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Review - Plate Tectonics / Earth's Interior

Total questions: 18

Worksheet time: 9mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What is the most dense part of Earth? What is the least dense part of Earth?

a)

Inner Core, Crust

b)

Outer Core, Mantle

c)

Crust, Mantle

d)

Inner Core, Mantle

2.

The outer core is _______ and the inner core is ______.

a)

Liquid, Solid

b)

Molten Rock, Thinnest

c)

Solid, Liquid

d)

Plastic Like, Liquid

3.

As you increase in depth....

a)

Temperature, Pressure, and Density all increase.

b)

Temperature, Pressure, and Density all decrease.

c)

Temperature, Pressure, and Density all Stay the Same.

d)

Temperature Decrease, Density Stays the Same,

Pressure Increases

4.

This layers is known as a solid iron-rich zone.

a)

Inner Core

b)

Outer Core

c)

Mantle

d)

Crust

5.

The thickest layers is ______, and the thinnest layer is ______.

a)

Mantle, Crust

b)

Inner Core, Mantle

c)

Crust, Mantle

d)

Mantle, Core

6.

What powers the convection currents of Earth?

a)

Heat from the core

b)

Heat from the mantle

c)

That's just the way it is.

d)

Dark Magic!

7.

Oceanic crust is ____and____, while continental crust is _____ and _____

a)

Newer, thinner

Older, thicker

b)

Newer, thicker

Older, thinner

c)

Older, thinner

Newer, thicker

d)

It's all the same.

8.

Put the layers of the Earth in order from coldest to hottest.

a)

crust

mantle

outer core

inner core

b)

inner core

outer core

mantle

crust

c)

mantle

inner core

crust

outer core

d)

The deeper you go, the colder it gets. That's what mama says!

9.

Put the layers of the Earth in order from most to least dense.

a)

crust

mantle

outer core

inner core

b)

inner core

outer core

mantle

crust

c)

mantle

inner core

crust

outer core

d)

D = M/V

10.

A fish fossil was found high in the mountain. What is the most likely reason.

a)

The mountain crust use to be under water.

b)

The mountain most likely had lake.

c)

Some bird lost his lunch!

d)

Prehistoric fish could fly!

11.

A tropical plant fossil has been found in Alaska. What most likely explains this?

a)

Alaska use to be located closer to the equator and has since moved.

b)

Alaska use to be located closer to the poles and has since moved.

c)

Some 6th grader got a house plant from a friend.

d)

A dinosaur ate it and flew to Alaska.

12.

What two continents most likely look like they would fit together.

a)

South America /

Africa

b)

Asia / Australia

c)

North America /

Europe

d)

Asia / America

13.

What causes tsunamis?

a)

Earthquake underwater

b)

An Earthquake on land 12,000 miles away from an ocean.

c)

The gravitational pull of the moon.

d)

A large whale, splashes it tail at the surface of the water.

e)

When Aquaman is having a really bad day.

14.

Who came up with Continental Drift?

a)

Alfred Wegener

b)

Harry Hess

c)

J. Tuzo Wilson

d)

Can I Google it?

15.

Older fossils are found at the _______, while new ones are found at the _____.

a)

Botton /

Top

b)

Top /

Bottom

c)

Ground /

Store

d)

Walmart /

Target

16.

When two continental plates collide. What feature is created.

a)

Mountains

b)

Trench

c)

An Island Volcano

d)

Subduction Zone

17.

Subduction Zones are associated with

a)

Ocean Trench /

Earthquakes / crust recycling center

b)

Transform Boundaries / Faults

c)

Divergent Boundary /

Sea Floor-Spreading

d)

Is that the name of the Arcade at the Mall?

18.

Convergent Boundaries -

Divergent Boundaries -

Transform Boundaries -

a)

Come Together

Move Away

Slide Past

b)

Slide Past

Come Together

Move Away

c)

Move Away

Slide Past

Come Together