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Pangaea

Total questions: 10

Worksheet time: 7mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What does Pangaea mean?

a)

whole Earth

b)

pieces of Earth

c)

Earth's crust

d)

movement of earth

2.

What is Plate Tectonics?

a)

movement of the Earth in space

b)

movement of the oceans against Earth's land

c)

movement of the Earth around the sun

d)

movement of the pieces of Earth's crust

3.

What are plates?

a)

pieces of the Earth's moon

b)

pieces of rock and dust floating in space

c)

pieces of the Earth's core

d)

pieces of Earth's crust

4.

What is the inner-most layer of Earth?

a)

inner core

b)

outer core

c)

mantle

d)

crust

5.

What is the outer-most layer of Earth?

a)

inner core

b)

outer core

c)

mantle

d)

crust

6.

What layer of Earth is made of magma?

a)

inner core

b)

outer core

c)

mantle

d)

crust

7.

Which layer of the core is made of molten metals?

a)

inner core

b)

outer core

c)

mantle

d)

crust

8.

Why do Earth's plates move?

a)

because of tornadoes and hurricanes

b)

because of Earth spinning on its axis

c)

because of Earth orbiting the sun

d)

because of molten rock heating and cooling within the mantle

9.

How long does it take Earth to orbit the sun?

a)

365 and 1/2 days

b)

365 and 1/4 days

c)

24 days

d)

24 hours

10.

Why do we have day and night?

a)

because of Earth's orbit around the sun

b)

because of Earth's moon

c)

because of Earth's place in the solar system

d)

because of Earth's rotation on its axis