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Layers of the Earth and Its Movement

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 14mins

Name

Class

Date

As you travel from the inner core to the crust, how would temperature, pressure and density of the material change?

The would all increase

The would all decrease.

Nothing, the layers are made of the same material throughout

Temperature would decrease, but pressure and density would increase

Which layer(s) of the Earth make up the asthenosphere?

Part of the mantle

Crust, mantle, Core

Crust and upper mantle

Only the crust

What is the correct order (starting from the surface) of Earth's layers?

crust, outer core, inner core, mantle

mantle, outer core, inner core, crust

crust, mantle, outer core, inner core

outer core, inner core, crust, mantle

What happens to pressure as we move from the crust down into the inner core?

Pressure Decreases

Pressure Increases

Nothing

What happens to temperature as we move from the crust down into the inner core?

Decreases

Increases

The lithosphere combines what two layers?

Athenosphere & Crust

Crust & Upper Mantle

Mantel & Asthenosphere

Which crust is thicker

oceanic

continental

bread

pizza

The continents were last all together around

250,000 years ago

2.5 million years ago

250 million years ago

2.5 billion years ago

What was Wegener’s continental drift idea?

The continents have moved slowly apart to their current locations.

The continents have always been located at their current locations.

The continents are moving slowly together from their current locations.

None of these

10.

Alfred Wegener named his single supercontinent ____________, which means "all Earth" in ancient Greek.

Pandora

Gandowandaland

Pangea

Percia

11.

Originally the Continental drift theory was not well received by other scientist. Why?

There was a competing theory at the time that was more believable.

There was no data showing the continents ever moved.

The scientists did not know the force responsible for moving the continents.

The scientist presenting the data was unreliable.

12.

What evidence did Wegener use to support his theory?

Continents and fossils fitting together/matching-up like puzzle pieces

glacier scars and other climate evidence from temperature

mountain ranges and rocks line up across continents

all of the above

13.

What does the theory of continental drift state?

The continents were once joined in a super-continent and have moved over time

Continents are stationary and do not move

The Earth is broken into lithospheric plates that move due to convection currents

none of the above

14.

Which of the following is evidence that supports continental drift?

the presence of penguins at both the equator and Antarctica

fossils of the same plant have been found on several continents

the presence of glacial features in Antarctica

the presence of volcanic rock in Antarctica

15.

The idea that continents were once part of a single landmass that broke apart and

moved

CONTINENTAL DRIFT

SEAFLOOR SPREADING

PLATE BOUNDERIES

CONVECTION CURRENTS

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Layers of the Earth and Its Movement

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 14mins

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