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WorksheetsYEAR 9 WEEK 9 ASSESSMENT
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 20mins
Choose the correct list of the layers of the Earth starting from 1 - crust. Which order is correct?
1 - crust, 2 - upper mantle, 3 - lower mantle,4 - outer core, 5 - inner core.
1 - crust 2 - upper mantle 3 - lithosphere 4 - magma 5 - inner core.
1 - crust, 2 - upper mantle, 3 - lower mantle, 4 - upper core, 5 - lower core.
1 - crust, 2 - upper mantle, 3 - magma, 4 - outer core, 5 - nickel and iron.
How thick is the crust on the average?
15-20 km
1-100 km
20-80 km
1-80 km
What is the oceanic crust made of?
Nickel
Granite
Basalt
Iron
What is the continental crust made of?
Basalt
Iron
Nickel
Granite
What do the crust and the upper mantle form?
The lithosphere
A tectonic plate
Mountains
Magma
Which part of the core is liquid?
Inner
Outer
Upper
Lower
What 2 substances does the core consist of?
Iron and magma
Iron and uranium
Iron and nickel
Iron and rock
What do you call big slabs of the lithosphere which float on moving magma?
Tectonic plates
Lithospheres
Volcanoes
Moving magma floats
What does magnitude show?
How far away the epicentre was.
How strong the earthquake was.
How long the earthquake lasted.
How much damage the earthquake made.
What are seismic waves?
Earthquake waves that shake the earth.
Waves that are created by two tectonic plates.
Big ocean waves that travel through the earth.
What is the name of the scale which is used to measure magnitude of an earthquake?
Richard scale
Richter scale
Ricther scale
Magnitude scale
Seismometer
What is magma?
Molten metals
Lower mantle and outer core.
Rock, nickel and iron.
Liquid rock.
What is lava?
Rock, nickel and iron in the lower mantle.
Liquid rock on the earth’s surface.
Molten metals and rock in the outer core.
Upper mantle and the crust.
This crust is heavy as it is made out of basalt. It is thinner than the other crust. Mountains, deep valleys and trenches can also be found here.
Oceanic crust
Indo-Australian crust
Continental crust
Russian crust
What causes plates to move?
Orbit
Gravitational pull
Magma
Convection currents
What is the term used for this movement of plates?
Induction
Divergent
Convergent
Transform
All the movement of plates cause
Tsunami
Volcanic eruption
Earthquakes
Fold mountains
How long ago was earth formed?
4.5 billion years ago
5.4 billion years ago
10 million years ago
5.4 million years ago
