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WorksheetsHazards 1
Total questions: 17
Worksheet time: 9mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
Which physical layer is the thinnest?
a)
crust
b)
mantle
c)
core
2.
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
3.
Which is the hottest layer and has the most pressure on it?
a)
Crust
b)
Mantle
c)
Outer Core
d)
Inner core
4.
In what layer does convection occur?
a)
Crust
b)
Mantle
c)
Inner core
d)
Shell
5.
The _________ is the thickest layer.
a)
crust
b)
mantle
c)
outer core
d)
inner core
6.
The __________ is the coolest layer.
a)
crust
b)
mantle
c)
outer core
d)
inner core
7.
Tectonic plates are still moving, causing continents to drift.
a)
True
b)
False
8.
What is the name of the Super-Continent that existed long ago?
a)
Wegener
b)
Pangaea
c)
Geocontinent
9.
Caused by sudden movement in the Earth's plates.
a)
Earthquake
b)
Volcano
c)
Landslide
d)
Hurricane
10.
Caused when a plate subducts into the mantle and melts, causing it to rise back to the surface as lava
a)
Tsunami
b)
Volcano
c)
Tornado
d)
Hurricane
11.
If any rock subducts into the mantle, it will melt to become...
a)
Igneous
b)
Metamorphic
c)
Sediment
d)
Magma
12.
Which natural hazard is the hardest to predict?
a)
Tsunamis
b)
Volcanoes
c)
Tropical Cyclones
d)
Earthquakes
13.
Mountains form from....
a)
Plates sliding past one another
b)
collision of plates
c)
plates moving away from each other
d)
none of these
14.
Earth's plates are....
a)
Constantly moving and changing the face of the Earth
b)
Never moved
c)
Move seldom and very fast
d)
move when they feel like it
15.
What is the thickest layer of the earth?
a)
Inner Core
b)
Outer core
c)
Mantle
d)
Crust
16.
True or false: landforms such as mountains, seas and continents do not change. They have always been the way they are now.
a)
TRUE
b)
FALSE
17.
The crust of the Earth is broken into many pieces. What are these called?
a)
tetonic plates
b)
tectonic plates
c)
geographical plates
d)
plates
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