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WorksheetsEarth's Layers & Earthquakes
Total questions: 12
Worksheet time: 5mins
What layer is the thin layer that we live on?
Mantle
Crust
Lithosphere
Inner Core
What is the overall average thickness of the crust?
42 miles
4 miles
2 miles
24 miles
What is the average thickness of the crust in the mountains?
42 miles
4 miles
2 miles
24 miles
Who was Alfred Wegener and what did he discover?
Explorer; Discovered Greenland
Map Maker; Explored Germany
Meteorologist; Theory of Continental Drift
Scientist; Discovered Earthquakes
What are the five different layers of the earth in order from where we live to the center?
crust, lithosphere, mantle, outer core, inner core
crust, lithosphere, mantle, inner core, outer core
crust, lithosphere, outer core, inner core, mantle
crust, mantle, lithosphere, outer core, inner core
Giant pieces of lithosphere are
fault lines
earth's inner core
tectonic plates
the ring of fire
There are two types of tectonic plates. Choose the two types of plates and what they're made of:
Continental Plates (granite) and Oceanic Plates (basalt)
Continental Plates (basalt) and Oceanic Plates (granite)
Continental Plates (crust) and Oceanic Plates (iron)
Continental Plates (iron) and Oceanic Plates (oxygen)
What is it called when two plates moving towards each other, and then one pushes the other plate down into the mantle?
sea-floor spreading
subversion
sinking
subduction
Which plate boundary is most often equated with earthquakes?
converging
sliding/transform
diverging
subduction
Underwater volcanoes caused by seafloor spreading are most associated with which plate boundary?
Converging Boundary
Diverging Boundary
Sliding/Transform Boundary
Subduction
Mountains being created and built over time is most often due to which boundary?
Converging Boundary
Diverging Boundary
Transform/Sliding Boundary
Subduction
On average, how much do plate tectonics move in a year?
4 feet
4 inches
4 centimeters
4 meters
