WorksheetsExam Review - The EARTH
Total questions: 21
Worksheet time: 7mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
The most dense layer
a)
crust
b)
inner core
c)
mantle
d)
outer core
2.
The least dense layer
a)
crust
b)
inner core
c)
mantle
d)
outer core
3.
The thickest layer
a)
crust
b)
inner core
c)
mantle
d)
outer core
4.
The idea stating the continents were once joined in a large mass that broke apart.
a)
Continental Drift
b)
Continental Movement
c)
Plate Tectonics
d)
Pangaea
5.
The process for new oceanic lithosphere forming at mid ocean ridges
a)
Continental Drift
b)
Seafloor Spreading
c)
Plate Tectonics
d)
Pangaea
6.
What type of boundary creates new seafloor?
a)
Oceanic - Oceanic Convergent
b)
Oceanic - Continental convergent
c)
Continental - Continental Divergent
d)
Oceanic - Oceanic Divergent
7.
The circular pattern of heating, rising, cooling, sinking of magma in the mantle causing tectonic plates to move.
a)
Plate Tectonics
b)
Convection Currents
c)
Pangaea
d)
Subduction
8.
Volcanoes are most often formed at this boundary.
a)
Divergent
b)
Convergent
c)
Normal
d)
Transform
9.
The Mid-Atlantic Ridge is formed at this boundary.
a)
Divergent
b)
Convergent
c)
Normal
d)
Transform
10.
The tectonic plates float on the
a)
lithosphere
b)
lower mantle
c)
outer core
d)
asthenosphere
11.
Faults can occur at plate boundaries, near boundaries, and at other weakened areas of crust.
a)
True
b)
False
12.
Why was Wegener's theory not accepted?
a)
He had no proof of how they were moving
b)
He had no evidence
c)
He was married
d)
He was not a Scientist
13.
A divergent boundary occurs when plates ....
a)
Pull apart
b)
Come together
c)
Slide past each other
d)
subducting
14.
Plates of the lithosphere float on the ____.
a)
crust
b)
asthenosphere
c)
core
d)
atmosphere
15.
Which type of evidence was NOT used by Alfred Wegener to support his continental drift Theory?
a)
Evidence from Mountains
b)
Evidence from Fossils
c)
Evidence from human remains
d)
Evidence of Climate
16.
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.
17.
What does the theory of continental drift state?
a)
The continents were once joined in a super-continent and have moved over time
b)
Continents are stationary and do not move
c)
The Earth is broken into lithospheric plates that move due to convection currents
d)
none of the above
18.
During sea floor spreading, molten material rises up from the mantle...
a)
along the continents
b)
at the mid ocean ridges
c)
deep ocean trenches
d)
at north and south poles
19.
Mountains form from ...
a)
plates sliding past one another
b)
collision of plates
c)
plates moving away from each other
20.
Earth's plates ...
a)
constantly move and change the face of the earth
b)
never move
c)
moving once every million years
d)
moves only duirng major earthquakes
21.
The hottest layer
a)
crust
b)
inner core
c)
mantle
d)
outer core
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