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Earth

Total questions: 68

Worksheet time: 54mins

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.
Which layer of the earth is rock made mostly of iron?
a)
Lithosphere
b)
Core
c)
Asthenosphere
d)
Mantle
5.
How many layers of the Earth's CORE are there?
a)
one
b)
two
c)
three
d)
four
6.
What layer is the hottest?
a)
Core
b)
Crust
c)
Mantle
7.
If you traveled from the center of Earth to the surface, the pressure would...
a)
increase
b)
decrease
c)
stay the same
d)
unsure
8.
True or False: 
The Earth's thin shell of hard rock is called the crust.
a)
True
b)
False
9.
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 
10.
Identify each layer - #15.
a)
Lithosphere
b)
Mantle
c)
Crust
d)
Asthenosphere
11.
What part of the crust is the arrow pointing to?
a)
Continental Crust
b)
Oceanic Crust
c)
Bread Crust
12.

True or False: The Earth's crust is thick melted rock

a)
b)
13.

True or False: The Earth's crust is thicker than the inner layers.

a)
b)
14.
What Layer is 3?
a)
Crust
b)
Mantle
c)
Outer Core
d)
Inner Core
15.

Which layer is the densest?

a)

Z

b)

X

c)

W

d)

V

16.

Are layers X and Z cooler than V?

a)

Yes

b)

No

c)

They are the same temperature.

17.

Which layer has convection currents where the hot, less dense magma rises and the cooler, dense magma sinks?

a)

inner core

b)

outer core

c)

mantle

d)

crust

18.
What type of plate boundary is this?
a)
Plate
b)
Divergent
c)
Convergent
d)
Transform
19.

What type of event will occur at this boundary? Hint: California

a)

Earthquake

b)

Volcano Eruption

c)

Tornado

d)

Mountain Building

20.
Which of the following is the name of the ancient supercontinent formed 28 Million Years ago.
a)
Pangea
b)
Gondwanda
c)
Laurasia
d)
Neverland
21.
What type of plate boundary is this?
a)
Transform
b)
Convergent
c)
Divergent
d)
Plate
22.

Islands can from from magma which is pushed up at a __________ plate boundary (Use PLATE BOUNDARIES Notes)

a)

Divergent

b)

Convergent

c)

Transform

23.
Where would the oldest rock be found?
a)
L
b)
M
c)
N
d)
O
24.
Mountains are created when....
a)
Two continental plates collide
b)
Two oceanic plates pull apart
c)
An Oceanic plate subducts under a Continental Plate
d)
Two continental plates pull apart
25.
What is the correct order (starting from the surface) of Earth's layers?
a)
crust, outer core, inner core, mantle
b)
mantle, outer core, inner core, crust
c)
crust, mantle, outer core, inner core
d)
outer core, inner core, crust, mantle
26.
One large landmass
a)
North America
b)
Pangea
c)
South America
d)
PanAmerica
27.
Heat transfers within the Earth 
a)
Conduction
b)
Convection Current
c)
Ocean Current
d)
Radiation
28.
Addition of new sea floor
a)
Subduction
b)
Sea Floor Spreading
c)
Sea Floor subduction
d)
Convergent
29.
To make new crust, ____ is pushed up from the mantle. 
a)
Lava
b)
Iron
c)
Magma
d)
Nickel
30.
Plates sliding past each other in opposite directions
a)
Convergent
b)
Divergent
c)
Subduction 
d)
Transform 
31.
Geologists study the inside of the Earth by using____
a)
seismic waves
b)
sound waves
c)
light waves
d)
EM waves
32.
Name the boundary
a)
convergent boundary
b)
divergent boundary
c)
transform boundary
d)
sergent boundary
33.
A subduction zone is formed...
a)
when one tectonic plate sinks below another
b)
at every type of convergent plate boundary
c)
at every type of divergent plate boundary
d)
at transform boundaries
34.

Who is the person credited with developing the theory of continental drift long after his death?

a)

Harry Hess

b)

Galileo

c)

Alfred Wegener

d)

