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Our restless planet_Quiz

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 9mins

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1.

Choose the correct list of the layers of the Earth starting from 1 - crust. Which order is correct?

a)

1 - crust, 2 - upper mantle, 3 - lower mantle,4 - outer core, 5 - inner core.

b)

1 - crust 2 - upper mantle 3 - lithosphere 4 - magma 5 - inner core.

c)

1 - crust, 2 - upper mantle, 3 - lower mantle, 4 - upper core, 5 - lower core.

d)

1 - crust, 2 - upper mantle, 3 - magma, 4 - outer core, 5 - nickel and iron.

2.

How thick is the crust on the average?

a)

15-20 km

b)

1-100 km

c)

20-80 km

d)

1-80 km

3.

What is the oceanic crust made of?

a)

Nickel

b)

Granite

c)

Basalt

d)

Iron

4.

What is the continental crust made of?

a)

Basalt

b)

Iron

c)

Nickel

d)

Granite

5.

Is the mantle solid or liquid?

a)

Solid.

b)

Liquid.

c)

Both.

6.

What do the crust and the upper mantle form?

a)

The lithosphere

b)

A tectonic plate

c)

Mountains

d)

Magma

7.

Which part of the core is liquid?

a)

Inner

b)

Outer

c)

Upper

d)

Lower

8.

What 2 substances does the core consist of?

a)

Iron and magma

b)

Iron and uranium

c)

Iron and nickel

d)

Iron and rock

9.

What do you call big slabs of the lithosphere which float on moving magma?

a)

Tectonic plates

b)

Lithospheres

c)

Volcanoes

d)

Moving magma floats

10.

What is normally created at the junction of tectonic plates?

a)

Tsunamis

b)

Earthquakes

c)

Volcanoes

d)

Mountains

11.

What does magnitude show?

a)

How far away the epicentre was.

b)

How strong the earthquake was.

c)

How long the earthquake lasted.

d)

How much damage the earthquake made.

12.

What are seismic waves?

a)

Earthquake waves that shake the earth.

b)

Waves that are created by two tectonic plates.

c)

Big ocean waves that travel through the earth.

13.

What is the name of the scale which is used to measure magnitude of an earthquake?

a)

Richard scale

b)

Richter scale

c)

Ricther scale

d)

Magnitude scale

e)

Seismometer

14.

What is a volcano?

a)

A hole in the earth.

b)

A big mountain.

c)

A crater with lava.

15.

What is magma?

a)

Molten metals

b)

Lower mantle and outer core.

c)

Rock, nickel and iron.

d)

Liquid rock.

16.

What is lava?

a)

Rock, nickel and iron in the lower mantle.

b)

Liquid rock on the earth’s surface.

c)

Molten metals and rock in the outer core.

d)

Upper mantle and the crust.

17.

What do you call a thick cloud of hot ash, lava fragments, and gases from a volcano travelling at a high speed?

a)

Pyroclastic flow

b)

Plytroclastic flow

c)

Ash and gas cloud

d)

Volcanic gas cloud

e)

All answers are correct

18.

What is another name for a “sleeping” volcano? Type your answer.

(a)  

19.

Where is the world’s biggest volcano situated?

a)

In Hawaii

b)

In Haiti

c)

In Helsinki

d)

In Havana

e)

In Montserrat

20.

What is the name of the world's biggest volcano?

a)

Muna Looa

b)

Muna Loa

c)

Mauna Loa

d)

Manuna Lao