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Earth's Structure and Movement

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 10mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
The hottest part of the Earth is
a)
Inner Core
b)
Crust
c)
Outer Core
d)
Mantle
2.
The portion of the Earth that supports the crust
a)
Mantle
b)
Plates
c)
Inner Core
d)
Outer Core
3.
The portion of the Earth that we live on is called the 
a)
Mantle
b)
Core
c)
Crust
d)
Gravity
4.

At this type of plate boundary, volcanoes often occur

a)

Convergent - colliding

b)

Transform - sliding

c)

Divergent - dividing

d)

All 3

5.

The San Andreas Fault in CA is an example of this type of plate boundary

a)

Divergent - dividing

b)

Convergent - colliding

c)

Transform - sliding

6.

The Great Rift Valley in Africa and the Mid-Atlantic Ridge in the Atlantic Ocean are both results of this type of plate boundary - where new land is being created!

a)

Divergent - dividing

b)

Transform - sliding

c)

Convergent - colliding

7.

Mountains are formed at this type of plate boundary, specifically the Himalayas and Appalachians

a)

Transform - sliding

b)

Divergent - dividing

c)

Convergent - colliding

8.
When an oceanic plate and a continental plate meet, which will subduct under the other?
a)
oceanic under continental
b)
continental under oceanic
c)
depends on how hot and heavy they are
9.

The only type of plate boundary that causes new land to form is....

a)

Convergent - colliding

b)

Divergent - dividing

c)

Transform - sliding

10.

The Ring of Fire is located in (the)__________ and is where ____________ occurs frequently.

a)

Africa, Earthquakes

b)

Atlantic, Volcanoes

c)

Pacific, Earthquakes

d)

Asia, Volcanoes

11.

Tsunamis - great big waves of water are most often caused by _____________. Huge amounts of energy is released by this event which moves the water.

a)

volcanoes

b)

earthquakes

c)

tides

d)

hurricanes

12.

The Mid-Ocean Ridge is a mountain chain located ____________ and is actually a long string of ______________.

a)

in Africa ; mountains

b)

under water ; mountains

c)

under water ; volcanoes

d)

in America ; volcanoes

13.

Tectonic plates can melt and create new land

a)

never, that's crazy!

b)

if they are sucked inside a volcano and turn to goo because the lava is so hot

c)

if they are pushed under other plates into the mantle where heat and pressure turn the plate back into magma and then it is spewed out of a volcano and hardens into new crust

d)

When the crust splits open and the magma cools off

14.
Name the only US state that is still growing in size.
a)
Alaska
b)
Texas
c)
Hawaii
d)
Pennsylvania
15.

Choose 2 states where earthquakes are likely to take place - consider where the Ring of Fire is.

a)

Alaska, Hawaii

b)

California, Alaska

c)

Pennsylvania, Texas

d)

Hawaii, California

16.
Mountains are formed when
a)
One plate subducts under another one
b)
When plates slide past one another and get stuck
c)
When two plates push towards one another and the land bulges up
d)
When there is a weak spot in the Earth's crust, and magma shoots out as lava
17.
When there is a weak spot in the Earth's crust, what can happen?
a)
Earthquakes shake the weak area
b)
Magma can push up and out and build volcanoes
c)
Gravity from the moon pulls on the ocean water and crates tsunamis
18.

The Ring of Fire is a large circle of explosive volcanoes around the (a)   Ocean.

19.

There is a hot spot under _________ National Park, where the heat causes boiling mud pools and _______ like Old Faithful.

a)

Yellowstone, geysers

b)

Jellystone; spurts

20.

Long ago there was a single continent - all the land on the earth was in one place surrounded by one big ocean. What was this super continent called?

(a)