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Earth's Interior and Plate tectonic review

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 11mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
Which layer of the earth is completely Liquid?
a)
Crust
b)
Mantle
c)
Outer Core
d)
Inner Core
2.
Which layer is the thickest?
a)
Crust
b)
Mantle
c)
Core
d)
All of them are the same size
3.
This layer of Earth is solid Iron and Nickel
a)
Outer Core
b)
Mantle
c)
Inner Core
d)
Crust
4.

What is the name of layer Q?

a)

lithosphere

b)

inner core

c)

outer core

d)

asthenosphere

e)

mesosphere

5.

What is the name of layer Z?

a)

crust

b)

mantle

c)

outer core

d)

inner core

e)

core

6.

What is the name of layer Y?

a)

crust

b)

mantle

c)

outer core

d)

inner core

e)

core

7.

What is the name of layer R?

a)

lithosphere

b)

inner core

c)

outer core

d)

asthenosphere

e)

mesosphere

8.

Which contains older rocks?

a)

Oceanic crust

b)

Continental crust

9.

Which is denser?

a)

Oceanic crust

b)

Continental crust

10.
Who is the person credited with developing the theory of continental drift?
a)
Harry Hess
b)
Galileo
c)
Alfred Wegener
d)
Newton
11.
This is a picture of glacier scars found in Africa.  What are these evidence for?
a)
Africa has always been near the equator
b)
Africa was once in an area of the Earth that had a very cold climate
c)
The continents have not moved
d)
sea floor spreading
12.
What does the theory of continental drift state?
a)
The continents were once joined in a super-continent and have moved over time
b)
Continents are stationary and do not move
c)
The Earth is broken into lithospheric plates that move due to convection currents
d)
none of the above
13.
What is this a picture of?
a)
plate tectonics
b)
continental drift
c)
pangea
d)
glacier scaring
14.

Which of the following best describes Wegener's continental drift ideas?

a)

Hypothesis: There was data to support the idea but more information was needed to build it into a scientific theory.

b)

Theory: It was an early idea of Wegener's but it didn't yet have any evidence to support it.

c)

Theory: It was a well supported idea that explained many things. No additional information was needed (it just needed time for people to accept it).

d)

Hypothesis: It was an educated guess that Wegener made based on maps, but he hadn't yet collected experimental data.

15.

Massive pieces of land that are part of the Earth's crust and upper mantle

a)

Tectonic plates

b)

Trenches

c)

Divergent boundary

d)

Continental shelves

16.

The OLDEST seafloor is located?

a)

Closest to the mid-ocean ridge

b)

Farthest from the mid-ocean ridge

17.

What happens when Subduction occurs?

a)

Parts of the crust fall into the mantle

b)

Parts of the crust fall into the core

c)

Parts of the crust fall into space

d)

None of these

18.

Which of the following scientists developed the hypothesis of sea floor spreading?

a)

Wegener

b)

Hess

c)

Einstein

d)

Churchill

19.

Without Earth's magnetic field

a)

Compasses would not work.

b)

Solar winds would strip away ozone from the atmosphere.

c)

Life would be exposed to UV radiation

d)

All of these choices are correct

20.

Where does Earth’s magnetic field get its energy from?

a)

The motion of the Earth's plates colliding with each other.

b)

The motion of the Earth's liquid core, which generates electric currents.

c)

The motion of the Earth's mantle which has convection currents.

d)

The motion of the Earth's rotation around the sun.