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YEAR 9 WEEK 9 ASSESSMENT

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 20mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Choose the correct list of the layers of the Earth starting from 1 - crust. Which order is correct?

a)

1 - crust, 2 - upper mantle, 3 - lower mantle,4 - outer core, 5 - inner core.

b)

1 - crust 2 - upper mantle 3 - lithosphere 4 - magma 5 - inner core.

c)

1 - crust, 2 - upper mantle, 3 - lower mantle, 4 - upper core, 5 - lower core.

d)

1 - crust, 2 - upper mantle, 3 - magma, 4 - outer core, 5 - nickel and iron.

2.

How thick is the crust on the average?

a)

15-20 km

b)

1-100 km

c)

20-80 km

d)

1-80 km

3.

What is the oceanic crust made of?

a)

Nickel

b)

Granite

c)

Basalt

d)

Iron

4.

What is the continental crust made of?

a)

Basalt

b)

Iron

c)

Nickel

d)

Granite

5.

What do the crust and the upper mantle form?

a)

The lithosphere

b)

A tectonic plate

c)

Mountains

d)

Magma

6.

Which part of the core is liquid?

a)

Inner

b)

Outer

c)

Upper

d)

Lower

7.

What 2 substances does the core consist of?

a)

Iron and magma

b)

Iron and uranium

c)

Iron and nickel

d)

Iron and rock

8.

What do you call big slabs of the lithosphere which float on moving magma?

a)

Tectonic plates

b)

Lithospheres

c)

Volcanoes

d)

Moving magma floats

9.

What does magnitude show?

a)

How far away the epicentre was.

b)

How strong the earthquake was.

c)

How long the earthquake lasted.

d)

How much damage the earthquake made.

10.

What are seismic waves?

a)

Earthquake waves that shake the earth.

b)

Waves that are created by two tectonic plates.

c)

Big ocean waves that travel through the earth.

11.

What is the name of the scale which is used to measure magnitude of an earthquake?

a)

Richard scale

b)

Richter scale

c)

Ricther scale

d)

Magnitude scale

e)

Seismometer

12.

What is magma?

a)

Molten metals

b)

Lower mantle and outer core.

c)

Rock, nickel and iron.

d)

Liquid rock.

13.

What is lava?

a)

Rock, nickel and iron in the lower mantle.

b)

Liquid rock on the earth’s surface.

c)

Molten metals and rock in the outer core.

d)

Upper mantle and the crust.

14.

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.

a)

Oceanic crust

b)

Indo-Australian crust

c)

Continental crust

d)

Russian crust

15.

What causes plates to move?

a)

Orbit

b)

Gravitational pull

c)

Magma

d)

Convection currents

16.

What is the term used for this movement of plates?

a)

Induction

b)

Divergent

c)

Convergent

d)

Transform

17.

All the movement of plates cause

a)

Tsunami

b)

Volcanic eruption

c)

Earthquakes

d)

Fold mountains

18.
What are the two kinds of crust that the Earth has?
a)
Oceanic and Crustatious Crust
b)
Oceanic and Continental Crust
c)
Optic and Continental Crust
19.
Which layer of Earth is located above the outer core?
a)
crust
b)
inner core
c)
mantle
d)
lithosphere
20.

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