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Chapter 3 Review

Total questions: 111

Worksheet time: 1hrs 19mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

This layer is made of hot flowing rock (magma).

a)

Crust

b)

Mantle

c)

Core

2.

The layer made of iron and nickel.

a)

Crust

b)

Mantle

c)

Core

3.

This layer is made of soil and rocks.

a)

Crust

b)

Mantle

c)

Core

4.

This layer is divided into two: the inner and outer.

a)

Crust

b)

Mantle

c)

Core

5.

The layer is divided into two: the continental and oceanic.

a)

Crust

b)

Mantle

c)

Core

6.

This layer is divided into two: the upper and lower.

a)

Crust

b)

Mantle

c)

Core

7.

This layer in the center of the Earth.

a)

Crust

b)

Mantle

c)

Core

8.

We live on this layer.

a)

Crust

b)

Mantle

c)

Core

9.

This layer is below the crust.

a)

Crust

b)

Mantle

c)

Core

10.

This is the coolest layer.

a)

Crust

b)

Mantle

c)

Core

11.

Two thirds of the Earth’s mass is in this layer.

a)

Crust

b)

Mantle

c)

Core

12.

The layer with the highest temperatures.

a)

Crust

b)

Mantle

c)

Core

13.
What was the name given to all the continents when they were joined as one super continent? 
a)
Supreme Continent
b)
Eurasia
c)
Plate tectonics
d)
Pangea
14.
Which of these layers is ALL solid iron and nickle?
a)
inner core
b)
outer core
c)
lithosphere
d)
mesosphere
15.
Which of the following occurs because of convection currents?
a)
Tectonic plates on the crust move.
b)
The mantle increases in size.
c)
Pressure in the crust increases.
d)
Pressure in the crust decreases.
16.
Scientists think that convection currents that move the plates flow in Earth's
a)
Continental crust
b)
Oceanic crust
c)
Asthenosphere
d)
Lithosphere
17.
Which of these two layers is a solid?
a)
innercore
b)
Outercore
18.
The outermost solid layer of the Earth is called the
a)
mantle
b)
outer core
c)
inner core
d)
crust
19.

What is the ridged solid layer of the Earth's surface made up of the crust and upper mantle called?

a)

asthenosphere

b)

lithosphere

c)

mesosphere

d)

continental crust

20.
Temperature _____________________ as you go deeper into the earth.
a)
increases
b)
decreases
c)
goes up and down depending on the layer
d)
stays the same
21.
Pressure ______________________ as you go deeper into the Earth
a)
increases
b)
decreases 
c)
goes up or down depending on the layer
d)
stays the same
22.

Where does the heat come from that drives the convection current in the mantle?

a)

The sun

b)

The crust

c)

the mantle

d)

the core

23.
What does the theory of continental drift state?
a)
The continents were once joined in a super-continent and have moved over time
b)
Continents are stationary and do not move
c)
The Earth is broken into lithospheric plates that move due to convection currents
d)
none of the above
24.
Name the boundary
a)
convergent boundary
b)
divergent boundary
c)
transform boundary
d)
sergent boundary
25.
Name the boundary
a)
convergent boundary
b)
divergent boundary
c)
transform boundary
d)
sergent boundary
26.
Name the boundary
a)
convergent boundary
b)
divergent boundary
c)
transform boundary
d)
sergent boundary
27.
Which of the following is where one plate slides under another plate?
a)
submarine zone
b)
divergence zone
c)
subduction zone
d)
lower zone
28.
The Mid-Atlantic Ridge is formed at this boundary.
a)
Divergent
b)
Convergent
c)
Normal
d)
Transform
29.
Volcanoes are most often formed at this boundary.
a)
Divergent
b)
Convergent
c)
Normal
d)
Transform
30.
Earth's plates are...
a)
constantly moving and changing the face of the earth
b)
Never moves
c)
Moves seldom and very fast
d)
Moves when it feels like it
31.
Oceanic crust is
a)
Younger and less dense than continental crust
b)
Thinner, younger and more dense than continental crust
c)
Older, thicker and less dense that continental crust
d)
Bigger and younger than continental crust
32.
Associated with transform boundaries.
a)
Volcanoes
b)
mountains
c)
trenches
d)
earthquakes
33.
What is shown by the molten rock found at mid-ocean ridges?
a)
mid-ocean ridge
b)
continental drift
c)
sea-floor spreading
d)
seismic waves
34.
What is it called when denser oceanic lithosphere sinks below continental lithosphere?
a)
slab pull
b)
slab sink
c)
convection
d)
Pangea
35.
What is the process of moving rock by heating and cooling called?
a)
continental drift
b)
seismic waves
c)
core
d)
convection
36.
What is it called when an earthquake’s vibrations are travel to other areas of the earth (through the earth's layers)?
a)
convection
b)
volcanic eruptions
c)
seismic waves
d)
plate tectonics
37.
Seismic waves from an earthquake's vibrations are used to calculate what 2 THINGS of the Earth?
a)
thickness and speed
b)
weight and size
c)
density and thickness
d)
speed and size
38.
What are the 2 THINGS that tectonic plates can be made up of?
a)
oceanic & crust
b)
continental & core
c)
continental & oceanic crust
d)
ocean & plates
39.
What type of boundary is found where two tectonic plates are moving away from each other?
a)
convergent boundary
b)
divergent boundary
c)
transform plate boundary
40.
What type of boundary is found where two tectonic plates are moving TOWARDS each other?
a)
convergent boundary
b)
divergent boundary
c)
transform plate boundary
41.
What type of boundary is found where the two plates slide against each other in a sideways motion?
a)
convergent boundary
b)
divergent boundary
c)
transform plate boundary 
42.
What can happen when a convergent boundary occurs?
a)
volcanoes
b)
earthquakes
c)
mountains are formed
43.
What can happen when a divergent boundary occurs?
a)
earthquakes
b)
volcanoes
c)
sea floor spreading
d)
mountains are formed
44.
What happens when a transform plate boundary occurs?
a)
earthquakes
b)
volcanoes
c)
mountains are formed
45.
Tectonic plates always are found along the edges (often coastlines) of continents.
a)
True
b)
False
46.
What is the name of the ONE large continent formed approximately 300 million years ago?
a)
Laurasia
b)
Pangaea
c)
Gondwana
d)
North America
47.
What is the hypothesis that continents were once a large mass that moved apart called?
a)
plate tectonics
b)
seismic waves
c)
continental drift
d)
convection
48.

