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Active Planet Year 3

Total questions: 28

Worksheet time: 14mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What do we call the giant slabs of rock that make up the Earth's crust?

a)
Titanic plates
b)

Tectonic plates

c)
Techno plates
d)
Tonatic Plates
2.

What is the name of the centre of the Earth?

a)
Mantel
b)
Outer core
c)
Crust
d)
Inner Core
3.
The Earths plates move approximately how much each year?
a)
10 inches (25 cm)
b)
5 inches (12 cm)
c)
8 inches (20 cm)
d)
2 inches (5 cm)
4.
In which ocean basin would you find 'The Ring of Fire'?
a)
Indian Ocean
b)
Pacific Ocean
c)
Atlantic Ocean
5.
Cooling magma forms which type of rock?
a)
igneous
b)
Sedimentary
c)
metamorphic
d)
shells
6.
What word is used to describe molten rock that is underground?
a)
ash
b)
Lava
c)
Sedimentary
d)
magma
7.
What word is used to describe molten rock that has erupted onto the surface?
a)
Magma
b)
Sedimentary
c)
Lava
d)
Ash
8.

What is this?

a)

A supercontinent called Pangea

b)

An alien planet called Pangea

c)

A country called Pangea

d)

A city called Pangea

9.

Why did Pangea break up into separate continents?

a)

Because of plate tectonics

b)

Because there was a war

c)

Because the dinosaurs broke the crust

d)

I don't know

10.

What word should go in box number 2?

a)

Plate

b)

Fault line

c)

Epicentre

d)

Hypocentre

11.

What word should go in box number 5?

a)

Plate

b)

Fault line

c)

Epicentre

d)

Hypocentre

12.

What word should go in box number 4?

a)

Plate

b)

Fault line

c)

Epicentre

d)

Hypocentre

13.

When an earthquake happens, energy is released. Is this energy released in one shock, or over time in many shocks?

a)

In one shock

b)

In many shocks

14.

The crater is right on top of the volcano.

a)

True

b)

False

15.

Convergent tectonic plate movement is when two plates are moving towards each other. True or false?

a)

True

b)

False

16.

What is the biggest tectonic plate?

a)

Pacific plate

b)

North American plate

c)

Eurasian plate

d)

African plate

17.

What is the mouth of a volcano called?

a)

Secondary vent

b)

Ace ventura

c)

Crater

d)

Magma chamber

18.

What is the red area on this map showing?

a)

Where the hottest temperatures in the world are

b)

The Pacific Ring of Fire

c)

The North American Plate

d)

The Eurasian Plate

19.

In which country would you find Mount Fuji?

a)

Nether

b)

United States

c)

Indonesia

d)

Japan

20.

Active and extinct are two volcano stages. Can you name a third?

a)

Semi-conscious

b)

Slumberous

c)

Comatose

d)

Dormant

21.

What is the name for the middle layer of the earth?

a)

Mantle

b)

Core

c)

Crust

d)

Continent

22.

volcanoes can be

a)

active, dormant or extinct

b)

active, sleeping or flat

c)

inactive, dormant and extinct

23.

______ is a hot liquid rock that comes from a volcano.

a)

volcano

b)

magma

c)

summit

d)

base

e)

lava

24.

What type of volcano cannot erupt again?

a)

A dormant volcano.

b)

An extinct volcano.

c)

An active volcano.

25.

What type of volcano erupts quite often?

a)

A dormant volcano.

b)

An extinct volcano.

c)

An active volcano.

26.

What type of volcano erupted a long time ago but can erupt again?

a)

A dormant volcano.

b)

An extinct volcano.

c)

An active volcano.

27.

True or false? Volcanoes only exist on land.

a)

True

b)

False

28.
The formation of the Hawaiian Islands is one example of
a)
volcanoes forming over a hot spot
b)
volcanoes forming along a plate boundary
c)
the Ring of Fire
d)
continental drift