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WorksheetsLayers of the Earth and Earth Movement
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 10mins
Earth’s outer core is liquid, but the inner core is solid because it is ____________.
cooler
hotter
under intense pressure
made of different materials
Scientists have learned that Earth’s continents are __________.
rising
fixing
moving
dropping
The idea that large landmasses move across Earth is called ________.
earthquakes
continental drift
sea floor spreading
the mantle
Where are most mountains, earthquakes and volcanoes located?
in the middle of a continent
on the sea floor
in the middle of a plate
at the boundary between plates
Subduction can occur at ________ boundaries.
convergent
divergent
continental
sea floor
Wegener’s Continental Drift theory (1912) suggested __________.
a. the continents are still moving
b. the earth was one large land mass
Both a and b
sea floor spreading
Which one of the following statements does NOT support the Continental Drift Theory?
fossil correlation
evidence of potato crops were found in both N. America and Europe
area from the poles showed evidence of being covered by ice
similar rock layers from edges of S. America and Africa
Which layer of the Earth allows movement of the plates because it is made of liquid rock?
outer core
lithosphere
asthenosphere
crust
____________ can only occur at divergent boundaries.
Sea floor spreading
Earthquakes
Volcanic eruption
crustal movement
In Latin, ‘Tectonic’ means _______.
landforms
earthquake
none of the answers
builder
Which diagram represents subduction occurring at a convergent boundary? ______
A
B
C
Which diagram represents sea-floor spreading? _______
A
B
C
In which diagram is a mid-ocean ridge represented? _______
A
B
C
Which diagram represents what is currently occurring in Africa’s Great Rift Valley?
A
B
C
Which diagram represents a transform-fault boundary? ________
A
B
C
The thinnest layer of Earth
mantle
crust
inner core
outer core
place where two plates grind past one another
divergent boundary
convergent boundary
transform fault boundary
one large land mass or super continent
earthquake
transform fault boundary
Mid-Ocean rift
Pangaea
section of Earth that includes the crust
and the solid upper mantle
lithosphere
asthenosphere
Mid-Ocean Ridge
Pangaea
a deep valley formed at a divergent boundary
rift
sea-floor spreading
Pangaea
continental drift