The outermost layer is the ________.

a)

mantle

b)

crust

c)

inner core

d)

outer core

49.

The layer below the crust is the ____________.

a)

oceanic crust

b)

mantle

c)

inner core

d)

continental crust

50.

The core is made up mostly of _______________.

a)

oxygen

b)

magnesium

c)

iron

d)

carbon

51.

The second abundant element that makes up the core is ______________.

a)

nickel

b)

iron

c)

oxygen

d)

calcium

52.

80% of the Earth's volume is made up of the _____.

a)

continental crust

b)

core

c)

mantle

d)

oceanic crust

53.

The inner core is ____________.

a)

solid

b)

molten

c)

unknown

d)

liquid

54.

The rock type that makes up Oceanic Crust is __________.

a)

granite

b)

conglomerate

c)

basalt

d)

gold

55.

The rock type that makes up continental crust is ____________________.

a)

copper

b)

silver

c)

basalt

d)

granite

56.

The outer core is ___________.

a)

oxygen

b)

brittle rock

c)

solid rock

d)

molten rock

57.

The second most abundant element in the mantle is __________.

a)

oxygen

b)

calcium

c)

magenesium

d)

aluminum

58.

The inner core is as hot as _________.

a)

100 ovens

b)

the surface of the sun

c)

the big bang

d)

Utah in the summer

59.

The second most abundant element in the the crust is ___________.

a)

sodium

b)

iron

c)

oxygen

d)

silicon

60.

Ocean water this part of the upper layer.

a)

oceanic crust

b)

continental crust

c)

mantle

d)

Inner core

61.

This layer has rocks that move in circular motion.

a)

crust

b)

continental crust

c)

mantle

d)

oceanic crust

62.

This layer is made up of igneous, sedimentary, and metamorphic rocks.

a)

outer core

b)

inner core

c)

crust

d)

mantle

63.

This layer is mostly made of oxygen and magnesium.

a)

mantle

b)

inner core

c)

crust

d)

outer core

64.

This layer has the hottest temperatures of all the layers.

a)

continental crust

b)

mantle

c)

outer core

d)

inner core

65.

This layer has the highest pressure of all the layers.

a)

inner core

b)

outer core

c)

crust

d)

mantle

66.

All known life exist on this layer.

a)

inner core

b)

mantle

c)

core

d)

crust

67.

What process provided the thermal energy need to move the mantle?

a)

plate tectonics

b)

radioactive decay

c)

the sun

d)

the big bang

68.

All the elements except Hydrogen and some Helium were created where?

a)

Earth

b)

the big bang

c)

Stars and Stars that went Supernova

d)

space

69.

Uranium is radioactive because it loses which part of its atom?

a)

electricity

b)

electron

c)

proton

d)

gravity

70.

A convection current is _______________.

a)

transfer heat from one place to another by mass motion of a fluid such as water, air or molten rock

b)

transfer of gravity from one place to another by motion of fluids

c)

transfer of pressure from one place to another by motion of fluids

d)

transfer of electrons from one place to another by motion of fluids

71.

What move the melted rock material in the Mantle?

a)

the pressure

b)

gravity

c)

earthquakes

d)

convection currents

72.

