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World Geo Chp 2

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 10mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

 

Inner most layer of our earth is?

a)

Crust

b)

Igneous rocks

c)

Core

d)

None of these

2.

Our earth is made of three layers which are?

a)

Core, mantle , boundary

b)

Core , manticore , boundary

c)

Core , mantle , crust

d)

Core , manticore , crust

3.

The Core is made up of ...................... and ...................... .

a)

iron and magnesium

b)

nickel and iron

c)

Sedimentary and metamorphic

d)

rocks and minerals

4.

The upper most layer of earth's surface is called

a)

the brust

b)

the forest

c)

the surface

d)

the crust

5.

What does this image depict?

a)

Continental drift

b)

The hydrologic cycle

c)

The atmospheric effect on light

d)

The Lithosphere

6.

 

The layer of air, oxygen, water, and other substances above the earth's surface

a)

atmosphere

b)

biosphere

c)

hydrosphere

d)

lithosphere

7.

The water in oceans, lakes, rivers, and under the ground

a)

biosphere

b)

lithosphere

c)

atmosphere

d)

hydrosphere

8.

 

Thick layers of rock around the earth's core.

a)

core

b)

mantle

c)

crust

d)

sediment

9.

Large landmasses in the earth's oceans

a)

continents

b)

Ring of Fire

c)

hydrosphere

d)

mantle

10.

 

How many planets are in our solar system?

a)

7

b)

8

c)

9

d)

10

11.

When did dinosaurs go extinct?

a)

30 million years ago

b)

100 million years ago

c)

63 million years ago

d)

100 billion years ago

12.

What was the cause of the Jurassic Extinction?

a)

Plastic in the ocean

b)

Huge and widespread volcanic eruptions

c)

Asteroid hit earth

d)

Deforestation

13.

What is this a picture of?

a)

Ocean Crust

b)

Pangaea

c)

Africa

d)

Continental Drift

14.

The Theory of Continental Drift states that Pangaea broke apart and the continents "drifted" away from each other

a)

True

b)

False

15.

The Asteroid that wiped out the dinosaurs was said to have hit where?

a)

Brasilia, Brazil

b)

Bogota, Columbia

c)

Mexico City, Mexico

d)

Chicxulub, Mexico

16.

How were the Great Lakes created?

a)

by the clearing of forests

b)

by the melting of glaciers

c)

by the damming of rivers

d)

by the shrinking of oceans

17.

What map projection is shown here?

a)

Robinson

b)

Goode's Interrupted Equal Area

c)

Cylindrical

d)

Mercator

18.

What geographic tool uses the Navstar to provide locations on the Earth?

a)

GIS

b)

Map Projections

c)

GPS

d)

Compass Rose

19.

GIS stands for

a)

Geological Information System

b)

Geographic Information Sharing

c)

Generic Information System

d)

Geographic Information System

20.

Lakes hold___% of earth's freshwater

a)

95%

b)

80%

c)

100%

d)

65%