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Science 7th Grade - Earth’s Layers

Total questions: 25

Worksheet time: 13mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What are the layers of Earth, from our layer to the center of Earth?

a)

Crust, Mantle, Outer Core, Inner Core

b)

Crust, Mantle, Inner Core, Outer Core

c)

Mantle, Crust, Outer Core, Inner Core

d)

Mantle, Crust, Inner Core, Outer Core

2.

What are the two layers in between the crust and mantle?

a)

Lithosphere, Asthenosphere

b)

Stratosphere, Lithosphere

c)

Exosphere, Lithosphere

d)

Asthenosphere, Africa

3.

What is the crust?

a)

England

b)

The layer we live on that is the outer portion of Earth's layers.

c)

The portion of Earth's crust.

d)

Pewdiepie

4.

What is the inner core and outer core made up of, respectively?

a)

Solid iron and nickel, liquid iron and nickel

b)

Liquid iron and nickel, solid iron and nickel

c)

Liquid iron and quarters, solid iron and quarters

d)

Solid iron and quarters, liquid iron and quarters

5.

What are the continents?

a)

North America, South America, Europe, Asia, Australia, Africa, Antarctica

b)

America, India, Eurasia, Santa's North Pole

c)

South Pole, North America

d)

Australia, Africa, Europe, North America, South America

6.

Name all the oceans.

a)

African Ocean, Italian Ocean, Red Ocean

b)

Arctic Ocean, Indian Ocean, Atlantic Ocean, Pacific Ocean, Southern Ocean

c)

Indian Ocean, African Ocean, Atlantic Ocean, Pacific Ocean

d)

Arctic Ocean, Atlantic Ocean, Pacific Ocean, Indian Ocean

7.

What is continental drift?

a)

You tell me!

b)

A theory that states continents were once one land mass: Pangaea.

c)

A theory that states continents were once one land mass: America.

d)

A theory that states continents were once one land mass: India.

8.

What is used to support the Theory of Continental Drift?

a)

Continent Shape, Fossils, Climate, Rock

b)

Organisms, Continent Shape, Climate, Rock Cycle

c)

Metamorphic Rocks, Continent Shape, Climate

d)

Africa

9.

When was the Theory of Continental Drift established?

a)

1912

b)

1911

c)

1910

d)

1922

10.

What is the seafloor?

a)

Portion of Earth's crust that lies beneath ocean water.

b)

Portion of Earth's mantle that lies beneath ocean waters.

c)

Portion of Earth's Core

d)

Portion Of Earth's Exosphere

11.

What type of technology uses sound waves to measure the depth of the ocean floor?

a)

Remote Sensing

b)

SONAR

c)

GPS

d)

Radio Communications

12.

Which best describes the Seafloor Spreading Theory?

a)

Material creates mid ocean ridges, which then carries seafloor apart. Magma flows into crevices and hardens.

b)

Material pushes Africa from South America, India from Australia, etc.

c)

Mountains are created that push continents away from each other.

d)

Glaciers cause rifts in between continents.

13.

What is the largest mountain range on the seafloor?

a)

Mid-Atlantic Ridge

b)

Mid-African Rift

c)

Mid-African Ridge

d)

Mid-Atlantic Rift

14.

Which group best supports the Seafloor Spreading Theory?

a)

Magnetic Alignment, Relative / Absolute Age Of Rocks, Hydrothermal Vents

b)

Magnetic clues, rock traces, fossils

c)

Hydrothermal vents, volcanoes, fault lines

d)

Fault lines

15.

When did the Seafloor Spreading Theory rise in popularity?

a)

1950s

b)

1960s

c)

1970s

d)

1980s

16.

Who created the Theory of Continental Drift?

a)

Pewdiepie

b)

Felix Zongarot

c)

James Golgiaret

d)

Alfred Wegener

17.

Who came up with the Seafloor Spreading Theory?

a)

Joe Swalbart

b)

Nicky Solutyin

c)

Harry Hess

d)

Contour

18.

What best describes the Theory of Plate Tectonics?

a)

Lithosphere is broken into plates that move atop the asthenosphere.

b)

The African Plate and Nazca Plate formed Pangaea.

c)

Asthenosphere is broken into plates that move atop the lithosphere.

d)

Lithosphere and asthenosphere collide.

19.

Which type of plate boundary is incorrect?

a)

Divergent (plates move away)

b)

Convergent (plates collide into each other)

c)

Transform (plates slide past each other)

d)

Transform (plates transform into Optimus Prime)

20.

What are features caused by tension forces?

a)

Mid-ocean ridges, rift valleys, and faults.

b)

Mid Atlantic Drift, rift valleys, and faults.

c)

Mid ocean ridges, strike slip faults, and rift valleys.

d)

The Appalachian Mountains

21.

What features are caused by compression forces?

a)

Mountains and volcanoes.

b)

Fault block mountains, fault lines, and faults.

c)

The Rocky Mountains.

d)

Volcanic islands and plateaus.

22.

What best describes strike slip faults?

a)

Plates slide past each other and stick / slide horizontally.

b)

Plates collide and cracks open that magma soon fills.

c)

Plates cause upwarped mountains.

d)

Faults start to enlargen.

23.

What is an area where an oceanic plate subducts into the mantle?

a)

Subduction zone.

b)

Convergent plate boundary.

c)

Transform plate boundary.

d)

Divergent plate boundary.

24.

According to the several theories presented, which order shows the closest relationship between them?

a)

Convection currents, plate tectonics, seafloor spreading, continental drift.

b)

Plate tectonics, seafloor spreading, continental drift, convection currents.

c)

Seafloor spreading, continental drift, convection currents, plate tectonics.

d)

Too hard, I will pass :(

25.

Where do the lithosphere and asthenosphere belong in the order of Earth’s layers?

a)

Between Crust and Mantle.

b)

Between Mantle and Crust.

c)

Between Inner Core and Outer Core.

d)

Between Outer Core and Inner Core.