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Earth and its habitats

Total questions: 42

Worksheet time: 27mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What is the thinnest layer of the Earth?

a)

Mantle

b)

Core

c)

Crust

2.

Earhquakes takes place on

a)

The crust

b)

The mantle

c)

The core

3.

The thickest layer of the Earth is

a)

The crust

b)

The mantle

c)

The core

4.

It is made up of melted rock

a)

Crust

b)

Mantle

c)

Core

5.

It is as hot as the surface of the Sun

a)

Crust

b)

Mantle

c)

Core

6.

It is totally liquid

a)

Crust

b)

Mantle

c)

Outer core

d)

Inner core

7.

The inner core is:

a)

Solid

b)

Liquid

c)

Gaseous

8.

The hottest layer of the Earth is

a)

The crust

b)

The mantle

c)

The outer core

d)

The inner core

9.

What layer is the number 5

a)

Inner core

b)

Crust

10.
What do we call the center of the Earth?
a)
Mantle
b)
Crust
c)
Apple
d)
Core
11.
Which two metals are thought to be found in the core?
a)
iron and steel
b)
iron and nickel
c)
gold and silver
d)
iron and copper
12.

Scientist think the Earth is ___ years old.

a)

4,500

b)

45,000

c)

4.5 million

d)

4.4 billion

13.

Which type of crust would a tectonic plate have?

a)

Oceanic Crust

b)

Continental Crust

c)

Both Oceanic and

Continental

14.

Why do scientists think that earth's inner core is solid?

a)

High temperatures

b)

High amounts of metal

c)

High Pressures

d)

Low temperatures

15.

The Earth's crust moves in...

a)

Circles

b)

Tectonic plates

c)

Zigzags

d)

Magma

16.

Which of these is NOT a layer of the Earth?

a)

Inner core

b)

Mantle

c)

Outer core

d)

Magma

17.

Where do we tend to find volcanoes?

a)

In the ocean

b)

On the land

c)

Where tectonic plates meet

d)

Where one has erupted before

18.

Where is the Ring of Fire located?

a)

The Atlantic Ocean

b)

The Pacific Ocean

c)

Indian Ocean

d)

Southern Ocean

19.
What percent of the Earth's volcanoes reside in the Ring of Fire?
a)
75%
b)
100%
c)
90%
d)
0%
20.
What is Magma when it reaches the surface of Earth?
a)
Lava
b)
Mafic Magma
c)
Felsic Magma
d)
None of these
21.
This is the name for the chain of volcanos around the edge of the Pacific Plate.
a)
Circle of Fire
b)
Ring of Lava
c)
Ring of Fire
d)
Circle of Magma
22.
Volcanoes that have recently erupted are known as:
a)
Extinct Volcano
b)
Dormant Volcano
c)
Active Volcano
d)
What's a volcano?
23.
Vocanoes are found...
a)
on land
b)
under water
c)
on islands
d)
all of the above
24.
What can be created by a volcano?
a)
a book
b)
a tiger
c)
an island
d)
a person
25.
What does not come out of volcanos?
a)
ash
b)
lava
c)
rock
d)
chocolate
26.

A bowl shaped area that may form at the top of a volcano around the central vent

a)

crater

b)

vent

c)

tube

d)

leftovers

27.

A Tsunami is caused due to

a)

Undersea Earthquake

b)

Lightning

c)

Heavy thunder

28.

The solid hard crust of the earth is called

a)

Magma

b)

Geosphere

c)

Innercore

29.

What is the beginning point of an earthquake?

a)

focus

b)

epicenter

c)

tsunami

d)

lithosphere

30.

What is the point on Earth's surface directly above the focus?

a)

tsunami

b)

seismic wave

c)

epicenter

d)

focus

31.

Giant ocean waves are called?

a)

epicenter

b)

seismic wave

c)

focus

d)

tsunami

32.

What is the shaking of the Earth’s crust caused by a release of energy?

a)

Earthquake

b)

Epicenter

c)

Fault

d)

Plate

33.

_______________is a measure of the “size,” or amplitude, of the seismic waves generated by an earthquake source and recorded by seismographs.

a)

magnitude

b)

intensity

34.

A living thing is something that —

a)

moves and talks

b)

grows and changes

c)

eats and changes

d)

stays the same

35.

All living things need —

a)

Parents, soil, and air

b)

food, clothes, and air

c)

love, food, and friends

d)

shelter, nutrients, water, and oxygen

36.

An environment is made up of —

a)

only living thing

b)

only nonliving things

c)

living things and nonliving things

d)

humans and animals

37.

The coral snake is venomous. The milk snake is not venomous. How does looking almost exactly like the coral snake help the milk snake?

a)

It helps the milk snake find prey easily

b)

It helps the milk snake move very quickly

c)

It helps the milk snake keep predators away

d)

It helps the milk snake blend into its environment

38.

What environment is this?

a)

Desert

b)

Mountains

c)

Plains

39.

all the living things that belong to the same group and live in the same area

a)

population

b)

ecosystem

c)

drought

d)

community

40.

Orchid flowers live by hanging on trees found only in warm, wet areas. Which of the following habitats would allow orchids to survive?

a)

mountain

b)

desert

c)

rainforest

d)

polar

41.

Which feature helps an animal hide from other animals?

a)

looking like a dangerous animal

b)

Being the same color as the place it lives (camouflage)

c)

having sharp claws

d)

having blubber

42.
A habitat is.........
a)
a place where animals live
b)
a kind of sandwhich
c)
a kind of car
d)
my name