WorksheetsVA 5.7 Layers of the Earth
Total questions: 17
Worksheet time: 11mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
Number 1 represents which layer of the Earth?
a)
Crust
b)
Mantle
c)
Inner Core
d)
Outer Core
2.
Number 2 represents which layer of the Earth?
a)
Mantle
b)
Inner Core
c)
Outer Core
d)
Crust
3.
Number 3 represents which layer of the Earth?
a)
Mantle
b)
Crust
c)
Inner Core
d)
Outer Core
4.
Number 4 represents which layer of the Earth?
a)
Mantle
b)
Inner Core
c)
Crust
d)
Outer Core
5.
Which two elements make up a majority of the Earth's core?
a)
rust and oxygen
b)
nickel and copper
c)
nickel and iron
6.
What tool do scientists use to help classify rocks?
a)
Rock Diagram
b)
Classification Key
c)
Rock Map
7.
How old is planet Earth, approximately?
a)
3 Thousand Years
b)
2 Million Years
c)
4.6 Billion Years
8.
What are the preserved remains of an ancient plant or animal found in rocks?
a)
footprint
b)
fossil
c)
skeleton
d)
imprint
9.
What is the gradual wearing or washing away of soil and rock by glaciers, water, and wind? Hint: It gets moved.
a)
weathering
b)
erosion
c)
deposition
d)
cementation
10.
What are the types of fragments that weathering can produce?
a)
fossils, stones, pebbles, hills
b)
pebbles, stones, marbles, dirt
c)
sediment, clay, sand, rock
11.
What do scientists use to get information about past life on Earth and also the age of rocks?
a)
Rocks
b)
Hammers
c)
Fossils
12.
What is a solid, non-living substance made up of elements and found within the earth?
a)
fossil
b)
mineral
c)
rock
13.
What is the outermost, thinnest layer of the Earth?
a)
inner core
b)
outer core
c)
crust
14.
What is the middle layer of the Earth?
a)
mantle
b)
center
c)
core
15.
What is the solid center of the Earth?
a)
mantle
b)
inner core
c)
outer core
16.
What is the liquid layer of the Earth?
a)
mantle
b)
outer core
c)
inner core
17.
Which two layers of the Earth are made up of rocky material?
a)
inner core and outer core
b)
mantle and crust
c)
inner core and mantle
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