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WorksheetsOur restless planet_Quiz
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 9mins
Choose the correct list of the layers of the Earth starting from 1 - crust. Which order is correct?
1 - crust, 2 - upper mantle, 3 - lower mantle,4 - outer core, 5 - inner core.
1 - crust 2 - upper mantle 3 - lithosphere 4 - magma 5 - inner core.
1 - crust, 2 - upper mantle, 3 - lower mantle, 4 - upper core, 5 - lower core.
1 - crust, 2 - upper mantle, 3 - magma, 4 - outer core, 5 - nickel and iron.
How thick is the crust on the average?
15-20 km
1-100 km
20-80 km
1-80 km
What is the oceanic crust made of?
Nickel
Granite
Basalt
Iron
What is the continental crust made of?
Basalt
Iron
Nickel
Granite
Is the mantle solid or liquid?
Solid.
Liquid.
Both.
What do the crust and the upper mantle form?
The lithosphere
A tectonic plate
Mountains
Magma
Which part of the core is liquid?
Inner
Outer
Upper
Lower
What 2 substances does the core consist of?
Iron and magma
Iron and uranium
Iron and nickel
Iron and rock
What do you call big slabs of the lithosphere which float on moving magma?
Tectonic plates
Lithospheres
Volcanoes
Moving magma floats
What is normally created at the junction of tectonic plates?
Tsunamis
Earthquakes
Volcanoes
Mountains
What does magnitude show?
How far away the epicentre was.
How strong the earthquake was.
How long the earthquake lasted.
How much damage the earthquake made.
What are seismic waves?
Earthquake waves that shake the earth.
Waves that are created by two tectonic plates.
Big ocean waves that travel through the earth.
What is the name of the scale which is used to measure magnitude of an earthquake?
Richard scale
Richter scale
Ricther scale
Magnitude scale
Seismometer
What is a volcano?
A hole in the earth.
A big mountain.
A crater with lava.
What is magma?
Molten metals
Lower mantle and outer core.
Rock, nickel and iron.
Liquid rock.
What is lava?
Rock, nickel and iron in the lower mantle.
Liquid rock on the earth’s surface.
Molten metals and rock in the outer core.
Upper mantle and the crust.
What do you call a thick cloud of hot ash, lava fragments, and gases from a volcano travelling at a high speed?
Pyroclastic flow
Plytroclastic flow
Ash and gas cloud
Volcanic gas cloud
All answers are correct
What is another name for a “sleeping” volcano? Type your answer.
(a)
Where is the world’s biggest volcano situated?
In Hawaii
In Haiti
In Helsinki
In Havana
In Montserrat
What is the name of the world's biggest volcano?
Muna Looa
Muna Loa
Mauna Loa
Manuna Lao
