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Earth's Layers and Patterns in Earth's Features

Total questions: 25

Worksheet time: 23mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Which letter correctly identifies the area of Earth called the mantle?

a)

A

b)

B

c)

C

d)

D

2.

Which letter correctly identifies the area of Earth known as the outer core?

a)

A

b)

B

c)

C

d)

D

3.

Which letter correctly identifies the area of Earth called the crust?

a)

A

b)

B

c)

C

d)

D

4.

Which letter correctly identifies the area of Earth called the inner core?

a)

A

b)

B

c)

C

d)

D

5.

Which layer of the earth is completely liquid iron and nickel?

a)

crust

b)

outer coremantle

c)

inner core

d)

outer core

6.

Which layer is the thickest?

a)

crust

b)

core

c)

mantle

d)

all of them are the same size

7.

Why do certain landforms, like mountains and volcanoes, and geological events, such as earthquakes, occur in patterns around the world?

a)

people created these landforms where the lived

b)

Earth's crust was damaged by asteroids causing these landforms to be created

c)

Earth's plates move around creating these landforms and sometimes causing earthquakes

d)

aliens...

8.

The thinnest, outermost layer of Earth that is made mostly of rock

a)

inner core

b)
crust
c)
mantle
d)
atmosphere
9.

large pieces of Earth's crust that move slowly on the mantle

a)
tectonic plates
b)
ocean currents
c)
volcanic rocks
d)
mountain ranges
10.

when two tectonic plates come together and push against each other

a)
Divergent boundary
b)
Transform boundary
c)
Subduction zone
d)
Convergent boundary
11.

when two tectonic plates move apart from each other

a)

Divergent boundary

b)

Subduction boundary

c)

Transform boundary

d)

Convergent boundary

12.

when two tectonic plates slide past each other

a)
convergent boundary
b)
transform boundary
c)
divergent boundary
d)
subduction zone
13.

Earth's thickest layer made of mostly melted rock adn causes tectonic plates to move

a)
crust
b)
core
c)
atmosphere
d)
mantle
14.

layer of Earth that is made of completely melted iron and nickel

a)
crust
b)
mantle
c)
inner core
d)
outer core
15.

center of Earth and the hottest layer which is made up of solid iron and nickel

a)
Outer core
b)
Mantle
c)
Crust
d)
Inner core
16.

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)
Earthquake
b)
Hurricane
c)
Volcano
d)
Tornado
17.

a deep area of the ocean left from an earthquake

a)

ocean trench

b)

tsunami

c)

mountain

d)
shallow zone
18.

large wave caused by an earthquake under the ocean

a)
tornado
b)
tsunami
c)
volcano eruption
d)
hurricane
19.

The result of a crack in the Earth's crust at a divergent boundary where melted rock from the mantle oozes to the surface

a)
Trench
b)
Volcano
c)
Subduction zone
d)

Mountain

20.

landforms that are created when Earth's plates move together at a convergent boundary causing the land to be higher than the surrounding area

a)
Canyons
b)
Mountains
c)
Valleys
d)
Plains
21.
What kind of plate boundary is shown here?
a)
divergent
b)
convergent
c)
transform
d)
submergent
22.
What kind of plate boundary is shown here?
a)
divergent
b)
convergent
c)
transform
d)
subducting
23.

The area around the pacific plate where volcanoes form along plate boundaries is called...

a)

death ring

b)

fire zone

c)

ring of fire

d)

zone of fire

24.

Name this fault

a)

Convergent Fault

b)

Transform fault

c)

Divergent fault

25.

Earth's plates meet at ____________.

a)

plate tectonics

b)

plate boundaries

c)

continental drift

d)

oceans