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Chapter 1 and 2 GEO

Total questions: 70

Worksheet time: 38mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
The thinnest layer of the Earth is the ___________.
a)
mantle
b)
crust
c)
core
2.
There are how many different types of crust?
a)
1
b)
2
c)
5
d)
3
3.
What is the thickest layer of the Earth?
a)
the crust
b)
the mantle
c)
the outer core
d)
the inner core
4.
What is the core made of?
a)
steel
b)
iron 
c)
aluminum
d)
iron and nickel
5.
What describes the outer core?
a)
solid
b)
liquid
c)
viscous
d)
gas
6.
Why is the inner core solid?
a)
its unknown
b)
what it's made of
c)
the pressure
d)
it is colder than the outer core
7.
Which layer of the Earth is the only liquid layer?
a)
Outer Core
b)
Inner Core
c)
Mantle
d)
Lithosphere
8.
Which layer(s) of the Earth make up the asthenosphere?
a)
Part of the mantle
b)
Crust, mantle, Core
c)
Crust and upper mantle
d)
Only the crust
9.
What is the correct order (starting from the surface) of Earth's layers?
a)
crust, outer core, inner core, mantle
b)
mantle, outer core, inner core, crust
c)
crust, mantle, outer core, inner core
d)
outer core, inner core, crust, mantle
10.
What happens to temperature as we move from the crust to the inner core?
a)
Decreases
b)
Increases
c)
Nothing
11.
Less dense materials rise to the top.
a)
True
b)
False
12.
Which layer of Earth has the GREATEST density?
a)
crust
b)
mantle
c)
outer core
d)
inner core
13.

Which layer is shown in red?

a)

crust

b)

mantle

c)

outer core

d)

inner core

14.

Which layer is shown in orange?

a)

crust

b)

mantle

c)

outer core

d)

inner core

15.

Which layer is shown in yellow?

a)

crust

b)

mantle

c)

outer core

d)

inner core

16.

Which layer is shown in brown?

a)

crust

b)

mantle

c)

outer core

d)

inner core

17.

Which layer of the Earth are convection currents found?

a)

Crust

b)

Mantle

c)

Inner Core

d)

Outer Core

18.

The tectonic plates make up the

a)

Crust

b)

Lithosphere

c)

Asthenosphere

d)

Core

19.
Name this landform.
a)
delta
b)
canyon
c)
sand dune
d)
cave
20.
What process is responsible for creating a delta?
a)
water
b)
weathering and erosion
c)
wind
d)
deposition
21.
Name this landform.
a)
sand dune
b)
delta
c)
desert
d)
mountain
22.
What agent is responsible for creating sand dunes?
a)
wind
b)
water
c)
ice
d)
deposition
23.
Name this landform.
a)
stalactites and stalagmites
b)
cave
c)
arch
d)
sand dune
24.
a)

Glacier

b)

Iceberg

c)

Mountains

d)

Bay

25.
a)

Lagoon

b)

Earth

c)

Bay

d)

Gulf

26.
a)

Atoll

b)

Isthmus

c)

Island

d)

Beach

27.
a)

Lake

b)

River

c)

Gulf

d)

Inlet

28.

Focus on the flat topped mountains

a)

Plains

b)

Desert

c)

Mesa

d)

Plateau

29.

Focus on the landform being surrounded on three sides by water

a)

Gulf

b)

Coast

c)

Peninsula

d)

Bay

30.

Focus on the body of water

a)

Lake

b)

River

c)

Riverbank

d)

Floodplain

31.

Do NOT focus on the rock

a)

Cliff

b)

Waterfall

c)

Lagoon

d)

Pond

32.

Focus on the rock

a)

River

b)

Canyon

c)

Vegetation

d)

Crevice

33.

Focus on the rock face

a)

Cape

b)

Edge of the world

c)

Canyon

d)

Cliff

34.

Focus on the dip between mountains

a)

Peak

b)

River

c)

Mountain

d)

Valley

35.

What type of landform is this?

a)

Plateau

b)

Mountain

c)

Valley

d)

Volcano

36.
An area in the desert with a water source
a)
canyon
b)
glacier
c)
peninsula
d)
oasis
37.

A supercontinent containing all of Earth's land that existed about 225 million years ago.

a)

Pangea

b)

Gondwanaland

c)

Rodinia

d)

Pannotia

38.

The theory that the continents have not always been in their present locations but have moved there over millions of years

a)

Continental Drift Theory

b)

Plate Tectonics

c)

Alfred Wegener

d)

Lystrasaurus

39.

