WorksheetsEarth's Structure
Total questions: 10
Worksheet time: 5mins
What is the name of the outer layer of the Earth?
Crust
Core
Mantle
Tectonic Plate
Which layer contains semi-molten rock?
Crust
Mantle
Core
Tectonic Plate
The crust is broken up into chunks. What is the name of these slabs of the crust?
Plate Boundaries
Mantle Plates
Tectonic Plates
Plate Margins
What process makes the tectonic plates move?
Sea floor spreading
Convection currents
Subduction
Fold mountains
There are 2 types of crust. Oceanic which is heavy and (a) which is lighter.
Earthquakes ansd volcanoes occur at the edge of the tectonic plates (where 2 plates meet). What is this zone called?
Plate lip
Plate rim
Plate belt
Plate boundary
What type of plate boundary has 2 tectoinc plate sliding passed each other and getting stuck? When they snap free they produce large earthquakes.
Constructive boundary
Conservative boundary
Collision boundary
Destructive boundary
At which plate margin would you expect to see subduction (Where one plate gets pushed below another)?
Constructuve margin
Conservative margin
Collision margin
Destructive margin
Which of these islands is formed at a constructive margin (where 2 plates move away from each other)?
Australia
Japan
Iceland
Hawaii
On which tectonic plate does the UK lie?
Eurasian
Nazca
North American
Mediterranean
