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Changing Earth

Total questions: 13

Worksheet time: 7mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What is the outermost layer of the Earth?

a)

mantle

b)

core

c)

crust

d)

Pangaea

2.

____________ are vibrations that travel through the Earth. They are caused by big events like earthquakes and explosions.

a)

Lithosphere

b)

S-waves

c)

P-waves

d)

Seismic waves

3.

This person studies earthquakes.

a)

subduction

b)

seismologist

c)

ridge

d)

drift

4.

This is a hot (slow moving) solid layer of Earth between the crust and the core.

a)

mantle

b)

core

c)

crust

d)

Asthenosphere

5.

What is the idea that continents move around on Earth's surface?

a)

subduction

b)

sea-floor spreading

c)

Pangaea

d)

continental drift

6.

__________________ is a theory explaining how tectonic plates move on Earth's surface.

a)

plate tectonics

b)

subduction

c)

sea-floor spreading

7.

The center of the Earth is the _____________.

a)

mantle

b)

crust

c)

core

8.

An ancient (very old) super-continent is....

a)

Lithosphere

b)

Pangaea

c)

Asthenosphere

9.

In the picture, the core is the....

a)

blue section

b)

red section

c)

white circle

10.

In the picture, the blue part is the _______________.

a)

mantle

b)

Asthenosphere

c)

crust

d)

core

11.

In a __________ boundary, a tectonic plate boundary with two plates moving apart (in different directions).

a)

divergent

b)

convergent

c)

transform fault

12.

In a ______________ boundary, two plates come together (move toward each other).

a)

divergent

b)

convergent

c)

transform fault

13.

With a ___________________ boundary, two plates slide (move) by each other.

a)

divergent

b)

convergent

c)

transform fault