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WorksheetsMiddle School: Earth Outer and Inner Layers
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 3600secs
Scientists learn about Earth’s interior from seismic waves, rocks and calculations of density and magnetism.
True
False
Seismic waves can:
Bend
Behave differently in different materials
Travel at different speeds
All of the above
Mountains and rocks are part of which of the following?
Lithosphere/Geosphere
Atmosphere
Biosphere
Hydrosphere
The hydrosphere is made up of
Gas
Magma
Water
Rock
The thin layer of air, mostly nitrogen and oxygen, that surrounds Earth.
Atmosphere
Hydrosphere
Geosphere/Lithosphere
Biosphere
Trees, Animals and other living organisms are part of which sphere?
Biosphere
Atmosphere
Hydrosphere
Lithosphere/Geosphere
The ____ is the innermost (closest to the center) layer of Earth.
mantle
core
crust
What is true about the crust?
The crust is less than 1% of Earth’s mass
There are two types of crust, continental and oceanic
It is the outermost layer
All of the above
The layers of Earth from inside to out are:
Core, Crust, Mantle
Core, Mantle, Crust
Crust, Mantle, Core
Mantle, Core, Crust
Which one are the 3 layers of the Earth?
Crust / Mantle / Core
Crust / Lithosphere / Asthenosphere
Mantle / Core / Atmosphere
Outer Core / Inner Core / Hydrosphere
The two types of Earth's crust are oceanic and continental.
True
False
Crust is thick relative to Earth’s radius.
True
False
Which of these statements is true about the mantle?
The mantle is extremely hot
It is about 68% of Earth’s mass
Mainly composed of Peridotite
All of the Above
This layer heats up the mantle.
Crust
Lithosphere
Asthenosphere
Core
Conduction is the term for heat transferred through the rapid collision of atoms.
True
False
Earth’s internal layer with the highest density (deepest because is heavier) is the:
Oceanic crust
Mantle
Outer core
Inner Core
Scientists believe that metallic meteorites are representative of the core.
True
False
The core is made of:
Iron and nickel metal
Peridotite
Gabbro and basalt
None of these
If the Earth's core were not metal, the planet would not have a magnetic field.
True
False
The layer of Earth, called the lithosphere, is composed of the crust and the upper portion of the mantle.
True
False
