WorksheetsSummative 1 Review
Total questions: 15
Worksheet time: 8mins
Which layer of earth is the warmest?
Crust
Mantle
Inner Core
Outer Core
The outer core is made primarily of....
Liquid (molten) iron and nickel
Solid iron and nickel
primarily water
unknown materials
How does the density of the earth's inner core compare to other layers?
It is the most dense layer of the earth
It is the least dense layer of the earth
The core is only less dense than the crust
The core is only less dense than the mantle
How is the crust DIFFERENT from the other layers of the Earth?
It is hotter.
It is thinner.
It is mostly liquid.
It is under pressure.
A(n) __________ is the preserved or mineralized remains
(teeth, bones, etc.) or imprint of an organism that lived long ago.
fossil
index
mineral
trace
If you were to travel from the surface to the center of Earth, the temperature would...
increase minimally
stay about the same
increase dramatically
decrease dramatically.
What is the densest part of Earth?
core
crust
lithosphere
mantle
What would the same fossils on two different continents seem to indicate?
The wind blew the fossils all the way across the ocean
The continents were together at one point
The oceans did not exist
The continents have always stayed in the same place
What was Pangaea?
The name of a dinosaur
The name of the person who discovered continental drift
The name of the supercontinent that we believe existed
My pet chihuahua
What is the LEAST thick layer of the earth?
Crust
Mantle
Outer Core
Inner Core
What is the name of the theory that Alfred Wegener first thought of?
Theory of density
Theory of temperature
Theory of convection
Theory of continental drift
Check all of the following layers of the earth that are solid
Crust
Mantle
Outer Core
Inner Core
What does the word semisolid mean?
half solid, half gas
one-third solid, two-thirds gas
half solid, half liquid
What is the name of the scientist who first thought of continental drift?
Harry Hess
Elon Musk
Alfred Wegener
Alfred Einstein
True or false? The continents have drifted over geologic time?
True
False
