WorksheetsEarth's Layers and Tectonics
Total questions: 32
Worksheet time: 45mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
What layer is the hottest?
a)
Core
b)
Crust
c)
Mantle
2.
If you traveled from the center of Earth to the surface, the pressure would...
a)
increase
b)
decrease
c)
stay the same
d)
unsure
3.
What are the two types of crust?
a)
top crust,bottom crust
b)
oceanic crust, continental crust
c)
water,land
d)
none of the above
4.
If we compare the temperature and pressure of the Earth’s mantle to the core, what differences can we expect as we move downward into the Earth?
a)
Both the temperature and pressure increase.
b)
Both the temperature and pressure decrease.
c)
The temperature increases and the pressure decrease.
d)
The temperature decreases and the pressure increases.
5.
Which of these two layers is a solid?
a)
innercore
b)
Outercore
6.
What is the top layer of the Earth's surface called?
a)
Mantle
b)
Innercore
c)
Outercore
d)
Crust
7.
Temperature _____________________ as you go deeper into the earth.
a)
increases
b)
decreases
c)
goes up and down depending on the layer
d)
stays the same
8.
Pressure ______________________ as you go deeper into the Earth
a)
increases
b)
decreases
c)
goes up or down depending on the layer
d)
stays the same
9.
Which layer of Earth is located above the outer core?
a)
crust
b)
asthenosphere
c)
mesosphere
d)
lithosphere
10.
What layer of the Earth's interior is totally liquid?
a)
crust
b)
mantle
c)
outer core
d)
inner core
11.
Alfred Wegener believed that the world's plates once were connected in a giant continent called...?
a)
Patagonia
b)
Pangaea
c)
Paraguay
d)
Wegeneria
12.
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
13.
Which layer is a dense ball of solid iron and nickel?
a)
crust
b)
inner core
c)
mantle
d)
outer core
14.
Which layer of Earth is located above the outer core?
a)
crust
b)
inner core
c)
mantle
d)
lithosphere
15.
What do we call the rigid layer of the Earth's surface made up of the crust and lithosphere?
a)
asthenosphere
b)
plates
c)
mesosphere
d)
mantle
16.
Is the outer core a liquid or solid?
a)
liquid
b)
solid
17.
Which layer of Earth is characterized by rock that is plastic-like, or soft enough to flow like tar?
a)
asthenosphere
b)
crust
c)
lithosphere
d)
inner core
18.
What is the thinnest layer of the Earth?
a)
Mantle
b)
Lithosphere
c)
Athenosphere
d)
Crust
19.
What two layers combine to make the plates?
a)
Athenosphere & Crust
b)
Crust & Lithosphere
c)
Mantel & Athenosphere
20.
What are the two types of crust?
a)
continental and oceanic
b)
ocean and upper
c)
lower and upper
d)
pizza and subway
21.
Which layer of Earth is where convection currents occur?
a)
outer core
b)
inner core
c)
asthenosphere
d)
lithosphere
22.
What is the soft layer of the mantle on which the tectonic plates move?
a)
Asthenosphere
b)
Outer Core
c)
Mantle
d)
Mesosphere
23.
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)
Pangaea
24.
Which of the following occurs because of convection currents?
a)
Tectonic plates move.
b)
The mantle increases in size.
c)
Pressure in the crust increases.
d)
Pressure in the crust decreases.
25.
What layer lies beneath the mantle and surrounds the inner core?
a)
mantle
b)
outer core
c)
inner core
d)
crust
26.
What is the thickest layer of the Earth?
a)
outer core
b)
mantle
c)
crust
d)
inner core
27.
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
28.
Scientists determine what Earth’s interior looks like by using
a)
Volcanoes
b)
Seismic Waves
c)
Continental Drift
d)
Convection Currents
29.
What layer of Earth do we live on?
a)
Crust
b)
Core
c)
Mantle
30.
Basalt is a dark, fine-grained rock that is found in
a)
Earth's core
b)
Continental crust
c)
Earth's mantle
d)
Oceanic crust
31.
9. The core is really hot because....
a)
It contains a small star.
b)
of endothermic chemical reactions
c)
of exothermic chemical reactions
d)
of the heat from the Earth forming and radiation.
32.
Granite is the type of rock found
a)
in the ocean crust
b)
in the continental crust
c)
in the mantle
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