Newton

35.
Scientists think that convection currents that move the plates flow in Earth's
a)
Continental crust
b)
Oceanic crust
c)
Asthenosphere
d)
Lithosphere
36.
Which liquid is the least dense?
a)
oil
b)
water
c)
syrup 
d)
plastic bottle
37.
Which box has a higher density?  
a)
Box A
b)
Box B
c)
cannot be determined
d)
they are the same
38.
The Great Rift Valley in Africa and the Mid-Ocean Ridge were all created by this boundary
a)
Divergent
b)
Convergent
c)
Reform
d)
Transform
39.
This image shows plates moving apart. What type of boundary is represented here?
a)
Convergent
b)
Divergent
c)
Allegiant
d)
Transform
40.
6 of the plates are named for continents embedded within them. Which one below was NOT? 
a)
South American
b)
African
c)
Nazca
d)
Australian
41.
India and Asia crashed about 55 million years ago. What mountain range was produced?
a)
The Rockies
b)
The Alps
c)
The Himalayas
d)
The Andes
42.
The San Andreas Fault is an example of a transform boundary. What is produced in this area?
a)
Trenches
b)
Tornadoes
c)
Earthquakes
d)
Rivers
43.
The longest mountain chain in the world, the mid-ocean ridge,was produced by which boundary?
a)
Divergent
b)
Convergent
c)
Allegiant
d)
Conveyor
44.
This is an example of:
a)
Convergent Plate Movement
b)
Divergent Plate Movement
c)
Transform Plate Movement
45.

Traces or remains of organisms that lived long ago

a)

Continental Drift

b)

Mantle

c)

Fossils

d)

Cynognathus

46.

The Earth's continents were once joined together, but gradually moved apart over millions of years. Who proposed this theory ?

a)

Alfred William

b)

Wincent Alfred

c)

Alfred Wegener

d)

James Wegener

47.
A divergent boundary occurs when plates ....
a)
Pull apart
b)
Come together
c)
Slide past each other
d)
subducting
48.
What kind of plate boundary is shown here?
a)
divergent
b)
convergent
c)
transform
d)
strike slip
49.
The area where two or more plates meet is called a __________________.
a)
fault
b)
plate boundary
c)
plate edge
d)
ring of fire
50.
Plate movement is caused by _____
a)
The rotation of the Earth
b)
Ocean tides
c)
Convection current in the mantle
d)
The moon's gravity
51.
This area contains over 70 percent of volcanoes and 90 percent of earthquakes in the world.
a)
North American plate
b)
Ring of Fire
c)
Fiery rings
d)
African plate
52.
This is the theory that states that all the continents started as a single massive continent and have been MOVING apart for over 200 million years and the man that proposed it.
a)
The Big Bang Theory, Einstein
b)
The Pangea Theory, Hutton
c)
The Tectonic Plate Theory, Darwin
d)
The Continental Drift Theory, Wegner
53.

What is the picture demonstrating?

a)

Earth's core is broken into pieces

b)

Earth's lithosphere is broken into pieces

c)

The mantle is very hot

d)

The crust is very fragile

54.

Identify the tectonic plate at location D. (hint: think ocean or continent)

a)

North American Plate

b)

African Plate

c)

Australian Plate

d)

Pacific Plate

55.

Identify the tectonic plate at location G. (hint: think ocean or continent)

a)

North American Plate

b)

African Plate

c)

South American Plate

d)

Pacific Plate

56.

Identify the tectonic plate at location B. (hint: think ocean or continent)

a)

North American Plate

b)

African Plate

c)

Australian Plate

d)

Pacific Plate

57.

Which two plates will cause an earthquake in California?

a)

South American and Nazca

b)

Pacific Plate only

c)

North American and Pacific

d)

South America and African

58.

What will happen between the Nazca and South American Plates?

a)

Mid-Ocean Ridge

b)

Earthquakes

c)

Mountains

d)

Escarpment

59.
What is the continent that is dark green?
a)
North America
b)
South America
c)
Europe
d)
Australia
60.
What is the continent that is light green?
a)
North America
b)
South America
c)
Africa
d)
Australia
61.
Identify the ocean at location #3
a)
Atlantic Ocean
b)
Arctic Ocean
c)
Pacific Ocean
d)
Indian Ocean
62.

Name the boundary

a)

convergent boundary

b)

divergent boundary

c)

transform boundary

d)

sergent boundary

63.
The hypothesis that all continents were once joined into a supercontinent that split apart over a million years ago.
a)
Continentality
b)
continental divide
c)
continental drift
d)
continental shelf
64.
Most geologists rejected Alfred Wegener's idea of continental drift because...
a)
it did not agree with their current theory
b)
Wegener was interested in what Earth was like millions of years ago
c)
Wegener used several different types of evidence to support his hypothesis
d)
Wegener could not identify the force that moved the continents
65.
What two specific continents fit together most noticeably?
a)
Africa and North America
b)
South America and Europe
c)
South America and Africa
d)
Antartica and Africa
66.

Was continental drift accepted in Wegener's lifetime?

a)

Yes

b)

No

c)

Yes, but only by his fiance.

d)

No, but scientists told him to never give up.

67.

Why did no one believe Wegener's theory?

a)

He could not explain HOW the continents moved.

b)

He was a meteorologist and not a geologist.

c)

His evidence was not supporting the hypothesis.

d)

He didn't use the right technology to gather data.

68.

TRUE or FALSE: Alfred Wegener used evidence of fossils to support his theory of continental drift.

a)
b)

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