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Natural hazards

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 10mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Which layer of the Earth is made of iron and some nickel?

a)

crust

b)

mantle

c)

core

2.
Which physical layer is the thinnest?
a)
crust
b)
mantle
c)
core
3.
Which layer of the core is solid?
a)
inner
b)
outer
4.
Which layer is made up of iron and nickel?
a)
Crust
b)
Mantle
c)
Inner Core
d)
Lithosphere
5.
What are the two types of crust?
a)
top crust,bottom crust
b)
oceanic crust, continental crust
c)
water,land
d)
none of the above 
6.
What is the correct layers of the earth starting with the surface?
a)
crust, outer core, inner core, mantle
b)
mantle, outer core, inner core ,crust
c)
crust, mantle, outer core, inner core
d)
outer core, inner core , crust, mantle
7.
Which layer of Earth is liquid metal?
a)
Outer Core
b)
Mantle
c)
Inner Core
d)
Asthenosphere
8.
Which is the hottest layer and has the most pressure on it?
a)
Crust
b)
Mantle
c)
Outer Core
d)
Inner core
9.
The layer of rock that forms Earth's outer skin.
a)
crust
b)
mantle
c)
core
10.

In what layer does convection occur?

a)

Crust

b)

Mantle

c)

Inner core

d)

Shell

11.

What type of plate boundary is shown here?

a)

divergent

b)

convergent

c)

transform fault

d)

divergent and transform

12.

Which of the following events DOES NOT occur in a DIVERGENT boundary?

a)

rift valley formation

b)

shallow earthquake

c)

volcanism

d)

formation of a trench

13.

When the subducting plate reaches the hot mantle, the rocks melt and turn into viscous material. This is a characteristic of which type of plate movement?

a)

divergent

b)

convergent

c)

transform

d)

all of these

14.

What type of boundary is this?

a)

convergent

b)

divergent

c)

transform

15.

What type of boundary is this?

a)

convergent

b)

divergent

c)

transform

16.

Two plates scrape and slide past each other at

a)

convergent boundaries

b)

divergent boundaries

c)

transform boundaries

d)

magnetic boundaries

17.

New crust forms along a(n)

a)

subduction zone

b)

divergent boundary

c)

convergent boundary

d)

transform boundary

18.

___________, meaning "all land," is the name of the great landmass that existed millions of years ago.

a)

lithosphere

b)

Pangaea

c)

subduction zone

d)

tectonic

e)

Wegener

19.

A __________ plate is a large slab of crust and upper mantle that moves over the earth's surface.

a)

lithosphere

b)

Pangaea

c)

subduction zone

d)

tectonic

e)

Wegener

20.

____________ is a shaking of the Earth's crust due to crustal plate movements.

a)

flooding

b)

volcanic

c)

earthquake

d)

drought