)
He noticed major shifts in the Earth's continents over a 50 year span
d)
He discovered historical writings from the people of Pangeae
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