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WorksheetsEarth's Layers and Patterns in Earth's Features
Total questions: 25
Worksheet time: 23mins
Which letter correctly identifies the area of Earth called the mantle?
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B
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Which letter correctly identifies the area of Earth known as the outer core?
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B
C
D
Which letter correctly identifies the area of Earth called the crust?
A
B
C
D
Which letter correctly identifies the area of Earth called the inner core?
A
B
C
D
Which layer of the earth is completely liquid iron and nickel?
crust
outer coremantle
inner core
outer core
Which layer is the thickest?
crust
core
mantle
all of them are the same size
Why do certain landforms, like mountains and volcanoes, and geological events, such as earthquakes, occur in patterns around the world?
people created these landforms where the lived
Earth's crust was damaged by asteroids causing these landforms to be created
Earth's plates move around creating these landforms and sometimes causing earthquakes
aliens...
The thinnest, outermost layer of Earth that is made mostly of rock
inner core
large pieces of Earth's crust that move slowly on the mantle
when two tectonic plates come together and push against each other
when two tectonic plates move apart from each other
Divergent boundary
Subduction boundary
Transform boundary
Convergent boundary
when two tectonic plates slide past each other
Earth's thickest layer made of mostly melted rock adn causes tectonic plates to move
layer of Earth that is made of completely melted iron and nickel
center of Earth and the hottest layer which is made up of solid iron and nickel
caused by sliding of plates at a transform boundary resulting in the shaking of the ground and a crack in Earth's crust called a fault
a deep area of the ocean left from an earthquake
ocean trench
tsunami
mountain
large wave caused by an earthquake under the ocean
The result of a crack in the Earth's crust at a divergent boundary where melted rock from the mantle oozes to the surface
Mountain
landforms that are created when Earth's plates move together at a convergent boundary causing the land to be higher than the surrounding area
The area around the pacific plate where volcanoes form along plate boundaries is called...
death ring
fire zone
ring of fire
zone of fire
Name this fault
Convergent Fault
Transform fault
Divergent fault
Earth's plates meet at ____________.
plate tectonics
plate boundaries
continental drift
oceans