A block of lithosphere that consists of the crust and the rigid, outermost part of the mantle.

a)

tectonic plate

b)

continent

c)

crust

d)

mantle

40.

The place where two plates meet.

a)

plate boundary

b)

tectonic plate

c)

asthenosphere

d)

crust

41.

a tectonic plate boundary where two plates collide, come together, or crash into each other

a)

transform

b)

divergent

c)

convergent

d)

strike-slip

42.

boundary between tectonic plates in which the two plates move away from each other, and new crust is created between them

a)

transform

b)

divergent

c)

convergent

d)

strike-slip

43.

Boundary between two plates that are sliding past each other

a)

transform

b)

divergent

c)

convergent

d)

strike-slip

44.

An area where magma from deep within the mantle melts through the crust above it

a)

mountain chain

b)

rift

c)

subduction zone

d)

hot spot

45.

The theory that pieces of Earth's lithosphere are in constant motion, driven by convection currents in the mantle

a)

buoyancy

b)

continental drift

c)

plate tectonics

d)

Alfred Wegener

46.

The portion of the earth's crust that primarily contains granite, is less dense than oceanic crust, and is 20-50 km thick

a)

mantle

b)

continental crust

c)

oceanic crust

d)

asthenosphere

47.

Thinner, more dense, younger crust, primarily basaltic, making ocean floor

a)

mantle

b)

continental crust

c)

oceanic crust

d)

asthenosphere

48.

The process that creates new seafloor as plates move away from each other at the mid-ocean ridges

a)

stressing

b)

seafloor spreading

c)

subduction

d)

shearing

49.

The process by which oceanic crust sinks beneath a deep-ocean trench and back into the mantle at a convergent plate boundary.

a)

stressing

b)

seafloor spreading

c)

subduction

d)

shearing

50.

a valley in the ocean created when one lithospheric plate subducts under another

a)

deep ocean trench

b)

rift valley

c)

oceanic ridge

51.

a continuous elevated zone on the floor of all the major ocean basins and varying in width from 1000-4000km; the rifts at the crests represent divergent plate boundaries

a)

deep ocean trench

b)

rift valley

c)

oceanic ridge

52.

a valley formed by the separation of tectonic plates

a)

deep ocean trench

b)

rift valley

c)

oceanic ridge

53.

the region where an oceanic plate sinks down into the asthenosphere at a convergent boundary, usually between continental and oceanic plates

a)

deep ocean trench

b)

rift valley

c)

oceanic ridge

d)

subduction zone

54.

Imaginary vertical lines on a globe that show the distance from the prime meridian

a)

Equator

b)

Latitude

c)

Longitude

d)

Prime Meridian

55.

A sphere model of Earth

a)

Latitude

b)

Map

c)

Equator

d)

Globe

56.

A key containing symbols that shows what is on a map

a)

Legend

b)

Globe

c)

Compass Rose

d)

Prime Meridian

57.

An imaginary line of latitude that runs through the middle of the Earth. The ____ is degrees latitude.

a)

Longitude

b)

Globe

c)

Equator

d)

Latitude

58.

A flat picture that can show the land and the water on Earth

a)

Latitiude

b)

Compass Rose

c)

Globe

d)

Map

59.

Imaginary horizontal lines on a globe that show the distance from the equator

a)

Map

b)

Latitude

c)

Equator

d)

Legend

60.

An imaginary line of longitude that goes through Europe and Africa. The ____ is at 0 degrees longitude.

a)

Prime Meridian

b)

Latitude

c)

Map

d)

Equator

61.

Major cities and capital cities noted on map is called a....

a)

Physical Map

b)

Political Map

62.

A map that shows physical features of the land is called a...

a)

Physical Map

b)

Political Map

63.

This map shows borders and boundaries. What is it called?

a)

Physical Map

b)

Political Map

64.

Something you would find on a physical map is...

a)

a highway

b)

a lake

c)

a different subject

d)

a border between states or countries

65.

What type of map is this?

a)

climate map

b)

physical map

c)

political map

d)

topographic map

66.

This type of map shows where gold and silver is located

a)

Political Map

b)

Physical Map

c)

Natural Resource Map

d)

Climate Map

67.

What map feature tells you what the map is showing?

a)

Title

b)

Scale

c)

Compass

d)

Context

68.

What map feature tells you the ratio between size in real life and size in the map?

a)

Scale

b)

Title

c)

Legend

d)

Compass

69.

Which type of map shows you past situations or events?

a)

Historic

b)

Political

c)

Physical

d)

Demographic

70.

Which type of map shows you population characteristics?

a)

Demographic

b)

Physical

c)

Historic

d)

Political