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WorksheetsEarth's Interior Practice Quizizz
Total questions: 45
Worksheet time: 33mins
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Class
Date
1.
What layer within the Mantle is a semisolid and acts like a plastic?
a)
Lithosphere
b)
Mantle
c)
Asthenosphere
d)
Mesosphere
2.
The lithosphere combines what two layers?
a)
Asthenosphere & Crust
b)
Crust & Upper Mantle
c)
Mantle & Asthenosphere
d)
Crust Only
3.
What happens to pressure as we move from the crust to the inner core?
a)
Pressure Decreases
b)
Pressure Increases
c)
Nothing
d)
Something
4.
This layer of Earth is solid Iron and Nickel
a)
Outer Core
b)
Mantle
c)
Inner Core
d)
Crust
5.
Which layer of the earth has the lowest temperature?
a)
Crust
b)
Mantle
c)
Outer Core
d)
Inner Core
6.
______________________ crust is thinner and more dense than ____________ crust.
a)
bread, pizza
b)
continental, oceanic
c)
land, water
d)
oceanic, continental
7.
Which crust is made up of basaltic rock?
a)
oceanic
b)
continental
c)
stuffed crust
d)
garlic flavored
8.
In terms of density, why would oceanic crust subduct and continental crust not?
a)
Continental crust is less dense so it will sink (subduct)
b)
Oceanic crust is less dense so it will sink (subduct)
c)
Continental crust is very dense so it will sink (subduct)
d)
Oceanic crust is more dense so it will sink (subduct)
9.
Where does the heat come from that drives this convection current in the mantle?
a)
The sun
b)
The crust
c)
the mantle
d)
the core
10.
How do convection currents affect the earth?
a)
They make the earth expand
b)
They make the lithospheric plates move
c)
They make the sun hotter
d)
The affect the tides
11.
How do convection currents work in terms of temperature?
a)
Heat from the core rises all the way up to the lithosphere. The temperature decreases, and the heat cools and sinks, only to be reheated.
b)
Heat from the crust rises all the way up to the lithosphere. The temperature decreases, and the heat cools and sinks, only to be reheated.
c)
Heat from the mantle rises all the way up to the lithosphere. The temperature decreases, and the heat cools and sinks, only to be reheated.
d)
Heat from the sun rises all the way up to the lithosphere. The temperature decreases, and the heat cools and sinks, only to be reheated.
12.
Which of the following is not a piece of evidence for continental drift theory?
a)
Seafloor Spreading
b)
Plant and Animal Fossils
c)
Mountain Ranges Matching
d)
"Jigsaw Puzzle" Fit
13.
Which of the following is evidence for Continental Drift Theory?
a)
Seafloor Spreading
b)
Location of Volcanos
c)
Location of Earthquakes
d)
Similar Ages of Rocks
14.
Why was Continental Drift Theory rejected by the scientific community?
a)
Not enough evidence
b)
Didn't explain how continents move
c)
The fossils were fake
d)
Wegener died before presenting his theory
15.
What are the 3 pieces of Evidence for Plate Tectonic Theory?
a)
Location of Earthquakes & Volcanoes, Seafloor Spreading
b)
Glaciers, Fossils, Mountain Ranges
c)
Seafloor Spreading, Volcanos, Location of Fossils
d)
Glossopteris, Mesosaurus, Rocks
16.
How did Plate Tectonic Theory support Continental Drift Theory? Choose the best answer.
a)
It provided the "how continents move" that CD Theory was lacking
b)
CD Theory was reinstated as a law
c)
It had more pieces of evidence
d)
It showed that Mesosaurus was in fact the coolest of the dinos
17.
What causes the crust to move?
a)
convection
b)
conduction
c)
tension
d)
radiation
18.
The OLDEST seafloor is located?
a)
Closest to the mid-ocean ridge
b)
Farthest from the mid-ocean ridge
19.
What happens when Subduction occurs?
a)
Parts of the crust fall into the mantle
b)
Parts of the crust fall into the core
c)
Parts of the crust fall into space
d)
None of the Above
20.
What are Mid-Ocean Ridges?
a)
A chain of underwater waterfalls
b)
A chain of underwater volcanos
c)
A chain of underwater pizza palaces
d)
A chain of underwater rocks
21.
