WorksheetsUnit C :Earth's Structure and Volcanoes
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 10mins
Layer of the Earth that includes land and the ocean floor
mantle
core
crust
Continent sized slabs that make up the crust and upper mantle
core
crust
plates
What is the Earth's hottest and deepest layer?
crust
mantle
core
Layer of the Earth that is made of solid and melted rock; and is the thickest
crust
mantle
core
The 4 layers of the Earth are:
core, crust, plates, mantle
crust, mantle, outer core, inner core
crust, core, lava, mantle
Shaking of the Earth's crust
earthquake
volcanic eruption
fault
Point on Earth's surface right about the focus of an earthquake
fault
epicenter
focus
Break in the Earth's crust along which rocks move
fault
focus
epicenter
Instrument that records earthquake waves
epicenter
San Andreas fault
seismograph
Underground point where an earthquake first starts
focus
fault
epicenter
3 ways to measure earthquakes
seismograph, Mercalli scale, epicenter
seismograph, Richter scale, plate movement
seismograph, Mercalli scale, Richter scale
Plate movement is when:
Earth's plates move very slowly across Earth's surface on a thin layer of partly melted mantle
There is a break in the Earth's crust
Land slides into the ocean floor
Melted rock that reaches Earth's surface:
magma
crater
lava
Melted rock inside Earth
magma
crust
lava
The tube in a volcano that carries hot melted rock to the surface:
magma chamber
vent
crater
The 5 parts of a volcano are:
lava, crust, magma, vent, magma chamber
lava, crater, plates, vent, magma chamber
lava, crater, magma, vent, magma chamber
A large basin formed at the top of a volcano when it falls in on itself:
crater
vent
magma chamber
Mountains formed by different kinds of eruptions and may form new ocean floor:
lava
craters
volcanoes
Types of volcanoes from largest to smallest:
composite, cinder cone, shield
shield, composite, cinder cone
cinder cone, shield, composite
2 layers of the Earth's core are:
divided into the inner and outer core
divided into crust and mantle
divided into nickel and iron
