WorksheetsEarth's Structure and Composition
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 10mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
What stops scientists from DIRECTLY exploring Earth's interior?
a)
oxygen and magma
b)
money and interest
c)
extreme heat and pressure
d)
extreme cold and pressure
2.
How do scientists INDIRECTLY learn about Earth's interior?
a)
seismic waves
b)
rock samples
c)
tsunamis
d)
volcanoes
3.
What about seismic waves reveal the structure of Earth?
a)
speed and path
b)
size and weight
c)
speed and size
d)
size and path
4.
What is the name of layer 3?
a)
crust
b)
outer core
c)
mantle
d)
inner core
5.
What is the name of layer 1?
a)
crust
b)
outer core
c)
mantle
d)
inner core
6.
What is the name of layer 2?
a)
crust
b)
outer core
c)
mantle
d)
inner core
7.
What is the name of layer 4?
a)
crust
b)
outer core
c)
mantle
d)
inner core
8.
The asthenosphere is the only liquid layer of Earth.
a)
TRUE
b)
FALSE
9.
Earth's outer core is made of mostly iron and nickel.
a)
TRUE
b)
FALSE
10.
Earth's inner core is under extreme pressure.
a)
TRUE
b)
FALSE
11.
The layer we live on:
a)
Oceanic Crust
b)
Continental Crust
c)
Lithosphere
d)
Asthenosphere
12.
The lithosphere and asthenosphere:
a)
Upper Mantle
b)
Lower Mantle
c)
Outer Core
d)
Inner Core
13.
Earth's only liquid layer:
a)
Upper Mantle
b)
Lower Mantle
c)
Outer Core
d)
Inner Core
14.
There is only one kind of Earth's crust.
a)
TRUE
b)
FALSE
15.
Made of dark, dense rock such as basalt.
a)
Oceanic Crust
b)
Continental Crust
c)
Lithosphere
d)
Asthenosphere
16.
Solid ball of mostly iron and nickel:
a)
Upper Mantle
b)
Lower Mantle
c)
Outer Core
d)
Inner Core
17.
The crust is the thinnest layer of Earth.
a)
TRUE
b)
FALSE
18.
Layer that "flows," but is still solid:
a)
Oceanic Crust
b)
Continental Crust
c)
Lithosphere
d)
Asthenosphere
19.
Solid rock that extends to Earth's core:
a)
Upper Mantle
b)
Lower Mantle
c)
Outer Core
d)
Inner Core
20.
Made of the uppermost mantle and crust:
a)
Oceanic Crust
b)
Continental Crust
c)
Lithosphere
d)
Asthenosphere
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