The most abundant element in the mantle and the crust_________________.

a)

magnesium

b)

silicon

c)

oxygen

d)

iron

73.
What are the two types of crust
a)
continental and oceanic
b)
ocean and upper
c)
lower and upper
d)
pizza and subway
74.
Scientists determine what Earth’s interior looks like by using:
a)
Volcanoes
b)
Seismic Waves
c)
Continental Drift
d)
Convection Currents
75.
Which layer of the earth has the lowest temperature?
a)
Crust
b)
Mantle
c)
Outer Core
d)
Inner Core
76.
Oceanic crust is thicker than continental crust.
a)
True
b)
False
77.
Geologists' main evidence about the structure of Earth's interior comes from
a)
temperature measurements in deep mines
b)
observations of other planets
c)
exploration of caves
d)
rock samples and seismic waves
78.
Why have geologists not reached the mantle?
a)
It is too hot for humans to go there.
b)
It is too smelly for humans to go there.
c)
It doesn't have Wi-Fi so none of their instruments work.
d)
Scientists have not figured out how to time travel.
79.
What is the name of the layer that contains the uppermost mantle and crust
a)
Asthenosphere
b)
Mesosphere
c)
Lithosphere
d)
Transosphere
80.
The thinnest layer of the Earth is the ___________.
a)
mantle
b)
crust
c)
core
81.
There are how many different types of crust?
a)
1
b)
2
c)
5
d)
3
82.
What is the thickest layer of the Earth?
a)
the crust
b)
the mantle
c)
the outer core
d)
the inner core
83.
What is the core made of?
a)
steel
b)
iron 
c)
aluminum
d)
iron and nickel
84.
What describes the outer core?
a)
solid
b)
liquid
c)
viscous
d)
gas
85.
Which layer(s) of the Earth make up the asthenosphere?
a)
Part of the mantle
b)
Crust, mantle, Core
c)
Crust and upper mantle
d)
Only the crust
86.
The oceanic floor is made of?
a)
Granite
b)
Basalt
c)
Cookies
d)
Water
87.
The continental floor is made up of?
a)
Flowers and grass
b)
Basalt
c)
Granite
d)
Crust
88.
What happens to pressure as we move from the crust to the inner core?
a)
Pressure Decreases
b)
Pressure Increases
c)
Nothing
89.
Which layer of Earth has the GREATEST density?
a)
crust
b)
mantle
c)
outer core
d)
inner core
90.
Who is the scientist who proposed Continental Drift Theory?
a)
Albert Einstein
b)
Alfred Wegener
c)
Isaac Newton
d)
John Dalton
91.
What do you call the supercontinent landmass formed million years ago?
a)
Pangea
b)
Asia
c)
Pantallasa
d)
Eurasi
92.

According to the continental drift hypothesis, the presence of similar fossils in South America and Africa supports which scientific idea?

a)

Animals easily and frequently travel from Africa to South America.

b)

Species of animals probably traveled between continents on natural rafts (such as trees destroyed in tsunamis).

c)

Land bridges once existed that connected the continents.

d)

South America and Africa were once connected together.

93.

Gas in the atmosphere that protects the Earth from the Sun's rays

a)

atmosphere

b)

troposphere

c)

ozone

d)

nitrogen

94.

Occurs when air encounters a mountain and is pushed upwards

a)

lifting

b)

troposphere

c)

wind funnel

d)

nitrogen

95.

The gas that makes up most of Earth’s atmosphere

a)

lifting

b)

troposphere

c)

wind funnel

d)

nitrogen

96.

Air that is concentrated together as a result of encountering a landform, such as a canyon

a)

lifting

b)

troposphere

c)

wind funnel

d)

nitrogen

97.

Lowest layer of the atmosphere

a)

lifting

b)

troposphere

c)

wind funnel

d)

nitrogen

98.

"atmo-" means

a)

gas or vapor

b)

water

c)

Earth or rocks

d)

life

99.

The air we breathe is mostly made of

a)

nitrogen

b)

oxygen

100.

The highest layer of the atmosphere is

a)

troposhphere

b)

mesosphere

c)

stratosphere

d)

exosphere

101.

Weather happens in the

a)

troposhphere

b)

mesosphere

c)

stratosphere

d)

exosphere

102.

Which layer of the atmosphere do we live in?

a)

troposhphere

b)

mesosphere

c)

stratosphere

d)

exosphere

103.

Airplanes fly in the

a)

troposhphere

b)

mesosphere

c)

stratosphere

d)

exosphere

104.

Meteor showers occur in the

a)

troposhphere

b)

mesosphere

c)

stratosphere

d)

exosphere

105.

As you get farther away from the Earth, the layers of the atmosphere get

a)

colder

b)

warmer

106.

These buildings are an example of

a)

wind funnel

b)

lifting

c)

rain shadow effect

107.

A mixture of gases that surrounds the Earth like a blanket.

a)

atmosphere

b)

troposphere

c)

ozone

d)

nitrogen

108.

This is an example of

a)

rain shadow effect

b)

lifting

c)

wind funnel

109.

Lifting occurs when mountains push air

a)

up

b)

down

110.

Earth's atmosphere is mostly made up of which 2 gases? CHOOSE 2!!!!!!

a)

nitrogen

b)

oxygen

c)

ozone

d)

water vapor

111.

Evaporation of water cools Earth

a)

True

b)

False

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