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The Structure of the Earth

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 8mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What do we call the center of the Earth?

a)

Mantle

b)

Crust

c)

Lithosphere

d)

Core

2.

What is the outermost layer of the Earth that consists of the continents and the oceans?

a)

Mantle

b)

Outer Core

c)

Crust

d)

Inner Core

3.

What is the layer of rock between the Earth's outer core and crust?

a)

Inner Core

b)

Mantle

c)

Crust

d)

Core

4.

What do we call the crust that makes up the continents (land)?

a)

Tectonic plates

b)

Oceanic crust

c)

Continental crust

d)

Atmosphere

5.

The crust beneath the oceans is:

a)

Oceanic crust

b)

Tectonic plates

c)

Continental crust

d)

Ocean floor

6.

The Earth's crust is divided into a number of large pieces called

a)

Plate margins

b)

Tectonic plates

c)

Continents

d)

Countries

7.

We live on the core of the Earth

a)

True

b)

False

8.

The majority of the earths crust is continental crust

a)

True

b)

False

9.

The hottest layer of the Earth is:

a)

Mantle

b)

Inner core

c)

Outer core

d)

Crust

10.

Which of these layers is the largest?

a)

Outer core

b)

Mantle

c)

Crust

d)

Asthenosphere

11.

What is the inner core made of?

a)

Solid rock

b)

Molten metal

c)

Molten rock

d)

Solid metal

12.

The outer core is

a)

Molten metal

b)

Solid metal

c)

Molten rock

d)

Solid rock

13.

What type of rock is the Asthenosphere (upper mantle, below lithosphere) made of?

a)

Molten

b)

Solid

c)

Semi-molten

14.

What kind of solid rocks make up the Earth's crust?

a)

Magma

b)

Granite & basalt

c)

Continents

15.

The lithosphere consists of the upper most part of the mantle and the..

a)

Crust

b)

Asthenosphere

c)

Core

d)

Continents