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WorksheetsLayers of the Earth
Total questions: 10
Worksheet time: 6mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
What are the 3 basic layers?
a)
core, mantle, lithosphere
b)
asthenosphere, lithosphere, crust
c)
core, mantle, crust
d)
crust, mantle, inner core
2.
Scientists know about the layers in the earth by studying...
a)
Tsunami waves
b)
radio waves
c)
microwaves
d)
earthquake waves
3.
What does density measure?
a)
the amount of mass
b)
the speed of waves
c)
a steady rate
d)
composition and temperature
4.
Mass is to density as weight is to ...
a)
rocks
b)
pounds
c)
patience
d)
fat
5.
Waves travel faster through layers that
a)
are solid
b)
are liquid
c)
are more dense
d)
are less dense
6.
Scientists know about the layers because
a)
waves move through the Earth at different speeds
b)
they have been able to drill through them
c)
we can observe them from the crust
d)
they researched it on Wikipedia
7.
Each layer has the same composition.
a)
True
b)
False
8.
The layer with the greatest temperature is...
a)
the lithosphere
b)
the inner core
c)
the crust
d)
the mantle
9.
Silly Putty can be used to model ...
a)
the Earth
b)
the layers of the Earth
c)
the layer of hot soft rock that can flow
d)
plastic Easter eggs
10.
The outer core is liquid metal while the inner core is solid due to
a)
water vapor
b)
great pressure
c)
a decrease in pressure
d)
being solid metal
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