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The Earths Layers-4th Grade

Total questions: 25

Worksheet time: 13mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

what are you learning about today?

a)

the layers of the earth

b)

grass

c)

earth

d)

earths interior

2.

what is crust?

a)

oceanic crust around earth

b)

solid rock on air

c)

layer of solid rock including dry land and ocean floor.

d)

layer of molten metal on dry land and ocean floor

3.

what is a mantle

a)

solid rock on air

b)

hot rock/cold rock

c)

a layer of cold rock that is the deepest then the other layers

d)

a layer of hot rock that is the deepest then the others

4.

what is outer core

a)

layer of molten metal surrounding the inner core

b)

dense ball of solid metal

c)

layer with molten metal and a dense ball surrounding the outer core

d)

a layer that is dangerous and my hair smells good

5.

what is inner core?

a)

a layer of hot steaming lava with a dense ball of solid metal

b)

dense ball of solid metal

c)

a layer that has molten metal

d)

made out of iron and nickels

6.

what layer is made with solid rock on land

a)

outer core

b)

mantle

c)

inner core

d)

crust

7.

which core is only a rock

a)

inner core

b)

mantle

c)

outer core

d)

crust

8.

what layer is the biggest hottest layer on earth?

a)

inner core

b)

mantle

c)

outer core

d)

crust

9.

what core has metal surrounding the other core

a)

inner core

b)

mantle

c)

outer core

d)

crust

10.

Which of the following is not the Layer of the Earth?

a)

crust

b)

Glacier

c)

Mantle

d)

core

11.

The layer of Earth where we live on is:

a)

Oceanic crust

b)

Mantle

c)

core

d)

crust

12.

Which two layers of Earth are in Lithosphere?

a)

core and mantle

b)

inner core and outer core

c)

Core and mantle

d)

Oceanic crust and mantle

13.

To study Earth's Layers, Scientists could not dig deeper into Earth because

a)

Earths Core is hot

b)

Tools broke down

c)

Earths core is cold

d)

Earth is hollow inside

14.

We live on the crust

a)

True

b)

False

15.

Is the mantle solid or liquid?

a)

solid

b)

liquid

16.

List the layer in order

a)

1.Crust

2.inner core

3.outer core

4.Mantle

b)

1.inner core

2.outer core

3.crust

4.Mantle

c)

1.Mantle

2.outer core

3.inner core

4.crust

d)

1.crust

2.Mantle

3.Outer core

4.inner core

17.

what layers make the asthenosphere?

a)

upper mantle and crust

b)

outer core

c)

mantle

d)

inner core

18.

what layer is the thickest

a)

mantle

b)

crust

c)

upper mantle

d)

innner core

19.

the crust is the hottest layer

a)

false

b)

true

20.

what is the first layer

a)

mantle

b)

crust

21.

what layer make up the lithosphere

a)

the crust and the upper mantle

b)

the outer core

c)

the inner core

d)

the mantle

22.

Which type of plate boundary is produced when tectonic plates move towards each other?

a)

Divergent

b)

Convergent

c)

Transform

d)

Continent

23.

Which type of plate boundary is produced when tectonic plates move away from each other?

a)

Divergent

b)

Convergent

c)

Transform

d)

Continent

24.

What does the Richter scale measure

a)

Earthquake magnitude

b)

Depth of rock layers

c)

Speed of seismic waves

d)

Distance from the earthquake epicentre

25.

What causes tectonic plates to move

a)

Earthquakes in the crust

b)

Convection currents in the mantle

c)

Magnetism on the sea floor