WorksheetsEarth's Layers
Total questions: 15
Worksheet time: 15mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
Who theorized that the continents were joined as one supercontinent?
a)
Einstein
b)
Wegener
2.
Which is thicker, continental or oceanic crust?
a)
continental
b)
oceanic
3.
What is the name of the supercontinent theorized by Wegener?
a)
Atlantis
b)
Pangaea
4.
Similar fossils were found on continents that are now separated by:
a)
water
b)
land bridges
5.
What layer of the mantle is flexible like plastic?
a)
lithosphere
b)
asthenosphere
c)
lower mantle
6.
Which part of the core is liquid metal?
a)
outer core
b)
inner core
7.
What two metals make up the core?
a)
aluminum and silver
b)
iron and nickel
8.
What layer is the thickest?
a)
crust
b)
mantle
c)
inner core
d)
outer core
9.
If you traveled from the center of Earth to the surface, the pressure would...
a)
increase
b)
decrease
c)
stay the same
d)
unsure
10.
Which layer is made up of iron and nickel?
a)
Crust
b)
Mantle
c)
Inner Core
d)
Lithosphere
11.
The liquid portion at the center of the Earth.
a)
Asthenosphere
b)
Inner Core
c)
Outer Core
d)
Lithosphere
12.
This layer of Earth is solid iron and nickel
a)
Outer Core
b)
Mantle
c)
Inner Core
d)
Crust
13.
The lithosphere is made up of which two layers?
a)
Upper and Lower Mantle
b)
Upper Mantle and Crust
c)
Core and Mantle
d)
Crust and Uppermost Mantle
14.
Which layer is the thinnest, least dense and most brittle?
a)
Mantle
b)
Inner Core
c)
Crust
d)
Outer Core
15.
What is the name of the layer that contains the uppermost mantle and crust
a)
Asthenosphere
b)
Mesosphere
c)
Lithosphere
d)
Transosphere
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