WorksheetsPlate Tectonics - Intro
Total questions: 12
Worksheet time: 24mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
What is the very top layer of the earth called, where people and animals and plants live?
a)
Mantle
b)
Crust
c)
Core
d)
Continents
2.
What is the very deepest layer of the earth called, in the center of it?
a)
Mantle
b)
Crust
c)
Core
d)
Continents
3.
Which layer of Earth is located just above the center of the earth, but not on the outer edge?
a)
Mantle
b)
Crust
c)
Core
d)
Continents
4.
What are large continuous landmasses on the surface of the earth called?
a)
Mantle
b)
Crust
c)
Core
d)
Continents
5.
What kind of natural disasters commonly happen in Iowa?
a)
Tornados and Blizzards
b)
Tornado and Tsunamis
c)
Blizzards and big Earthquakes
d)
Forest Fires and Tsunamis
6.
True or false: The earth beneath our feet is slowly moving.
a)
True
b)
False
7.
The way the earth's land and oceans move slowly over time is called what?
a)
Marsupials
b)
Crust Mantling
c)
Plate Tectonics
d)
Erosion
8.
How many plates are there on the earth?
a)
2
b)
4
c)
9
d)
15
9.
What can cause earthquakes to happen?
a)
Moose running really hard on the ground
b)
Plates of the earth rubbing against each other
c)
The planet's core exploding
d)
The crust falling into the mantle
10.
What is one effect of the plates moving?
a)
Mountains can form
b)
People get allergies
c)
Animals migrate away
11.
How fast do earth's plates move?
a)
About 200 miles per hour
b)
About as fast as our fingernails grow
c)
They don't move
d)
One mile each day
12.
True or false: The Atlantic Ocean is getting bigger as the plates move slowly away from each other.
a)
True
b)
False
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