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Total questions: 36
Worksheet time: 33mins
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1.
The layer of the Earth's interior labeled A is?
a)
Crust
b)
Mantle
c)
Outer Core
d)
Inner Core
2.
What are the physical layers of the Earth's interior?
a)
core
b)
inner and outer core, mesosphere, asthenosphere, lithosphere , crust
c)
core, mantle, crust
d)
Inner and outer core, mantle, athenosphere, crust, lithosphere
3.
The layer of the Earth's interior labelled B. is?
a)
Crust
b)
Mantle
c)
Outer Core
d)
Inner Core
4.
Which zone of Earth's interior experiences convection?
a)
crust
b)
mantle
c)
core
d)
None of the above
5.
The Earth's crust is:
a)
the portion of the Earth that is water
b)
the layer of rock between Earth's core and mantle
c)
the central part of the Earth below the mantle
d)
the thin & outermost layer of Earth above the mantle
6.
The movement of lithospheric plates is due to ______ in the earth's interior.
a)
Convection
b)
Compression
c)
Conduction
d)
Convergence
7.
molten rock beneath the Earth's surface
a)
magma
b)
volcano
c)
lava
d)
Mud
8.
What Causes Earth's Magnetic Field?
a)
The Mantle
b)
All of the Magnetic Fields on Earth
c)
The North and South Poles
d)
The Iron in it's Core
9.
Earth's inner core is ______________ .
a)
a dense ball of solid metal.
b)
a layer of molten metal.
c)
a layer of hot rock.
d)
a layer of rock that forms Earth's outer skin.
10.
Compared to Earth's continental crust, Earth's oceanic crust is
a)
thinner and more dense
b)
thinner and less dense
c)
thicker and more dense
d)
thicker and less dense
11.
What is the Thickest Part of Earth's Crust?
a)
Pizza Crust
b)
Volcanic Crust
c)
Oceanic Crust
d)
Continental Crust
12.
The earth's inner core is mostly made of:
a)
Diamonds and Bedrock
b)
Magma
c)
Mostly Nickel and a little Iron
d)
A little Nickel and mostly Iron
13.
What is evidence of continental drift?
a)
similar fossil findings
b)
Continents look like they fit together
c)
landforms and climate
d)
all of the above
14.
What are fossils the remains of?
a)
plants
b)
animals
c)
organisms
d)
all of them
15.
Where do we find fossils?
a)
mountains, lakes, forests
b)
houses
c)
cars
d)
no where
16.
Fossils can tell us something about the what?
a)
All of the Choices
b)
History/The Past
c)
Environment
d)
Climate
17.
Fossils are found in which of the following?
a)
Seashells
b)
Sedimentary rocks
c)
Igneous Rocks
d)
Metamorphic rock
18.
There are fossils of the same thing on different continents
a)
yes
b)
I dont know
c)
no
d)
uh
19.
Students compare the fossils shown in layer A with those in layer C.
a)
Fossils in layer A are younger than those in layer C
b)
Fossils in layers A and C are the same age
c)
Fossils in layer A are older than those in layer C
d)
Fossils in layers A and C are younger than those in layer B
20.
What is Plate Tectonics?
a)
The theory of plates moving slowly over the mantle.
b)
The theory of mountain formation
c)
The theory of plates subducting under the mantle.
d)
The theory of Pangaea
21.
where are plate tectonics located
a)
crust and lithosphere layer of the Earth
b)
p waves
c)
under LA
d)
S waves
22.
What Causes Plate Tectonics?
a)
Convection Currents ,moving the Heat energy in the Asthenospshere
b)
Radiation from the Sun
c)
Conduction heat running through the mantle
d)
Earthquakes
23.
How are plate tectonics and earthquakes related?
a)
Moving plates around fault lines that suddenly shakes earth.
b)
Non-Moving plates
c)
Fault lines
d)
None of the above
24.
What are the types of plate boundaries?
a)
Converge, diverge, transform
b)
Converging, diverging, transforming
c)
Convergent, divergent, transform
d)
Converging, diverging, transform
25.
Where do subduction zones occur? Choose all that apply.
a)
Continental to Continental
b)
Oceanic to Oceanic
c)
Oceanic to Continental
d)
Continental to Oceanic
26.
Why are volcanoes associated with subduction zones?
a)
They feel like it
b)
When oceanic and continental plate subduct Magma rises.
c)
No idea
d)
When the rocks heat up fire from ground rises.
27.
Which of the following statement does not correctly describe subduction zones
a)
They are site where crustal plates are diverging
b)
They are marked by the presence of deep-sea trenches
c)
They are belts of deep-focus earthquakes
d)
Are zones where old seafloor descends into the crust &mantle
28.
What is the area called that encircles the rim of the Pacific Ocean?
a)
Ring of Fire
b)
Pacific Ring of Fire
29.
Where does seafloor spreading occur?
a)
at converge plates
b)
near the ocean surface
c)
on seamounts
d)
at divergent plate
30.
Where does new seafloor form?
a)
abyssal plain
b)
mid-ocean ridge
c)
continental slope
d)
ocean trench
31.
Because of seafloor spreading, where would the newest crust be located?
a)
Convergent Plate Boundary
b)
Divergent Plate Boundary
c)
Transform Plate Boundary
d)
Emergent Plate Boundary
32.
Which seafloor feature is labeled "H"?
a)
Trench
b)
Mid-Ocean ridge
c)
Slope
d)
Seamount
33.
What can convergent boundaries form?
a)
Deep Ocean trenches
b)
Sea Floor Spreading
c)
Rift Valley
d)
Mid-Ocean Ridge
34.
What are convergent plate boundaries?
a)
Plates that move apart
b)
Plates that collide or Subduct
c)
Plates that move past each other
d)
Plates that slide past each other
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