WorksheetsEarth's Layers Review
Total questions: 26
Worksheet time: 45mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
What is the top layer of the Earth's surface called?
a)
Mantle
b)
Innercore
c)
Outercore
d)
Crust
2.
Which best describes the asthenosphere?
a)
molten metal
b)
dense, solid metal ball
c)
solid that flows
d)
dry land and ocean floor
3.
Which layer of the earth is rock made mostly of iron?
a)
Lithosphere
b)
Core
c)
Asthenosphere
d)
Mantle
4.
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
5.
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
6.
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
7.
Which layer of Earth is characterized by rock that is plastic, or soft enough to flow?
a)
asthenosphere
b)
crust
c)
lithosphere
d)
inner core
8.
What are the two types of crust?
a)
top crust,bottom crust
b)
oceanic crust, continental crust
c)
water,land
d)
none of the above
9.
Identify each layer - #15.
a)
Lithosphere
b)
Mantle
c)
Crust
d)
Asthenosphere
10.
Identify each layer - #19.
a)
mantle
b)
lithosphere
c)
inner core
d)
outer core
11.
Identify each layer - #20.
a)
mantle
b)
asthenosphere
c)
inner core
d)
outer core
12.
What layer of Earth do we live on?
a)
Crust
b)
Core
c)
Mantle
13.
What Layer is 3?
a)
Crust
b)
Mantle
c)
Outer Core
d)
Inner Core
14.
Scientists determine what Earth’s interior looks like by using:
a)
Volcanoes
b)
Seismic Waves
c)
Continental Drift
d)
Convection Currents
15.
Which choice describes convection?
a)
When an object heats up, because it is in contact/touching another object
b)
When the Sun's energy heats up Earth's surface
c)
When hot materials move into cooler materials
d)
Hot materials rise and cool materials sink
16.
Which layer of the Earth has convection currents that cause tectonic plates to move?
a)
Crust
b)
Mantle
c)
Outer Core
d)
Inner Core
17.
Plate tectonic movement can cause Earth quakes, Volcanoes, and Mountains to form
a)
True
b)
False
18.
The rigid outermost layer of Earth that includes the uppermost mantle and crust.
a)
asthenosphere
b)
lithosphere
c)
core
d)
mantle
19.
The partially melted portion of the mantle below the lithosphere
a)
mantle
b)
core
c)
crust
d)
asthenosphere
20.
A student is building a model of the layers of the Earth. Which material would best represent the crust?
a)
group of magnetic balls
b)
styrofoam packing pellets
c)
bag of shredded paper
d)
thin layer of plaster
21.
Which layer in the image contains the asthenosphere and part of the lithosphere?
a)
1
b)
2
c)
3
d)
4
22.
Which layer of Earth is composed of a liquid metal?
a)
mantle
b)
inner core
c)
outer core
d)
crust
23.
Which layer of Earth has a consistency like silly-putty (or oobleck)?
a)
crust
b)
lithosphere
c)
asthenosphere
d)
inner core
24.
What is the thinnest layer of Earth?
a)
crust
b)
mantle
c)
outer core
d)
inner core
25.
The order of the earth’s compositional layers from most dense to least dense are
a)
Inner Core, Crust, Mantle and Outer Core
b)
Crust, Mantle, Outer Core and Inner Core
c)
Inner Core, Outer Core, Mantle and Crust
d)
Crust, Outer Core, Inner Core and Mantle.
26.
What are the two kinds of crust that the Earth has?
a)
Oceanic and Crustatious Crust
b)
Oceanic and Continental Crust
c)
Optic and Continental Crust
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