WorksheetsKS4 - Hazards 1
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 7mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
The layer of gases surrounding Earth is known as what?
a)
Geosphere
b)
Atmosphere
c)
Biosphere
d)
Hydrosphere
2.
The rocky layer of the Earth is known as what?
a)
Geosphere
b)
Atmosphere
c)
Biosphere
d)
Hydrosphere
3.
The layer of living things on Earth's crust is known as what?
a)
Geosphere
b)
Atmosphere
c)
Biosphere
d)
Hydrosphere
4.
The layer water on Earth is known as what?
a)
Geosphere
b)
Atmosphere
c)
Biosphere
d)
Hydrosphere
5.
Which layer of Earth is liquid?
a)
Inner Core
b)
Outer Core
c)
Asthenosphere
d)
Lower Mantle
e)
Crust
6.
Which layer of Earth is 4,500 degrees celsius?
a)
Inner Core
b)
Outer Core
c)
Asthenosphere
d)
Lower Mantle
e)
Crust
7.
What generates heat in the inner core?
a)
Radioactive Decay
b)
The sun
c)
Fire
d)
Electricity
8.
Which layer is made mainly of iron and nickle?
a)
Inner Core
b)
Asthenosphere
c)
Continental Crust
d)
Oceanic Crust
9.
Which layer is made mainly of peridotite?
a)
Inner Core
b)
Asthenosphere
c)
Continental Crust
d)
Oceanic Crust
10.
Which layer is made mainly of basalt?
a)
Inner Core
b)
Asthenosphere
c)
Continental Crust
d)
Oceanic Crust
11.
Which layer is made mainly of granite?
a)
Inner Core
b)
Asthenosphere
c)
Continental Crust
d)
Oceanic Crust
12.
Which layer of Earth is thinnest at a maximum thickness of 35km?
a)
Inner Core
b)
Outer Course
c)
Mantle
d)
Crust
13.
What is the term given to a plate boundary which pulls apart?
a)
Convergent
b)
Divergent
c)
Conservative
d)
Subduction
14.
What is the term given to a plate boundary which push into each other?
a)
Convergent
b)
Divergent
c)
Conservative
d)
Subduction
15.
What is the term given when to plates push past each other?
a)
Convergent
b)
Divergent
c)
Conservative
d)
Subduction
16.
What is the term given for when a tectonic plate is pushed under another tectonic plate?
a)
Convergent
b)
Divergent
c)
Conservative
d)
Subduction
17.
Which of Earth's layers is heaviest (densist) at 12.2g per cm3
a)
Inner Core
b)
Mantle
c)
Continental Crust
d)
Oceanic Crust
18.
Which of Earth's layers is thickest at 2550km?
a)
Inner Core
b)
Mantle
c)
Continental Crust
d)
Oceanic Crust
19.
What landform is found at a subduction zone?
a)
Mid ocean ridge
b)
Deep ocean trench
c)
U-Shaped Valley
d)
V-Shaped Valley
20.
What landform is found at a divergent plate boundary?
a)
Mid ocean ridge
b)
Deep ocean trench
c)
U-Shaped Valley
d)
V-Shaped Valley
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