When one tectonic plate __________ under another at a convergent boundary it sinks back in the mantle.
a)
subducts
b)
falls
c)
sinks
22.
The oceanic crust is pushed aside on both sides of the
a)
Continent's edge
b)
Deep-ocean trench
c)
Mid-ocean ridge
23.
New crust is always formed at the...
a)
mid-ocean ridge
b)
deep-ocean trench
c)
asthenosphere
24.
The entire cycle of heating occurring in the mantle is called
a)
Convection currents
b)
Compound currents
c)
heat currents
d)
subcurrents
25.
True or False: Our continents will eventually become a supercontinent (like Pangaea) again, far in the future according to Plate Tectonic Theory.
a)
True
b)
False
26.
True or False: The Mid-Atlantic ridge in the Atlantic ocean is the ONLY example of a divergent boundary (<---->)
a)
True
b)
False
27.
Which of these events can ONLY happen on a DIVERGENT BOUNDARY?
a)
Rift Valley
b)
Mountain
c)
A peninsula
d)
An Insanely complex, long answer that you will click out of instinct.
28.
Most volcanoes and earthquakes occur...
a)
along the coast
b)
along tectonic plate boundaries
c)
in the Arctic
d)
in the ocean
29.
The area where two tectonic plates meet.
a)
mantle
b)
focus
c)
plate boundary
d)
convection
30.
What is this image...
a)
Revolving boundary
b)
San Andreas (Transform)
c)
Convergent
31.
Mountains are created when....
a)
Two continental plates collide
b)
Two oceanic plates pull apart
c)
An Oceanic plate subducts under a Continental Plate
d)
Two continental plates pull apart
32.
How is it possible for new crust to be formed without increasing the surface area of the Earth?
a)
Crust is destroyed at the same time it is created
b)
New crust is underwater where it sinks
c)
New crust breaks more easily than old crust
33.
A divergent boundary occurs when plates ....
a)
Pull apart
b)
Come together
c)
Slide past each other
d)
subducting
34.
The type of plate boundary where two plates come together is a .....
a)
Convergent Boundary
b)
Divergent Boundary
c)
Transform Boundary
d)
Plate Boundary
35.
Which of the following causes Earth's tectonic plates to move?
a)
Energy from the Sun
b)
Magnetic Pole Reversal
c)
Convection currents in the mantle
d)
Faults in Mountain Ranges
36.
What type of event will occur at this boundary?
a)
Earthquake
b)
Volcano Eruption
c)
Tornado
d)
Mountain Building
37.
Why does the ocean floor sink beneath the continent at Z?
a)
The ocean floor is less dense than the continent.
b)
The ocean floor is more dense than the continent.
c)
The ocean floor is moving faster than the continent.
d)
The ocean floor is moving slower than the continent.
38.
What process is occurring at Z?
a)
Convection currents
b)
Subduction
c)
Two plates moving apart
d)
New ocean floor forming
39.
What would you be most likely to find at a divergent boundary between two pieces of oceanic crust?
a)
Rift
b)
Mid-Ocean Ridge
c)
Island Arc
d)
Flat land
40.
What would you be most likely to find at a divergent boundary between two pieces of continental crust?
a)
Mid-Ocean Ridge
b)
Mountain
c)
Rift
d)
Island Arc
41.
What would you be most likely to find at a convergent boundary between two pieces of continental crust?
a)
Volcano
b)
Mountain
c)
Rift
d)
Island Arc
42.
What created the Mariana Trench, the deepest place in the world?
a)
2 oceanic plates diverging
b)
2 continental plates diverging
c)
1 oceanic and 1 continental plate converging
d)
2 oceanic plates converging
43.
Which explains the formation of Hawaii?
a)
hotspot on a continental plate
b)
hotspot on an oceanic plate
c)
convergent boundary between 2 oceanic plates
d)
convergent boundary between a oceanic and one continental plate
44.
There is a famous rift valley in Africa, and a lesser known one in the United States called the Rio Grande Rift. What makes a rift valley?
a)
2 continental plates, transform boundary
b)
2 oceanic plates, divergent boundary
c)
2 continental plates, divergent boundary
d)
2 continental plates, convergent boundary
45.
name of the single landmass
a)
Pangaea
b)
convergent boundary
c)
magnetic reversal
d)
subduction
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