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WorksheetsEarth Layers
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 40mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
What are the two kinds of crust that the Earth has?
a)
Oceanic and Crustatious Crust
b)
Oceanic and Continental Crust
c)
Optic and Continental Crust
2.
Which layer of Earth would have the greatest density?
a)
upper mantle
b)
lower mantle
c)
inner core
d)
outer core
3.
Which layer of Earth is characterized by rock that is plastic, or soft enough to flow?
a)
asthenosphere
b)
crust
c)
lithosphere
d)
inner core
4.
4. What layer is the hottest?
a)
Core
b)
Crust
c)
Mantle
5.
5. Which layer is the thickest?
a)
Core
b)
Crust
c)
Mantle
6.
Which layer of Earth is the thinnest?
a)
Crust
b)
Mantle
c)
Inner Core
d)
Outer Core
7.
Which sublayer is made up of the crust and upper mantle?
a)
Inner Core
b)
Outer Core
c)
Lithosphere
d)
Asthenosphere
8.
Identify each layer - #20.
a)
mantle
b)
asthenosphere
c)
inner core
d)
outer core
9.
Identify each layer - #19.
a)
mantle
b)
lithosphere
c)
inner core
d)
outer core
10.
This is the outermost, rigid layer of the Earth, made up of two parts, is divided into pieces call tectonic plates.
a)
Inner Core
b)
Asthensophere
c)
Lithosphere
d)
Outer Core
11.
Identify the letter in the diagram. Identify letter A
a)
Lithosphere
b)
Asthenosphere
c)
Mantle
d)
Outer Core
12.
Is the outer core a liquid or solid?
a)
liquid
b)
solid
13.
Temperature _____________________ as you go deeper into the earth.
a)
increases
b)
decreases
c)
goes up and down depending on the layer
d)
stays the same
14.
Pressure ______________________ as you go deeper into the Earth
a)
increases
b)
decreases
c)
goes up or down depending on the layer
d)
stays the same
15.
Which layer contains convection currents?
a)
outer core
b)
inner core
c)
mantle
d)
lithosphere
16.
Oceanic crust is more dense than continental crust?
a)
true
b)
false
17.
Which is the correct order of the Earths layers?
a)
inner core, outer core, mantle, crust
b)
crust, inner core, outer core, mantle
c)
crust, mantle, inner core, outercore
d)
crust, mantle, outer core, inner core
18.
It is possible to drill through the crust.
a)
Sure, they have already done it.
b)
Yeah, they will get it done soon.
c)
No way, it would make the world explode
d)
Nah, we've only drilled a little bit, like 1/100th of the way through.
19.
Layer 3 is the Earth's ______ core.
a)
Core
b)
Lithosphere
c)
Mantle
d)
Asthenosphere
20.
The INNER core is solid because of it's intensely high ________.
a)
Pressure
b)
Temperature
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