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WorksheetsEarth & The Atmosphere
Total questions: 15
Worksheet time: 30mins
The mesosphere helps protect the crust from...
The impact of meteors.
Dangerous cosmic rays.
Dangerous solar flares.
Harmful weather.
The composition of the atmosphere is mostly...
Hydrogen
Oxygen
Nitrogen
Helium
Which of these statements is NOT TRUE of the magnetosphere?
It is created by the spinning of the earth's core.
It creates the Auroras when interacting with radiation.
It deflects very few rays, trapping most of them.
It is about 10 x the size of earth's radius.
The main factor that raises the rate of global warming is...
Ozone and Oxygen
Carbon Dioxide and Hydrogen
Carbon Dioxide
Carbon Dioxide and Dihydrogen Oxide
What is a fault?
A place where tectonic plates slide passed each other.
A place where tectonic plates pass under each other.
A place where thicker crust and thinner crust overlap.
It's the same as a ridge.
What is the weather in an environment over a short period of time called?
Climate
Environment
Weather
Atmosphere
What is the place, on the surface, where an earthquake originates called?
Ellipse
Epicenter
Epiphany
Seismic
The movement of tectonic plates can be explained by...
Convection currents deep underground.
Swirling of the earth's core.
Solid ball at the center of the earth.
Broken nature of the plates themselves.
What layer of the earth is made up of liquid metal mixed with magma?
Upper Mantle
Lower Mantle
Outer Core
Inner Core
What is seasonal climate?
The weather changes created by human activity.
The weather changes that occur yearly without human interaction.
Both of these
None of these
What is the job of the ozone layer?
To allow heat to exit the earth.
To allow heat to enter the earth.
To allow heat to enter and exit the earth.
None of these.
The movements of the continents creates earthquakes, volcanoes, and other natural disasters. What is this called?
Tectonic Plates
Tectonic Drift
Tectites
Ketonisis
What is another name for the "early earth"?
Haitian Era
Hadean Era
The Dark Era
The Medieval Earth
Which of the following is NOT a rising risk of climate change?
Increased heat-related deaths in many countries.
Lack of supplies and clean water in developing countries.
Increased spread of infectious disease among large populations.
Lack of technological advancements.
__________ is the theory that life may have started elsewhere and been brought here in frozen water.
Panathalassa
Pangea
Panspermia
Panem
