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Restless Earth

Total questions: 13

Worksheet time: 8mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

How long ago was earth formed?

a)

4.5 billion years ago

b)

5.4 billion years ago

c)

10 million years ago

d)

5.4 million years ago

2.

The outside layer of the earth is called the ?

(a)  

3.

The large landmasses on earth's surface are also called ?

a)

Land

b)

Continents

c)

Countries

4.

How think can the crust of the earth be ?

a)

100-150 km thick

b)

20-40 km think

c)

50-100 km thck

d)

10-60 km thick

5.

How hot it the mantle ?

a)

1000 °C

b)

10,000 °C

c)

5,000 °C

d)

4,000 °C

6.

What is found in the mantle and moves the plates that are on the crust?

(a)  

7.

What type of plate boundary is this?

a)

Transform

b)

Destructive

c)

Constructive

d)

Passive

8.

What s this type of plate boundary called?

(a)  

9.

True or False, the Nazca plate and South American plate are colliding and pushing against each other

a)

True

b)

False

10.

What happens are transform plate boundaries?

a)

Fold mountains

b)

Volcanoes

c)

Mid-ocean ridges

d)

Earthquakes

11.

What was the one large landmass called when all continents were together?

a)

Laurasia

b)

Pangaea

c)

Gondwanaland

d)

Continents

12.

How many million years ago were all the continents together as one?

a)

100 million

b)

200 million

c)

300 million

d)

400 million

13.

What plate is Ireland located on ?

(a)