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Layers of the Earth and Plate Boundaries

Total questions: 25

Worksheet time: 37mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
What are the four main layers of Earth, from outside to inside.
a)
mantle, inner core, outer core, crust
b)
inner core, outer core, mantle crust
c)
crust, mantle, inner core, outer core
d)
crust, mantle, outer core, inner core
2.

Which layer or layers of Earth have humans explored?

a)

Only the mantle

b)

Only the crust

c)

The mantle and the crust

d)

All of the layers of Earth

3.

What is the thickest layer of Earth?

a)

Mantle

b)

Outer Core

c)

Inner Core

d)

Crust

4.

Identify the outermost and thinnest layer.

a)

Curst

b)

Mantle

c)

Outer Core

d)

Inner Core

5.

What is the oceanic crust made of?

a)

Basalt

b)

Granite

c)

Sand

d)

Soil

6.

What is the continental crust made of?

a)

Basalt

b)

Granite

c)

Sand

d)

Soil

7.

Is the outer core solid or liquid?

a)

Solid

b)

Liquid

8.

Is the inner core solid or liquid?

a)

Solid

b)

Liquid

9.

True or False: Heat from the inner core causes the outer core to act as a liquid, helping to create Earth's magnetic field.

a)

True

b)

False

10.

What is the force that moves the continents?

a)

Conduction

b)

Convection

c)

Radiation

11.

What is the name of the last supercontinent that formed millions of years ago?

a)

Pangaea

b)

Bonniebranchia

12.

Who first proposed the theory of continental drift'?

a)

Galileo Galilei

b)

Alfred Wegener

c)

Harry Hess

13.

What is the name of the underwater mountain range where new ocean floor is made?

a)

Subduction

b)

Mid-ocean ridge

c)

Deep-sea Trench

14.
What happens to pressure as we move from the crust to the inner core?
a)
Pressure Decreases
b)
Pressure Increases
c)
Nothing
15.

What happens to temperature as we move from the crust to the inner core?

a)

Temperature Decreases

b)

Temperature Increases

c)

Nothing

16.

What do you call the areas where two tectonic plates meet?

a)

Plate Boundaries

b)

Plate Parties

c)

Tectonic Treaties

d)

Continental Connections

17.
What is a divergent boundary? 
a)
two plates moving towards each other
b)
two plates rubbing side to side
c)
two plates moving away from each other
d)
happens in the lithosphere
18.
What geologic feature/event would you most likely to find at a divergent boundary between two pieces of oceanic crust?
a)
Rift Valley
b)
Mid-Ocean Ridge
c)
Island Arc
d)
Flat land
19.

What is a convergent boundary?

a)

two plates moving towards each other

b)

two plates rubbing side to side

c)

two plates moving away from each other

d)

happens in the lithosphere

20.
What geologic feature/event would you most likely to find at a convergent boundary between two pieces of continental crust?
a)
Volcano
b)
Mountain
c)
Rift
d)
Island Arc
21.

Which diagram shows a plate boundary that is typical for the formation of mountains?

a)
b)
c)
d)
22.

Which diagram shows a plate boundary that is typical for the formation of volcanoes?

a)
b)
c)
d)
23.

What is a transform boundary?

a)

two plates moving towards each other

b)

two plates rubbing side to side

c)

two plates moving away from each other

24.
What geologic feature/event you be most likely to find at a transform boundary?
a)
Earthquakes
b)
Volcanoes
c)
Mountains
d)
Rift Valleys
25.

Which diagram shows a plate boundary that typically causes earthquakes?

a)
b)
c)
d)