WorksheetsIntroduction to Earth Review
Total questions: 66
Worksheet time: 55mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
Which layer of the earth is shown to have convection currents?
a)
Mantle
b)
Lithosphere
c)
Outer Core
d)
Inner Core
2.
When an earthquake forms a tsunami, this is an example of ________ interacting
a)
geosphere and atmosphere
b)
hydrosphere and geosphere
c)
geosphere and biosphere
d)
all spheres
3.
What is the name of the layer that contains the uppermost mantle and crust
a)
Asthenosphere
b)
Mesosphere
c)
Lithosphere
d)
Transosphere
4.
This layer of Earth is the thickest part
a)
crust
b)
outer core
c)
mantle
d)
inner core
5.
What are the two types of crust
a)
continental and oceanic
b)
ocean and upper
c)
lower and upper
d)
pizza and subway
6.
Which crust is thicker
a)
ocean
b)
continental
c)
bread
d)
pizza
7.
Identify layer #20.
a)
mantle
b)
asthenosphere
c)
inner core
d)
outer core
8.
Which layer represents the continental crust?
a)
18
b)
16
c)
15
d)
19
9.
Which layer makes up the tectonic plate?
a)
15
b)
18
c)
16
d)
17
10.
What is the inner core composed of?
a)
Basalt
b)
Granite
c)
Solid Metals
d)
Molten (liquid) Metals
11.
Which layer of Earth is the thinnest?
a)
Crust
b)
Mantle
c)
Inner Core
d)
Outer Core
12.
If you traveled from the center of Earth to the surface, the pressure would...
a)
increase
b)
decrease
c)
stay the same
d)
unsure
13.
Which layer of the earth has the lowest temperature?
a)
Crust
b)
Mantle
c)
Outer Core
d)
Inner Core
14.
This layer of the earth is made up of soft solid rock that flows in convection currents.
a)
crust
b)
lithosphere
c)
asthenosphere
d)
outer core
15.
This part of the Earth has the greatest temperature
a)
crust
b)
mantle
c)
outer core
d)
inner core
16.
Less dense materials rise to the top.
a)
True
b)
False
17.
The Earth's inner core is
a)
a layer of hot rock
b)
a dense ball of solid metal
c)
a layer of molten metal
d)
part of Earth's outer skin
18.
The Earth's solid inner core is surrounded by the hot, molten metal of which layer?
a)
Mantle
b)
Outer Core
c)
Crust
d)
Lithosphere
19.
The asthenosphere is part of which layer?
a)
Inner core
b)
Outer Core
c)
Mantle
d)
Crust
20.
This layer of Earth is solid Iron and Nickel
a)
Outer Core
b)
Mantle
c)
Inner Core
d)
Crust
21.
The lithosphere combines what two layers?
a)
Asthenosphere & Crust
b)
Crust & Upper Mantle
c)
Mantle & Asthenosphere
22.
Which layer of Earth is made up of tectonic plates?
a)
outer core
b)
inner core
c)
asthenosphere
d)
lithosphere
23.
The solid inner core is made of...
a)
iron and nickel
b)
iron and magnesium
c)
rock and minerals
d)
oxygen and carbon
24.
What is the layer directly below the lithosphere called?
a)
crust
b)
mantle
c)
core
d)
asthenosphere
25.
This sphere includes the continents, the ocean floor, all the rocks on the surface, and all of the sand in the deserts.
a)
Hydrosphere
b)
Biosphere
c)
Atmosphere
d)
Geosphere
26.
Composed of all the water on or near the earth
a)
Hydrosphere
b)
Biosphere
c)
Atmosphere
d)
Geosphere
27.
This sphere is composed of all the living things
a)
Hydrosphere
b)
Biosphere
c)
Atmosphere
d)
Geosphere
28.
Body of air surrounding our planet.
a)
Hydrosphere
b)
Biosphere
c)
Atmosphere
d)
Geosphere
29.
Water evaporating from the surface of a lake moves from the...
a)
Atmosphere to the geosphere
b)
Geosphere to the hydrosphere
c)
Hydrosphere to the atmosphere
d)
Atmosphere to the hydrosphere
30.
When living things breathe, they interact with which of Earth's spheres?
a)
Geosphere
b)
Hydrosphere
c)
Atmosphere
d)
Biosphere
31.
When dead plants decompose and nitrogen is returned to the soil, the interaction is between which two spheres?
a)
The biosphere and atmosphere
b)
The atmosphere and geosphere
c)
The geosphere and atmosphere
d)
The biosphere and geosphere
32.
When carbon dioxide dissolves from the air into the ocean- the interaction is between...
a)
The atmosphere and geosphere
b)
The atmosphere and hydrosphere
c)
The atmosphere and biosphere
d)
The atmosphere and atmosphere
33.
