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WorksheetsThe Earth's Structure/Plate Tectonics
Total questions: 15
Worksheet time: 8mins
Which lists the layers of the earth in the correct order? (from the outside)
Core, Mantle, Asthenosphere
Asthenosphere, Mantle, Core
Mantle, Asthenosphere, Core
Mantle Asthenosphere, Core
Which layer of the Earth has plasticity and could be represented in a model with toothpaste?
Crust
Mantle
Asthenosphere
Lithosphere
What is the coolest layer of the Earth?
inner core
lithosphere
crust
mantle
What is the hottest layer of the Earth?
inner core
lithosphere
crust
mantle
A LIMITED number of Elements make up the Earth's Crust. True or False?
True
False
What is the name of the plate labeled J?
Eurasian
Pacific
North American
African
What is the name of the plate labeled G?
Nazca
Indo- Australian
African
South American
What are the names of plates A and D?
Nazca and Pacific
African and South American
African and North American
North American and Pacific
What is formed where these plates are spreading apart?
new ocean floor
earthquakes
volcanoes
mountains
What is formed where 2 CONTINENTAL PLATES COLLIDE?
ocean basin
earthquakes
mountains
volcano
Which is less dense?
Oceanic Crust
Continental crust
Which is more dense?
continental crust
oceanic crust
When a continental plate collides with a oceanic plate which plate is subducted (goes under)?
continental
oceanic
What happens to a plate that is subducted (goes under)?
it melts
it freezes
What landform is likely to be created where one plate is forced under another?
Volcano
Earthquake
Ocean Basin
