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Geosphere Practice

Total questions: 50

Worksheet time: 1hrs 25mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
What is the outermost layer of the Earth?
a)
Outer core
b)
Inner core
c)
Mantle
d)
Crust
2.

What type of crust is the thickest?

a)

ocean

b)

continental

c)

beach

d)

desert

3.

Which layer of the core is mostly liquid?

a)

inner core

b)

outer core

c)

The sub-core

d)

under the floor

4.
Large chunks of the Earth's crust are called...
a)
mountains
b)
flats
c)
plates
d)
volcanoes
5.
What is caused when the tectonic plates slip?
a)
thunderstorms
b)
hurricanes
c)
tornadoes
d)
earthquakes
6.
Which agents  break down earth materials?
a)
wind only
b)
earthquakes and gravity
c)
ice and 007
d)
wind, water, and ice
7.

What is erosion?

a)

The movement of soil and other surface materials from one place to another.

b)

The breaking of sediment

c)

The dropping of sediment

d)

Mr, Price mows his lawn,

8.

Tsunamis are caused by

a)

underwater disturbances such as earthquakes, landslides, and volcanoes.

b)

wind and the gravitational pull of the moon.

c)

Mr. Price Sneezes.

d)

A disturbance above the earth.

9.

On which layer can we find the tectonic plates?

a)

Lithosphere

b)

Asthenosphere

c)

Lower Mantle

d)

Upper Mantle

10.

What is the geosphere?

a)

all of the water

b)

all of the gases

c)

all of the organisms

d)

all of the soil and rocks

11.

How might the geosphere affect the hydrosphere?

a)

Plant roots clog a sewer pipe.

b)

A tsunami destroys a town.

c)

A landslide fills in a pond.

d)

Beavers dam up a river.

12.

Which landform affects clouds the most?

a)

island

b)

desert

c)

mountain

d)

plateau

13.

How might the geosphere affect the biosphere?

a)

A mountain range blocks migrating animals.

b)

Strong winds carve arches into mountains.

c)

A thunderstorm causes a landslide.

d)

Heavy lightning starts a forest fire.

14.

How might humans change the geosphere to turn a rain shadow desert green?

a)

by raising the mountain range higher

b)

by carving a valley into the mountains

c)

by moving clouds over the desert

d)

by digging a river bed in the desert

15.

Which type of scientist studies the geosphere?

a)

ecologist

b)

geologist

c)

hydrologist

d)

meteorologist

16.

What is NOT part of the geosphere?

a)

boulders

b)

flowers

c)

mountains

d)

soil

17.

Geo means....

a)

life

b)

water

c)

earth

d)

air

18.

The Earth is made up of ____ layers.

a)

3

b)

6

c)

4

d)

5

19.

The outermost layer of Earth is called the

a)

crust

b)

outer mantle

c)

inner mantle

d)

core

20.

The crust of Earth is broken into

a)

cups.

b)

plates.

c)

islands.

d)

volcanoes.

21.

The layers of the Earth moving from the inside out are (in order)....

a)

crust, outer mantle, inner mantle, outer core, inner core

b)

inner core, outer core, inner mantle, outer mantle, crust

c)

crust, mantle, core

d)

core, mantle, crust

22.

The movement of the plates can cause (choose more than one)

a)

mountains

b)

tornadoes

c)

typhoons

d)

earthquakes

23.

The Geosphere includes all of the ______, ______, and _______ of Earth.

a)

minerals, rocks, and people

b)

soil, trees, and minerals

c)

rocks, soil, and water

d)

rocks, soil and minerals

24.

Magma is located in the

a)

crust

b)

mantle

c)

outer core

d)

inner core

25.

As you move in from the crust to the inner core, the temperature gets

a)

hotter

b)

colder

c)

stays the same

26.

The process that creates new sea floor as plates move away from each other at the mid-ocean ridges

a)

sea floor spreading

b)

plate boundaries

c)

faults

d)

crust

27.

A dense sphere of solid iron and nickel at the center of Earth

a)

sea floor spreading

b)

plate boundaries

c)

inner core

d)

crust

28.

Hot liquid core that surrounds Earth's solid inner core& that is made mostly of iron

a)

outer core

b)

plate boundaries

c)

inner core

d)

crust

29.

Earth's thickest layer made of hot rock and makes up 2/3 of the earth's mass; convection takes place here below the lithosphere

a)

outer core

b)

mantle

c)

inner core

d)

crust

30.

areas where tectonic plates converge, diverge or slide past each other creating earthquakes and volcanic activity

a)

outer core

b)

plate boundaries

c)

inner core

d)

crust

31.
What layer is 1?
a)
Crust
b)
Mantel
c)
Outer Core
d)
Inner Core
32.
What layer is 2?
a)
Crust 
b)
Mantel
c)
Outer Core
d)
Inner Core
33.
What Layer is 3?
a)
Crust
b)
Mantle
c)
Outer Core
d)
Inner Core
34.
What layer is 5?
a)
Crust
b)
Mantle
c)
Outer Core
d)
Inner Core
35.
What layer has a solid inner part and a liquid outer part?
a)
Crust
b)
Mantle
c)
Core
d)
none
36.
What are the three main layers of the Earth?
a)
Center, Middle, Outer
b)
Center, Mantle, Crush
c)
Core, Mantle, Crust
d)
Core, Middle, Crush
37.
True or False...You can touch only one of the Earth's layers.
a)
True
b)
False
38.

This landform is formed by

a)

water erosion

b)

wind erosion

c)

deposition

d)

glaciers

39.

The lithosphere is made of the _____ and the uppermost part of the ________

a)

crust

b)

inner core

c)

mantle

d)

outer core

40.

Which layer of the Earth is the densest?

a)

inner core

b)

outer core

c)

mantle

d)

crust

41.

Which describes the INNER CORE?

a)

made of solid iron and nickel

b)

made of liquid iron and nickel

c)

made of molten rock

d)

made of solid rock

42.

Which describes the OUTER CORE?

a)

made of solid iron and nickel

b)

made of liquid iron and nickel

c)

made of molten rock

d)

made of solid rock

43.

The two types of crust are_________

a)

thin and thick

b)

liquid and solid

c)

continental and oceanic

44.

Continental crust is ________ than Oceanic crust

a)

Thinner and more dense

b)

Thinner and less dense

c)

Thicker and more dense

d)

Thicker and less dense

45.

Molten rock that has cooled and hardened is called?

a)

igneous

b)

metamorphic

c)

sedimentary

46.

Rock that forms when high temps and extreme pressure change the rock is called?

a)

igneous

b)

metamorphic

c)

sedimentary

47.

Rock that forms when sediment is layered, compacted, and cemented together?

a)

igneous

b)

metamorphic

c)

sedimentary

48.

Which sphere contains rocks and minerals?

a)

geosphere

b)

biosphere

c)

hydrosphere

d)

atmosphere

49.

The word "bio" means what?

a)

little

b)

book

c)

life

d)

non-living

50.

Which sphere is mainly pictured here.

a)

geosphere

b)

biosphere

c)

hydrosphere

d)

atmosphere

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