WorksheetsLayers of the Earth &+ Plate Tectonics
Total questions: 38
Worksheet time: 19mins
Which layer of the Earth is the innermost layer?
Mantle
Crust
Inner Core
Outer Core
Which layer of the Earth is the outermost layer?
Mantle
Crust
Inner Core
Outer Core
This layer is made mostly of granite and rock
Crust
Mantle
Inner Core
Outer Core
This layer is made of solid and melted rock
Crust
Mantle
Inner Core
Outer Core
This layer is the deepest layer of the earth.
Crust
Mantle
Outer Core
Inner Core
This layer is as hot as the sun
Crust
Mantle
Outer Core
Inner Core
This layer is made of mostly nickel and iron
Crust
Mantle
Outer Core
Inner Core
This layer is the thinnest layer of the Earth
Crust
Mantle
Outer Core
Inner Core
This layer contains the ocean floor and continents
Crust
Mantle
Outer Core
Inner Core
This layer moves slow like putty.
Crust
Mantle
Outer Core
Inner Core
This is the layer of the Earth that we walk on.
Crust
Mantle
Outer Core
Inner Core
This is the layer that contains Earth’s plates.
Crust
Mantle
Outer Core
Inner Core
This is the layer that is all liquid - hot lava made of iron, nickel, sulfur, and oxygen
Crust
Mantle
Outer Core
Inner Core
This layer is a solid ball located at the center of the Earth
Crust
Mantle
Outer Core
Inner Core
True of False: The continental crust is thicker than oceanic crust.
True
False
True or False: The oceanic crust is older than the continental crust.
True
False
Continental crust makes of ______% of the Earth.
10%
25%
40%
60%
Oceanic crust makes up _______% of the Earth's surface.
10%
25%
30%
60%
How far in the Earth's crust have we gone?
About 7 miles
About 6 miles
About 2 miles
About 13 miles
What is the name of the deepest point in the ocean?
Kola Super Borehole
Pacific Trench
Mariana Trench
Super Atlantic Trench
The theory of plate tectonics involves which layer of Earth?
Crust
Mantle
Outer Core
Inner Core
In the Earth's mantle, the lithosphere is:
Brittle, rocky, and fragmented
A slow-moving molasses-like layer
As hot as the sun
Constantly changing temperature
In the Earth's mantle, the asthenosphere is:
Brittle, rocky, and fragmented
A slow-moving molasses-like layer
As hot as the sun
Constantly changing temperature
Name the boundary: When two plates slide next to each other in opposite directions.
Divergent Boundary
Transform Boundary
Convergent Boundary
Name the boundary: When two plates move away from each other.
Divergent Boundary
Transform Boundary
Convergent Boundary
Name the boundary: When two plates collide into each other
Divergent Boundary
Transform Boundary
Convergent Boundary
Which drawing correctly shows the direction of movement for a divergent boundary?
Which drawing correctly shows the direction of movement for a convergent boundary?
Which drawing correctly shows the direction of movement for a transform boundary?
Convergent, Divergent, or Transform: Rift valley are created by these plate boundaries.
Convergent
Divergent
Transform
Convergent, Divergent, or Transform: Crust is neither created nor destroyed
Convergent
Divergent
Transform
Convergent, Divergent, or Transform: Crust is created at these plate boundaries.
Convergent
Divergent
Transform
Convergent, Divergent, or Transform: At this plate boundary, crust collides with crust
Convergent
Divergent
Transform
Convergent, Divergent, or Transform: Earthquakes are caused by these plate boundaries.
Convergent
Divergent
Transform
Convergent, Divergent, or Transform: Volcanic islands are formed by these plate boundaries.
Convergent
Divergent
Transform
Convergent, Divergent, or Transform: Mountains are created by these plate boundaries.
Convergent
Divergent
Transform
Convergent, Divergent, or Transform: Volcanoes are formed at these plate boundaries.
Convergent
Divergent
Transform
Convergent, Divergent, or Transform: Crust is destroyed.
Convergent
Divergent
Transform
