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Earth Science 2020

Total questions: 40

Worksheet time: 21mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What is the order of earth's layers from most shallow to most deep?

a)

Crust/Mantle/Core

b)

Core/Mantle/Crust

c)

Crust/Core/Mantle

d)

Mantle/Crust/Core

2.

Which of earth's layers is only 1% of the earth's mass?

a)

Crust

b)

Mantle

c)

Core

d)

Asthenosphere

3.

What are the two types of crust?

a)

Oceanic/Continental

b)

Core/Mantle

c)

Thin/Thick

d)

Stuffed/Garlic

4.

Which layer of the earth is made out of hot, dense, dark rock, and makes up 68% of earth's mass?

a)

Mantle

b)

Core

c)

Crust

d)

Lithosphere

5.

Which layer of the earth is at the center and is made of iron metal?

a)

Crust

b)

Core

c)

Hydrosphere

d)

Mantle

6.

Which part of the core is liquid iron metal?

a)

Inner Core

b)

Outer Core

c)

Middle Core

d)

xXHardCoreXx

7.

Which part of the core is solid iron metal?

a)

Inner Core

b)

Outer Core

c)

Middle Core

d)

xXHardCoreXx

8.

Which type of rock is formed when the texture and composition of another rock is changed due to heat and pressure?

a)

Metamorphic Rock

b)

Sedimentary Rock

c)

Igneous Rock

d)

Indie Rock

9.

Which type of rock is formed from sediments that have been compacted together over time?

a)

Progressive Rock

b)

Sedimentary Rock

c)

Metamorphic Rock

d)

Igneous Rock

10.

A type of rock formed from lava or magma that has been cooled.

a)

Punk Rock

b)

Igneous Rock

c)

Metamorphic Rock

d)

Sedimentary Rock

11.

Which of the following best describes how an igneous rock forms?

a)

Hot lava from a volcano cools into rock

b)

Sedimentary rock deep in the surface is pressurized and heated

c)

Layers of sediment stick together due to pressure

d)

Remains of an animal are covered in soil and compressed over time

12.

Which of the following below best describes how metamorphic rock forms?

a)

Hot lava from a volcano cool into rock

b)

Rock deep in the surface is pressurized and heated

c)

Sediments layer on top of one another and pressured causes them to stick together over time

d)

Remains of an animal are covered in mud and soil and are compressed over time

13.

Which of the following below best describes how sedimentary rock forms?

a)

Hot lava from a volcano cool into rock

b)

Rock deep in the surface is pressurized and heated

c)

Sediments layer on top of one another and pressured causes them to stick together over time

d)

The rock is put into a blender and the blender is turned on

14.

What is the name for molten rock that is ABOVE ground?

a)

Lava

b)

Magma

c)

Spicy rock juice

15.

What is the name for molten rock that is BELOW ground?

a)

Lava

b)

Magma

c)

Spicy rock juice

16.

What is the name for little pieces of rock, such as sand, clay, silt, and gravel.

a)

Sediments

b)

Igneites

c)

Metamorphos

d)

Lil guys

17.

Which type of rock do you think obsidian, or "volcanic glass" is?

a)

Igneous

b)

Sedimentary

c)

Metamorphic

18.

Which type of rock do you think sandstone is?

a)

Igneous

b)

Sedimentary

c)

Metamorphic

19.

Which type of plate boundary occurs when two plates are moving away from each other?

a)

Convergent

b)

Transform

c)

Divergent

20.

Which type of plate boundary occurs when two plates are moving towards each other?

a)

Convergent

b)

Transform

c)

Divergent

21.

Which type of plate boundary forms when two plates slide past each other?

a)

Convergent

b)

Transform

c)

Divergent

22.

What type of plate boundary is shown here?

a)

Transform boundary

b)

Divergent Boundary

c)

Convergent boundary

23.

What type of plate boundary is shown here?

a)

Transform boundary

b)

Divergent Boundary

c)

Convergent boundary

24.

What type of plate boundary is shown here?

a)

Transform boundary

b)

Divergent Boundary

c)

Convergent boundary

25.

What is it called when a plate moves under another plate at a convergent boundary?

a)

Subduction

b)

Reduction

c)

Abduction

d)

Precipitation

26.

What is the layer below the lithosphere that is much hotter and more fluid than the lithosphere.

a)

Geosphere

b)

Aesthetic

c)

Atmosphere

d)

Asthenosphere

27.

What is the name for the several very large landmasses on earth?

a)

Continents

b)

Oceans

c)

Volcanoes

d)

Lakes

28.

What is the name for the solid rock layer that glides over the asthenosphere?

a)

Lithosphere

b)

Biosphere

c)

Mantle

d)

Core

29.

Earth's outer shell is divided into several, slowly moving sections called ________________.

a)

Tectonic Plates

b)

Motors

c)

Oceans

d)

Lithospheres

30.

On average, how much do the tectonic plates move each year?

a)

1 mile

b)

1 inch

c)

1 foot

d)

1 centimeter

31.

BONUS QUESTION: Which tectonic plate is Los Angeles on?

a)

African plate

b)

Pacific Plate

c)

North American Plate

d)

South American Plate

32.

What is the order of the ocean zones going from closest to shore, to farthest from shore?

a)

Intertidal / Neritic / Oceanic

b)

Neritic / Intertidal / Oceanic

c)

Neritic / Oceanic / Intertidal

d)

Intertidal / Oceanic / Neritic

33.

Which word describes the vertical section of ocean water?

a)

Water column

b)

Water row

c)

Ocean line

d)

Sea line

34.

Which zone of the ocean has the most nutrients?

a)

Intertidal Zone

b)

Neritic Zone

c)

Oceanic Zone

35.

Which part of the ocean represents the top 200 meters of the water column, and is where there is sunlight?

a)

Photic Zone

b)

Aphotic Zone

c)

Neritic Zone

d)

Intertidal Zone

36.

Which part of the ocean is below 200 meters in the water column, and has no light?

a)

Aphotic zone

b)

Photic Zone

c)

Oceanic Zone

d)

Neritic Zone

37.

What is the difference between high and low tide called?

a)

Tidal zone

b)

Tidal range

c)

Moon tide

d)

Neap tide

38.

What is the main cause of tides in the ocean?

a)

The moon

b)

The sun

c)

The wind

d)

Volcanoes

39.

What causes spring tides and neap tides?

a)

The position of the sun

b)

The time of day

c)

How windy it is

d)

The temperature of the water

40.

If the moon is directly overhead, does it cause a high tide or a low tide?

a)

High tide

b)

Low tide