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WorksheetsEarth's Layers and Plate Boundaries
Total questions: 42
Worksheet time: 37mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
Which layer of the earth is rock made mostly of iron?
a)
Lithosphere
b)
Core
c)
Asthenosphere
d)
Mantle
2.
What part of the earth is a layer of rock that comprises 67% of Earth’s mass?
a)
mesosphere
b)
mantle
c)
asthenosphere
d)
lithosphere
3.
What is the rigid layer of the Earth's surface made up of the crust and upper mantle called?
a)
asthenosphere
b)
lithosphere
c)
mesosphere
d)
continental crust
4.
How many layers of the Earth's CORE are there?
a)
one
b)
two
c)
three
d)
four
5.
Which layer of Earth is located above the outer core?
a)
crust
b)
inner core
c)
mantle
d)
lithosphere
6.
What is the top layer of the Earth's surface called?
a)
Mantle
b)
Innercore
c)
Outercore
d)
Crust
7.
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
8.
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
9.
This layer of the Earth is found between the core and the crust.
a)
mantle
b)
outer core
c)
inner core
d)
crust
10.
Identify the letter in the diagram. Identify letter A
a)
Lithosphere
b)
Asthenosphere
c)
Mantle
d)
Outer Core
11.
Identify the letter in the diagram. Identify letter F
a)
Lithosphere
b)
Asthenosphere
c)
Mantle
d)
Outer Core
12.
Identify the letter in the diagram. Identify letter B
a)
Crust
b)
Convection Current
c)
Inner Core
d)
Outer Core
13.
Identify the letter in the diagram. Identify letter C
a)
Lithosphere
b)
Asthenosphere
c)
Mantle
d)
Inner Core
14.
Identify layer #20.
a)
mantle
b)
asthenosphere
c)
inner core
d)
outer core
15.
This layer of Earth is the thickest part
a)
crust
b)
outer core
c)
mantle
d)
inner core
16.
Name this boundary
a)
Convergent
b)
Divergent
c)
Transform
d)
Sergent
17.
Name the boundary
a)
divergent
b)
convergent
c)
transform
d)
sergent
18.
Name the boundary
a)
convergent
b)
transform
c)
divergent
d)
sergent
19.
Which of the following is where one plate slides under another plate?
a)
submarine zone
b)
divergence zone
c)
subduction zone
d)
lower zone
20.
Which of the following is associated with transform boundary?
a)
volcanoes
b)
mountains
c)
trenches
d)
earthquakes and fault line
21.
Mountains form from....
a)
Plates sliding past one another
b)
collision of plates
c)
plates moving away from each other
d)
none of these
22.
Oceanic crust is.....
a)
Younger and less dense than continental crust
b)
Thinner, younger, and more dense than continental crust
c)
older, thicker, and less dense than continental crust
d)
Bigger and younger than continental crust
23.
Earth's plates are....
a)
Constantly moving and changing the face of the Earth
b)
Never moved
c)
Move seldom and very fast
d)
move when they feel like it
24.
What was the name given to all the continents when they were joined as one super continent?
a)
Supreme Continent
b)
Eurasia
c)
Plate tectonics
d)
Pangea
25.
Whenever a subduction zone is formed a ____ is formed.
a)
mountains
b)
Island arc
c)
rift valley
d)
volcanoes
26.
Plates moving apart would be...
a)
convergent
b)
divergent
c)
transform
27.
What type of boundary creates a new seafloor?
a)
convergent continental to continental
b)
convergent ocean to continental
c)
convergent ocean to ocean
d)
divergent
28.
A subduction zone is formed....
a)
when one tectonic plate sinks below another
b)
at all plate boundaries
c)
when plates diverge
d)
at transform boundaries
29.
This area contains over 70 percent of volcanoes and 90 percent of earthquakes in the world.
a)
North American plate
b)
Ring of Fire
c)
Fiery rings
d)
African plate
30.
The movement of plates at a divergent boundary
a)
move towards each other
b)
slide past each other
c)
move up and down
d)
move away from each other
31.
This is the theory that states that all the continents started as a single massive continent and have been MOVING apart for over 200 million years and the man that proposed it.
a)
The Big Bang Theory, Einstein
b)
The Pangea Theory, Hutton
c)
The Tectonic Plate Theory, Darwin
d)
The Continental Drift Theory, Wegner
32.
This image represents this type of boundary
a)
divergent
b)
transform
c)
convergent
d)
tectonic
33.
Which is older oceanic or continental crust?
a)
Oceanic
b)
Continental
34.
The movement of plates at a divergent boundary
a)
move towards each other
b)
slide past each other
c)
move up and down
d)
move away from each other
35.
This is an example of -
a)
convergent
b)
divergent
c)
transform
36.
This is an example of -
a)
convergent
b)
divergent
c)
transform
37.
Sand Andreas Fault formed at this type of boundary-
a)
Transform Boundary
b)
Convergent Boundary
c)
Divergent Boundary
d)
Hot Spot
38.
Same rocks in Texas as those in Antarctica, this is proof of-
a)
coastal erosion
b)
plate tectonics
c)
ocean currents
d)
glacial melting
39.
What are the two types of crust
a)
continental and oceanic
b)
ocean and upper
c)
lower and upper
d)
pizza and subway
40.
This image is of....
a)
Convergent Boundary
b)
Transform Boundary
c)
Divergent Boundary
41.
This image is of...
a)
Transform Boundary
b)
Convergent Boundary
c)
Divergent Boundary
42.
Sea floor spreading happens at what type of boundary
a)
Divergent
b)
Convergent
c)
Transform
d)
Mountainous
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