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Earth's Structure

Total questions: 10

Worksheet time: 5mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What is the name of the outer layer of the Earth?

a)

Crust

b)

Core

c)

Mantle

d)

Tectonic Plate

2.

Which layer contains semi-molten rock?

a)

Crust

b)

Mantle

c)

Core

d)

Tectonic Plate

3.

The crust is broken up into chunks. What is the name of these slabs of the crust?

a)

Plate Boundaries

b)

Mantle Plates

c)

Tectonic Plates

d)

Plate Margins

4.

What process makes the tectonic plates move?

a)

Sea floor spreading

b)

Convection currents

c)

Subduction

d)

Fold mountains

5.

There are 2 types of crust. Oceanic which is heavy and (a)   which is lighter.

6.

Earthquakes ansd volcanoes occur at the edge of the tectonic plates (where 2 plates meet). What is this zone called?

a)

Plate lip

b)

Plate rim

c)

Plate belt

d)

Plate boundary

7.

What type of plate boundary has 2 tectoinc plate sliding passed each other and getting stuck? When they snap free they produce large earthquakes.

a)

Constructive boundary

b)

Conservative boundary

c)

Collision boundary

d)

Destructive boundary

8.

At which plate margin would you expect to see subduction (Where one plate gets pushed below another)?

a)

Constructuve margin

b)

Conservative margin

c)

Collision margin

d)

Destructive margin

9.

Which of these islands is formed at a constructive margin (where 2 plates move away from each other)?

a)

Australia

b)

Japan

c)

Iceland

d)

Hawaii

10.

On which tectonic plate does the UK lie?

a)

Eurasian

b)

Nazca

c)

North American

d)

Mediterranean