WorksheetsPlate Tectonics Chapter 4.1, 4.2, 4.3
Total questions: 15
Worksheet time: 26mins
Name two types of evidence geologists use to learn about Earth's interior and give an example for each.
Indirect evidence from land features
Direct evidence from rock samples
Direct evidence from rock sample
Indirect evidence from seismic waves
Indirect evidence from seismic waves
Direct evidence from fossils
Direct evidence from fossils
Indirect evidence from land feature
Pressure inside Earth _________________________ as you go deeper.
Stays the same
Increases
Decreases
Depends on the conditions
Name the outer most layer of Earth.
Lithosphere
Mantle
Crust
Outer Core
Inner Core
Name the four layers of Earth's interior starting from the outer most layer
inner core, outer core, mantle, crust
crust, mantle, outer core, inner core
crust, outer core, mantle, inner core
Crust , Lithosphere, mantle, core
Heat transfer of energy through space.
A spoon in a pot of hot soup heats up by _______________
Radiation
Conduction
convection currents
convection
Heat from the ________________ and the mantle cause convection currents in the mantle.
Core
Crust
Asthenosphere
Lithosphere
Alfred Wegener hypothesized that all _____________________ were once joined in a single landmass.
houses
fossils
islands
continents
The super continent known as _________________________ exsisted on Earth about 300 million years ago.
Continental drift
Pangaea
All lands
Fossils
Which best describes the difference between the outer core and inner core?
The outer core is a solid ball of metal and the inner core is liquid.
The outer core is liquid and is responsible for Earth's magnetic field. The inner core is a solid ball of metal.
The outer core is hot and the inner core is less hot
The outer core is liquid and the inner core is solid.
What was Alfred Wegener's hypothesis about how continents moved
He woke up woke morning and the continents had moved to there location today.
Over 300 million years ago, continents that were once joined in a single landmass had slowly drifted apart through continental drift.
Continents broke apart from a large Earthquake.
Alfred Wegener names his supercontinent
Continental drift
Spitsbergen
Glossopteris
Pangea
What three factors set convection currents in motion?
Heating, cooling density
Cooling, gravity, mass
Heating, cooling, Gravity
Density, cooling, gravity
What type rock is found in oceanic crust?
Granite
Metamorphic
Basalt
Sedimentary
Why was Alfred Wegener's hypothesis rejected?
Not enough evidence.
He could not prove how mountains formed.
He could not prove the force that pushed and pulled the continents apart.
He was not a qualified scientist.
