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Earth Layers-Pd 1

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 11mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

There are three of these type of layers, the classification is base on the chemicals that are present and their properties.

a)

physical layers

b)

chemical layers

c)

compositional layers

2.

There are 5 of these layers. They are classified based on the properties the layers possess for example density, state of matter (liquid, solid)

a)

chemical layers

b)

compositional layers

c)

physical layers

3.

The outermost compositional layer. There are two types: oceanic and continental.

a)

mantle

b)

crust

c)

inner core

d)

outer core

4.

located between the crust and the core, this is a region of hot, slow-flowing solid rock.

a)

crust

b)

mantle

c)

core

5.

The outermost, rigid layer of the Earth. It is made up of the crust and the upper mantle.

a)

lithosphere

b)

asthenosphere

c)

mesosphere

6.

This is the liquid layer of the Earth's core.

a)

inner core

b)

outer core

c)

apple core

7.

The ability to transmit waves, and how those waves are transmitted is considered to be a physical property that helps us to classify the Earth's physical layers.

a)

true

b)

false

8.

There are three compositional layers of the Earth, based on the chemical composition these layers are the Crust, Mantle, and Core.

a)

true

b)

false

9.

There are five physical layers of the Earth based on physical properties such as density, if a layer is solid or liquid, how a layers moves, and how it transmits waves.

a)

true

b)

false

10.

The movement of matter caused by differences in temperatures caused by variations in temperature is called:

a)

conduction

b)

convection

c)

radiation

11.

What elements make up the majority of the Earth's core?

a)

silicon

b)

oxygen

c)

iron

12.

A substances density is what type of property of matter?

a)

chemical property

b)

physical property

c)

energy property

13.

The elements that make up a layer of the Earth would be considered to be what type of property?

a)

chemical property

b)

physical property

c)

energy property

14.

Matter is not created or destroyed, it is just recycled over and over again. (it just changes from one form to another)

a)

true

b)

false

15.

This is the densest compositional layer and makes up one third of the Earths mass.

a)

the crust

b)

the mantle

c)

the core

d)

the lithosphere