WorksheetsLSMS Per 3 Earth's Crust
Total questions: 10
Worksheet time: 6mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
Which layer of the crust is solid?
a)
Oceanic
b)
Continental
c)
Both
d)
Cookies and Brownies
2.
Which of the following is the name of the ancient supercontinent formed 28 Million Years ago.
a)
Pangea
b)
Gondwanda
c)
Laurasia
d)
Neverland
3.
What causes magma to burst out of a volcano?
a)
happens over time
b)
pressure builds up
c)
an explosion
4.
Volcanoes can be found...
a)
on land
b)
under water
c)
on islands
d)
all of the above
5.
Which statement about geysers is false?
a)
There are only about 1000 geysers in the world
b)
About half the world's geysers are in the U.S.
c)
The water in geysers in heated by magma
d)
All geysers erupt on a regular schedule
6.
Where can a subduction zone happen?
a)
All of the above
b)
Europe
c)
Yellowstone
d)
California
7.
A caldera is created by
a)
a set of fluid lava flows evacuating a magma chamber.
b)
the earthquakes that accompany a large volcanic eruption.
c)
a set of ash flows and lava flows building up a flat topped volcano.
d)
the collapse of a volcano into its magma chamber.
8.
The higher the viscosity of a magma, the higher its content of
a)
iron
b)
nickel
c)
silica
d)
gases
9.
Continental crust is made up of ______________.
a)
metamorphic rock
b)
sedimentary rock
c)
igneous rock
d)
all of the above
10.
What does erosion do?
a)
Break down rock
b)
changes rock chemically
c)
changes sediment in rock
d)
moves broken pieces of rock, or sediment, from one place to another
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