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ROCKS (Structure of the earth)

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 17mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
A scientist who studies Earth's processes and the history that shaped it is called a......
a)
geologist
b)
biologist
c)
teacher
d)
students
2.

Which layer is the hottest part of the Earth?

a)

Outer core

b)

Upper mantle

c)

Inner core

d)

Lower mantle

3.

The layer that is made of molten magma and semi solid rock is

a)

Inner core

b)

Crust

c)

Upper mantle

d)

Outer core

4.

Bauxite, Feldspar and Mica are examples of

a)

fossils

b)

Wood

c)

Mineral resources

d)

Rocks

5.

What is the layer of rock between the Earth's outer core and crust?

a)

Inner Core

b)

Mantle

c)

Crust

d)

Core

6.

We live on the core of the Earth

a)

True

b)

False

7.

Which of these layers is the largest?

a)

Outer core

b)

Mantle

c)

Crust

d)

Asthenosphere

8.

What kind of solid rocks make up the Earth's crust?

a)

Magma

b)

Granite & basalt

c)

Continents

9.
Earth's core is mostly made of iron and ________.
a)
sand
b)
nickel
c)
mercury
d)
rocks
10.
What is the order of the main layers of Earth?
a)
core, mantle, crust
b)
crust, mantle, core
c)
mantel, core, crust
11.

_______________is a scientist who studies fossils.

a)

geologist

b)

fossilologist

c)

paleontologist

d)

extinct

12.

The remains of an organism studied by scientists is called a ____________.

a)

paleontologist

b)

fossil

c)

dinosaur

d)

shark

13.

When something is _____________________ it no longer

exists.

a)

extinct

b)

preserved

c)

endangered

d)

rotting

14.

Which is NOT a reason scientists study fossils?

a)

They tell us how long a species existed on Earth.

b)

To learn how organisms are related to each other.

c)

How organisms communicated with each other.

d)

Fossils tell scientists the types of environments that organisms lived in.

15.

Which would be an example of a fossil?

a)

Sedimentary Rock

b)

Dinosaur Footprint

c)

Oyster Pearl

d)

Rotting Log

16.

Which rock type would be best to find fossils?

a)

Igneous Rock

b)

Sedimentary Rock

c)

Metamorphic Rock

17.

An organism should be buried quickly after it dies if it has a chance of becoming a fossil

a)

True

b)

False

18.

How do scientists learn about dinosaurs?

a)

by studying fossils

b)

by reading about them

c)

by watching movies

d)

by looking at pictures

19.

Which is NOT a step in the process an organism goes through to become a fossil?

a)

Layers of sediment build up on the buried body.

b)

A organism dies and is buried quickly.

c)

Minerals fill the spaces of the decaying bone.

d)

An organism becomes extinct.

20.

Fossils can tell us how organisms communicated with each other.

a)

True

b)

False