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Summative 1 Review

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 8mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Which layer of earth is the warmest?

a)

Crust

b)

Mantle

c)

Inner Core

d)

Outer Core

2.

The outer core is made primarily of....

a)

Liquid (molten) iron and nickel

b)

Solid iron and nickel

c)

primarily water

d)

unknown materials

3.

How does the density of the earth's inner core compare to other layers?

a)

It is the most dense layer of the earth

b)

It is the least dense layer of the earth

c)

The core is only less dense than the crust

d)

The core is only less dense than the mantle

4.

How is the crust DIFFERENT from the other layers of the Earth?

a)

It is hotter.

b)

It is thinner.

c)

It is mostly liquid.

d)

It is under pressure.

5.

A(n) __________ is the preserved or mineralized remains

(teeth, bones, etc.) or imprint of an organism that lived long ago.

a)

fossil

b)

index

c)

mineral

d)

trace

6.

If you were to travel from the surface to the center of Earth, the temperature would...

a)

increase minimally

b)

stay about the same

c)

increase dramatically

d)

decrease dramatically.

7.

What is the densest part of Earth?

a)

core

b)

crust

c)

lithosphere

d)

mantle

8.

What would the same fossils on two different continents seem to indicate?

a)

The wind blew the fossils all the way across the ocean

b)

The continents were together at one point

c)

The oceans did not exist

d)

The continents have always stayed in the same place

9.

What was Pangaea?

a)

The name of a dinosaur

b)

The name of the person who discovered continental drift

c)

The name of the supercontinent that we believe existed

d)

My pet chihuahua

10.

What is the LEAST thick layer of the earth?

a)

Crust

b)

Mantle

c)

Outer Core

d)

Inner Core

11.

What is the name of the theory that Alfred Wegener first thought of?

a)

Theory of density

b)

Theory of temperature

c)

Theory of convection

d)

Theory of continental drift

12.

Check all of the following layers of the earth that are solid

a)

Crust

b)

Mantle

c)

Outer Core

d)

Inner Core

13.

What does the word semisolid mean?

a)

half solid, half gas

b)

one-third solid, two-thirds gas

c)

half solid, half liquid

14.

What is the name of the scientist who first thought of continental drift?

a)

Harry Hess

b)

Elon Musk

c)

Alfred Wegener

d)

Alfred Einstein

15.

True or false? The continents have drifted over geologic time?

a)

True

b)

False