WorksheetsThe Earth's Layers
Total questions: 17
Worksheet time: 12mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
What are the three types of Rocks?
a)
Sedimentary, Igneous, Metamorphic
b)
Sedimentary, Igneous, Marble
c)
Sandstone, Lava, Metamorphisis
d)
Sediment, Lava, Heat and Pressure
2.
Which layer of the Earth is made up of the crust and upper mantle?
a)
Lithosphere
b)
Mantle
c)
Outer Core
d)
Asthenosphere
3.
The outermost and thinnest layer of Earth is the _____.
a)
core
b)
mantle
c)
crust
d)
fault
4.
Which lists the main layers of Earth in order from outermost to innermost?
a)
lithosphere, asthenosphere, mesosphere
b)
core, mantle, crust
c)
crust, mantle, core
d)
mantle, core, crust
5.
Scientists think that convection currents that move the plates flow in Earth's
a)
Continental crust
b)
Oceanic crust
c)
Asthenosphere
d)
Lithosphere
6.
How many types of crust are there?
a)
1
b)
2
c)
5
7.
What layer of Earth do we live on?
a)
Crust
b)
Core
c)
Mantle
8.
Name the boundary
a)
convergent boundary
b)
divergent boundary
c)
transform boundary
d)
sergent boundary
9.
Name the boundary
a)
convergent boundary
b)
divergent boundary
c)
transform boundary
d)
sergent boundary
10.
A collision between two pieces of continental crust at a converging boundary produces a
a)
mid-ocean ridge
b)
deep-ocean trench
c)
rift valley
d)
mountain range
11.
How do mountains form?
a)
when tectonic plates spread apart
b)
when they bubble in the mantle
c)
when two tectonic plates push against each other, forcing the rock upward.
d)
when lava pushes up
12.
Massive pieces of land that are part of the Earth's crust and upper mantle
a)
Tectonic plates
b)
Trenches
c)
Divergent boundary
d)
Continental shelves
13.
Process by which new ocean lithosphere forms.
a)
Seafloor spreading
b)
Continental drift
c)
Mid-ocean ridge
d)
Rift
14.
What type of boundary creates mountains?
a)
Divergent
b)
Continental convergent
c)
Transform
d)
Fault line
15.
what best describes the outer core
a)
solid
b)
liquid
c)
viscous
d)
gas
16.
Tectonic plates are made up of continental crust and ________ crust.
a)
continental
b)
oceanic
c)
plates
d)
mantle
17.
Identify layer #20.
a)
mantle
b)
asthenosphere
c)
inner core
d)
outer core
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