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Total questions: 19

Worksheet time: 10mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Pangaea was NOT

a)

a supercontinent of all 7 continents connected

b)

never real; it was made up by early explorers

c)

225 million years ago

2.

The thickest layer of the earth located beneath the crust, made up of hot magma

a)

inner core

b)

crust

c)

mantle

d)

outer core

3.

The third layer of the earth, made out of liquid iron metal:

a)

outer core

b)

crust

c)

inner core

d)

mantle

4.

The innermost layer of the earth, made of solid iron metal:

a)

crust

b)

mantle

c)

inner core

d)

outer core

5.

The thinnest layer of the earth, made up of plates and rock

a)

outer core

b)

inner core

c)

mantle

d)

crust

6.

Igneous rocks are:

a)

formed when existing rocks are changed into new rocks by heat and pressure

b)

formed by layers of soil, sand, and sediment

c)

formed from the molten lava of a volcano

7.

Rocks formed by layers of soil, sand, and sediment are called:

a)

sedimentary

b)

metamorphic

c)

igneous

8.

Rocks formed when existing rocks are changed into new rocks by heat and pressure are:

a)

igneous

b)

sedimentary

c)

metamorphic

9.

The place where two plates meet is called:

a)

an earthquake

b)

a fault

c)

an epicenter

10.

A seismograph is:

a)

an instrument that records movement to predict an earthquake

b)

a scale from 1-9 measuring how powerful an earthquake is

c)

a tool used to predict when a volcano will erupt

11.

An earthquake's power is measured using a:

a)

seismograph

b)

tilt-o-meter

c)

Richter Scale

12.

A way to find the epicenter of an earthquake using 3 locations of earthquake readings on a map:

a)

triangulation

b)

epicenter

c)

focus

13.

The point of an earthquake's surface directly above the earthquake:

a)

epicenter

b)

focus

14.

The central point where the earthquake starts below the surface:

a)

epicenter

b)

focus

15.

Hot, molten rock beneath the earth's surface:

a)

lava

b)

tectonic plates

c)

magma

d)

crust

16.

Hot, molten rock that reaches the earth's surface when a volcano erupts:

a)

magma

b)

crust

c)

tectonic plates

d)

lava

17.

The Ring of Fire is a group of active volcanoes along fault lines in the:

a)

Atlantic Ocean

b)

Antarctic Ocean

c)

Pacific Ocean

18.

A tilt-o-meter is a tool used to predict:

a)

when a tsunami will occur

b)

when an earthquake will occur

c)

when a volcano will erupt

19.

The Seiche Effect is:

a)

the siren that sounds telling people a tsunami is coming

b)

warning that a tsunami is about to occur when the water gets sucked back out to the ocean

c)

what happens to a place after a tsunami hits