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Total questions: 18
Worksheet time: 3mins
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Class
Date
1.
Which of the following BEST describes rotation?
a)
spinning motion of earth on its axis
b)
when earth moves around the sun
c)
what car tires do
d)
None of the above
2.
Which of the following BEST describes rotation?
a)
spinning motion of earth on its axis
b)
when earth moves around the sun
c)
what car tires do
d)
None of the above
3.
Which of the following does NOT describe revolution?
a)
movement of object around another. Earth revolves around the sun
b)
takes a year for earth to revolve around the sun
c)
use to determine years on a calendar
d)
use to help create GPS
4.
Which of the following term(or terms) relate to solstice?
a)
sun appears farthest north (summer solstice) and farthest south of the equator (winter solstice)
b)
June 21 and December 21
c)
summer solstice= longest day of the year in Northern Hemisphere. shortest day of year in Southern hemisphere
d)
All of the above
5.
How are the distances from Earth to the sun on the first day of summer and first day of winter similar?
a)
the sun is farthest from the equator
b)
the sun is nearest the equator
c)
the sun has nothing to do with the equator
d)
none of the above
6.
When tectonic plates move towards each other
a)
convergence
b)
divergence
c)
transform
7.
When tectonic plates move apart
a)
convergence
b)
divergence
c)
transform
8.
Subduction occurs when
a)
plates collide and mountains form
b)
one plate oges under another
c)
magma comes up at mid-ocean ridge
9.
Which layer of the earth is rock made mostly of iron?
a)
Lithosphere
b)
Core
c)
Asthenosphere
d)
Mantle
10.
Why is the Inner Core solid?
a)
Extreme Heat
b)
High Pressure
c)
All the layers are solid
d)
It's made of rock
11.
How many layers of the Earth's CORE are there?
a)
one
b)
two
c)
three
d)
four
12.
Is the outer core a liquid or solid?
a)
liquid
b)
solid
13.
Which layer of Earth is located above the outer core?
a)
crust
b)
inner core
c)
mantle
d)
lithosphere
14.
Which of these two layers is a solid?
a)
innercore
b)
Outercore
15.
What is the top layer of the Earth's surface called?
a)
Mantle
b)
Innercore
c)
Outercore
d)
Crust
16.
Temperature _____________________ as you go deeper into the earth.
a)
increases
b)
decreases
c)
goes up and down depending on the layer
d)
stays the same
17.
Pressure ______________________ as you go deeper into the Earth
a)
increases
b)
decreases
c)
goes up or down depending on the layer
d)
stays the same
18.
A dense ball of solid iron and nickel.
a)
crust
b)
inner core
c)
mantle
d)
outer core
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