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The Earth's Structure/Plate Tectonics

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 8mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Which lists the layers of the earth in the correct order? (from the outside)

a)

Core, Mantle, Asthenosphere

b)

Asthenosphere, Mantle, Core

c)

Mantle, Asthenosphere, Core

d)

Mantle Asthenosphere, Core

2.

Which layer of the Earth has plasticity and could be represented in a model with toothpaste?

a)

Crust

b)

Mantle

c)

Asthenosphere

d)

Lithosphere

3.

What is the coolest layer of the Earth?

a)

inner core

b)

lithosphere

c)

crust

d)

mantle

4.

What is the hottest layer of the Earth?

a)

inner core

b)

lithosphere

c)

crust

d)

mantle

5.

A LIMITED number of Elements make up the Earth's Crust. True or False?

a)

True

b)

False

6.

What is the name of the plate labeled J?

a)

Eurasian

b)

Pacific

c)

North American

d)

African

7.

What is the name of the plate labeled G?

a)

Nazca

b)

Indo- Australian

c)

African

d)

South American

8.

What are the names of plates A and D?

a)

Nazca and Pacific

b)

African and South American

c)

African and North American

d)

North American and Pacific

9.

What is formed where these plates are spreading apart?

a)

new ocean floor

b)

earthquakes

c)

volcanoes

d)

mountains

10.

What is formed where 2 CONTINENTAL PLATES COLLIDE?

a)

ocean basin

b)

earthquakes

c)

mountains

d)

volcano

11.

Which is less dense?

a)

Oceanic Crust

b)

Continental crust

12.

Which is more dense?

a)

continental crust

b)

oceanic crust

13.

When a continental plate collides with a oceanic plate which plate is subducted (goes under)?

a)

continental

b)

oceanic

14.

What happens to a plate that is subducted (goes under)?

a)

it melts

b)

it freezes

15.

What landform is likely to be created where one plate is forced under another?

a)

Volcano

b)

Earthquake

c)

Ocean Basin