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Worksheetstechtonic plates
Total questions: 29
Worksheet time: 25mins
True or False. Earth's continents have always been in the same places where they are today.
True
False
Earth is made up of _________ main layers.
two
three
four
five
Under the crust is a thick layer called the _________.
mantle
outer core
inner core
Continental plate
What layer do tectonic plates float on?
crust
mantle
Oceanic Plate
Continental Plate
The _______ are part of the Earth's thin outer layer called the crust.
continents
mantle
Outer Core
Inner Core
The ___________ is made of heavy rock.
crust
inner core
outer core
mantle
The ___________ is broken up into pieces called tectonic plates.
Oceanic Plate
Continental Plate
Lithosphere
Atmosphere
What is at the center of the Earth? Mark all that apply.
Iron and nickel
Core
tectonic plates
Pangaea
Tectonic plates can be ____________. Mark all that apply.
Oceanic
Continental
moved with heat from the Earth's interior
stationary (not movable)
True or False. Scientists have discovered seven major tectonic plates.
True
False
True or False. The Inner Core is in a liquid state.
True
False
True or False. The Outer Core is in a liquid state.
True
False
What are the layers of earth, starting from the outside and working to the inside. Mark all that apply.
mantle, crust, outer core, inner core
inner core, outer core, mantle, crust
crust, mantle, core
crust, mantle, outer core, inner core
True or False. Sea floor spreading is when rifts spread apart and magma flows up and fills the space.
True
False
Name this type Plate Boundary
Convergent Collisional
Transform
Divergent
Convergent Subduction
Which layer of the Earth is solid iron and nickel?
Mantle
Crust
Inner Core
Outer core
What is the thinnest and outer most layer of the Earth, that we live on?
Outer Core
Crust
Mantle
Inner core
Huge pieces of lithosphere that slowly move on the asthenosphere and consist of the crust and the rigid, uppermost part of the mantle
tectonic plates
North American Plate
Eurasian Plate
African Plate
A tectonic plate division of the lithosphere that includes the continental crust of Greenland, North America, Siberia, and the surrounding oceanic crust.
tectonic plates
African Plate
North American Plate
South American Plate
HOW MANY TECTONIC PLATES ARE THERE?
5
9
15
2
What word fits this definition:The cool, rigid, outermost layer of Earth that consists of the crust and the uppermost part of the mantle; broken into pieces or segments called plates.
Asthenosphere
Lithosphere
mantle
core
