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WorksheetsEarth Science Review
Total questions: 30
Worksheet time: 24mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
Which layer of Earth is located above the outer core?
a)
crust
b)
inner core
c)
mantle
d)
lithosphere
2.
Which of these two layers is a solid?
a)
innercore
b)
Outercore
3.
What is the top layer of the Earth's surface called?
a)
Mantle
b)
Innercore
c)
Outercore
d)
Crust
4.
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
5.
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
6.
The outermost solid layer of the Earth is called the
a)
mantle
b)
outer core
c)
inner core
d)
crust
7.
The deeper into Earth you go the...
a)
greater the pressure
b)
less pressure
c)
pressure remains the same
8.
Plate movement is caused by ______________.
a)
the rotation of the Earth
b)
ocean tides
c)
convection currents in the mantle
d)
the moon's gravity
9.
The thinnest layer of the Earth is?
a)
Mantle
b)
Lithosphere
c)
Athenosphere
d)
Crust
10.
This layer of Earth is the thickest part
a)
crust
b)
outer core
c)
mantle
d)
inner core
11.
What type of mountain is pictured? Look at the sedimentary layers to help.
a)
folded
b)
fault-block
c)
volcanic
d)
upwarped/dome
12.
Two mountain ranges located in North America are
a)
the Himalayan and the Ural Mountains
b)
the Sierra Nevada and the Atlas Mountains
c)
the Rocky and the Appalachian Mountains
d)
the Alps and the Caucasus Mountains
13.
What are the three kinds of mountains?
a)
Fault-Block, Volcanic, and Dormant
b)
Fault-Block, Folded, and Towering
c)
Folded, Mechanic, and Volcanic
d)
Folded, Volcanic, and Fault-Block
14.
Folded mountains form when masses of rock are stretched apart from opposite ends.
a)
True
b)
False
15.
Which type of mountains form when two tectonic plates collide?
a)
fault-block mountains
b)
folded mountains
c)
dome mountains
16.
The Appalachian Mountains are an example of which type of mountains?
a)
Fault-block mountains
b)
Folded mountains
c)
Dome mountains
17.
Which type of rock results from melting and cooling of magma?
a)
Igneous
b)
Metamorphic
c)
Sedimentary
d)
Extrusive
18.
Which type of rock forms from extreme heat and pressure?
a)
Igneous
b)
Sedimentary
c)
Organic
d)
Metamorphic
19.
A metamorphic rock changes into an igneous rock by what two processes?
a)
Melting and cooling
b)
Extreme heat and pressure
c)
Compaction and cementation
d)
Weathering and erosion
20.
Wind, water, and ice breaking down rock is called
a)
Erosion
b)
Deposition
c)
Compaction
d)
Weathering
21.
What is the MAIN way rocks are classified?
a)
Their color and shapes
b)
How they form
c)
Mineral bands
d)
Where they form
22.
The process in which dissolved minerals crystallize and glue sediment together.
a)
compaction
b)
deposition
c)
organic rock
d)
cementation
23.
This rock was found near the mouth of a volcano. What type of rock is this?
a)
Sedimentary
b)
Igneous
c)
Metamorphic
24.
This rock was formed by smaller pieces of rock that settled at the bottom of a lake millions of years ago. What type of rock is this?
a)
Sedimentary
b)
Igneous
c)
Metamorphic
25.
What are the 3 major types of rocks?
a)
Igneous, Metamorphic, Sedimentary
b)
Metamorphic, Igneous, Cementation
c)
Brown, Red, Gray
d)
Streak, Hardness, Breakage
26.
This rock started as molten magma. What type of rock is this?
a)
Sedimentary
b)
Igneous
c)
Metamorphic
27.
This rock is made from tiny pieces of other rocks that settled to the bottom of a valley millions of years ago. What type of rock is this?
a)
Sedimentary
b)
Igneous
c)
Metamorphic
28.
This rock was molten magma that slowly cooled under the ground. What type of rock is this?
a)
Sedimentar
b)
Igneous
c)
Metamorphic
29.
This rock cooled on the outside of a volcano and contained air bubbles when it was forming. What type of rock is this?
a)
Sedimentary
b)
Igneous
c)
Metamorphic
30.
After lots of time, pressure, and heat, you get this kind of rock. What type of rock is this?
a)
Sedimentary
b)
Igneous
c)
Metamorphic
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