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Inside Our Earth

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 10mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

The earth, our homeland is a (a)   planet.

2.

The things present inside the earth are :

a)

Crust

b)

Mantle

c)

Core

d)

Animals

3.

The deepest mine in the world, is in (a)   .

4.

Just like a/an (a)   ,the earth is made up of several concentric layers with one inside another.

5.

The uppermost layer over the earth’s surface is called :

a)

Crust

b)

Mantle

c)

Core

6.

It is about ___ km. on the continental masses and only __ km. on the ocean floors.

(a)  

7.

The main mineral constituents of the continental mass are :

a)

silicon and aluminium

b)

silica and nickel

c)

silica and alumina

d)

silicon and magnesium

8.

"sima" is the acronym for :

(a)  

9.

Just beneath the crust is the (a)   which extends up to a depth of 2900 km. below the crust.

10.

The chemical name for Iron is :

a)

Fe - Ferrous

b)

Fe - Feride

c)

Iron oxide

d)

Steel

11.

The radius of the earth is (a)   km

12.

Three major types of rocks:

a)

igneous

b)

sedimentary

c)

metamorphic

d)

sial

e)

sima

13.

When the molten magma cools, it becomes solid. Rocks thus formed are called (a)   rocks.

14.

Igneous is a _____ word meaning ______

a)

Latin, fire

b)

Greek, Stones

c)

French, Water

d)

Latin, Hot air

15.

(a)   is actually fiery red molten magma coming out from the interior of the earth on its surface.

16.

Sometimes the molten magma cools down deep inside the earth’s crust. Solid rocks so formed are called (a)   igneous rocks

17.

(a)   is the example of intrusive sedimentary rock.

18.

Sedimentary is a word derived from _____ word ______

a)

Greek, sedentum

b)

Latin, sedentum

c)

French, Sedimenta

d)

Spanish, Sedenta

19.

The sediments fuse together with this natural cementing material called ______

a)

Lime

b)

Glue

c)

cement

d)

clay

20.

Rock salt is an example of

a)

Organically deposited sedimentary rock

b)

Stratified rock

c)

chemically deposited sedimentary rock