WorksheetsEarth's History
Total questions: 34
Worksheet time: 17mins
How many Earth Systems are there?
5
7
4
3
Which Earth System contains all of the water of the earth?
Biosphere
Hydrosphere
Atmosphere
Geosphere
Which earth system contains all living things?
Biosphere
Hydrosphere
Atmosphere
Geosphere
What are the two types of crust?
Lithosphere and Asthenosphere
Oceanic and Lithosphere
Oceanic and Continental
Outer and Inner
Which layer of the earth lies just below the lithosphere?
Hydrosphere
Asthenosphere
Mesosphere
Mantle
What percent of the earth's mass is crust?
10%
3%
25%
1%
What is it called when convection currents cause the ocean's crust to spread apart?
sea-floor spreading
subduction
trenches
ridge
Seismic waves move fastest through which state of matter?
solid
liquid
gas
they move the same in all
The earth's lithosphere is divided into many pieces called?
land plates
ocean plates
tectonic plates
dinner plates
Which of the following terms is defined as the theory that earth's lithosphere is broken up into plates?
Lithosphericc phenomenon
Plate tectonics
Continenetal Drift
Tectonic Drift
What are tectonic plates comprised of?
pieces of the asthenosphere
pieces of the earth's lithosphere
part ocean water, part land
pieces of volcanic rock
Which of the 7 major plates is mostly oceanic crust?
North American
South American
African
Pacific
What was the name for the "super continent"?
Mid-Ocean Ridge
Rift Valley
Pangaea
Superman
Where are the older rocks of the ocean floor located?
near trenches
in the middle
near mid-ocean ridges
they are all the same
Along what type of boundary is the San Andreas Fault?
Transform
Divergent
Convergent
Subduction
What does the term "geo" mean?
living
life
earth
water
The west coasts of California sits on which tectonic plates?
North American and South American
North American and Pacific
African and South American
Pacific and African
Which of the earth's layers is liquid?
The inner core only
None are liquid
All are liquid
The outer core only
What happens to seismic waves as they travel through Earth's interior?
Nothing happens, they simply travel through
They change speeds as they reach different layers.
They get bounced back when they reach the mantle
They travel all the way through the core before bouncing back.
The Himalayas and the Rocky Mountains formed because of which boundary?
Convergent (ocean to continental)
Divergent
Convergent (continental to continental)
Transform
Which is NOT evidence that Alfred Wegener used to explain his theory that a super continent existed at one time.
The coastlines matched up like puzzle pieces.
Indian artifacts were discovered on different continents
Fossils of a reptile called the mesosaurus was found on different continents.
Scratches in the crust caused by glaciers.
Who came up with the theory that the continents were moving?
Fred Vegner
Albert Einstein
Bill Nye
Alfred Wegener
What kind of currents inside the earth cause the lithosphere to move?
Rising currents
tectonics plates
convection currents
Connection Current
What type of matter makes up the inner core?
liquid iron
solid nickel
liquid mantel
solid iron and nickel
What plate is "B"
Eurasian
North American
Pacific
African
What plate is "D"
Eurasian
North American
Pacific
African
What plate is "L"
Eurasian
North American
Indo-Australian
African
Mid-ocean ridges would be found near what boundary?
Convergent
Divergent
Transform
What type of boundary is also called a strike-slip boundary?
Convergent
Divergent
Transform
____________ is when the floor spreads apart along both sides of a mid-ocean ridge as new crust is added.
sea floor spreading
convergent boundary
convection currents
Subduction
A ______ zone is where a continental plate and an oceanic plate collide, forcing the oceanic plate under the less dense continental plate.
sea floor spreading
rift valley
subduction
transform
What are the 3 main types of plate boundaries?
Divergent, Convergent, Transform
Divergent, Continental, Oceanic
Convergent, Different, Transform
Transform, Continental, Divergent
Convection is caused by differences in
temperature and density
hot and cold
mantle and crust
temperature and mantle
When a liquid is heated, the particles move faster and spread apart. This causes density to ________________.
decrease
increase
heat up
cool down