Oceans, rivers, lakes, and the moisture in the air are all part of which of Earth's spheres?
a)
Hydrosphere
b)
Biosphere
c)
Atmosphere
d)
Geosphere
34.
When a plants takes carbon dioxide from the air which two spheres are interacting?
a)
Biosphere and atmosphere
b)
Geosphere and atmosphere
c)
Hydrosphere and atmosphere
d)
Atmosphere and atmosphere
35.
When volcanoes erupt, dust and ash particles spread through much of the air blocking the sun. Which two spheres are interacting?
a)
Hydrosphere and atmosphere
b)
Geosphere and atmosphere
c)
Biosphere and atmosphere
d)
Atmosphere and atmosphere
36.
Body of air surrounding our planet.
a)
Hydrosphere
b)
Biosphere
c)
Atmosphere
d)
Geosphere
37.
Wind is part of what sphere of Earth?
a)
Windosphere
b)
Atmosphere
c)
Hydrosphere
d)
Airosphere
38.
Bio =
a)
Earth
b)
Sphere
c)
Life
d)
Water
39.
Geo =
a)
Earth
b)
Sphere
c)
Life
d)
Water
40.
This is part of the....
a)
Geosphere
b)
Biosphere
c)
Hydrosphere
d)
Cryosphere
41.
Hydro =
a)
Sphere
b)
Earth
c)
Life
d)
Water
42.
This is part of the....
a)
Geosphere
b)
Atmosphere
c)
Hydrosphere
d)
Cryosphere
43.
This is part of the....
a)
Geosphere
b)
Atmosphere
c)
Cryosphere
d)
Hydrosphere
44.
What sphere does the earths core belong too?
a)
Hydrosphere
b)
Biosphere
c)
Geosphere
d)
Atmosphere
45.
What sphere does the ozone layer belong too?
a)
Atmosphere
b)
Cryosphere
c)
Geosphere
d)
Hydrosphere
46.
A thunderstorm is a connection between:
a)
Biosphere-Atmosphere
b)
Atmosphere-Hydrosphere
c)
Hydrosphere-Geosphere
d)
Hydrosphere-Biosphere
47.
Which layer of the earth creates the magnetosphere?
a)
inner core
b)
outer core
c)
mantle
d)
crust
48.
Which layer is the thickest?
a)
mantle
b)
outer core
c)
inner core
d)
continental crust
49.
Which layer of the mantle is is the thickest?
a)
mesosphere
b)
asthenosphere
c)
lithosphere
d)
thermosphere
50.
Which of these is not a characteristic of the oceanic crust?
a)
made of basalt
b)
5-10 km thick
c)
coldest layer
d)
40-80 km thick
51.
This type of system does not interact with the world around it. It does all the work by itself
a)
Closed System
b)
Open System
52.
This type of system requires interaction with the environment around it
a)
Closed System
b)
Open System
53.
A boiling pot of water on a stove is what type of system
a)
Closed System
b)
Open System
54.
A boiling pot with a lid on it to keep in the energy is what type of system
a)
Closed System
b)
Open System
55.
Earth's interior can be studied using...
a)
seismographs
b)
drilling
c)
sonography
d)
radiometric dating
e)
all of these
56.
The length of time required for half of the radioactive atoms in a sample to decay is its...
a)
era
b)
age
c)
half-life
d)
eon
57.
How does absolute age differ from relative age?
a)
only absolute dating indicates which rock is older than another
b)
only absolute dating finds the age in years
c)
only relative dating finds the age in years
58.
Radiometric dating is possible because the rates of decay of radioactive isotopes _____.
a)
change over time
b)
change from place to place
c)
are constant
d)
vary widely
59.
If the half-life of a radioactive group of atoms is 100 years, then how old is the rock if there have been two half-lives?
a)
25 years
b)
200 years
c)
400 years
d)
800 years
60.
Put the letters in the correct order from OLDEST to NEWEST (most recent).
a)
C
b)
B
c)
A
d)
D
e)
E
1)
2)
3)
4)
5)
61.
Which of the rock layers is the oldest?
a)
A
b)
B
c)
C
62.
Which of the options below happened most recently (newest)?
a)
D
b)
E
63.
Correlation tells us that we can match rock layers that are very far apart if they have the same fossils in them. If all these layers have the same fossils, draw lines between the matching layers.
64.
If a rock has a fault in it, the fault must be OLDER than the rock
a)
True
b)
False
65.
Using Relative Age, place the labels in the correct location.
a)
Oldest
b)
Youngest
c)
Old
d)
Young
1
2
3
4
1)
2)
3)
4)
66.
Place the examples in the correct category.
Categorize the following
Mr. Prior is older than Ms. Bass
Rock B is younger than Rock A
The Super Nintendo is older than the Switch
The Super Nintendo is 33 years old.
My dog is 8 years old.
My dog is older than my cat
The bicycle is 3 years old.
This rock is 415 million years old.
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