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The Changing Earth

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 10mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

The _______ is very hot, about 9000 degrees.

a)

Mantle

b)

Inner Core

c)

Crust

d)

Outer Core

2.

Many of Earth's features are formed by the motion of _______.

a)

Oceans

b)

Volcanos

c)

Plates

d)

Rivers

3.

Most mountains are formed in groups called _______.

a)

Ranges

b)

Faults

c)

Plates

d)

Oceans

4.

Dome-shaped mountains are usually _____ mountains.

a)

Low

b)

High

c)

Jagged

d)

Cool

5.

About one ______ earthquakes happen every year.

a)

Hundred

b)

Million

c)

Thousand

d)

Billion

6.

The _________ is usually less than 25 miles below the surface.

a)

Epicenter

b)

Focus

c)

Small

d)

Plates

7.

Plates are carried along on melted rock of the

a)

inner core

b)

outer core

c)

crust

d)

mantle

8.

Heat energy from inside Earth is called ____?

a)

Solar Energy

b)

Tsunami

c)

Geothermal Energy

d)

Kinetic Energy

9.

An earthquake is the shaking of Earth's ______?

a)

Surface

b)

Inner Core

c)

Outer Core

d)

Crust

10.

When the plates of Earth collide, they can form

a)

Volcanoes

b)

Plains

c)

Rivers

d)

Oceans

11.

Inner Core

a)

at the very center of Earth

b)

is hot liquid metal

c)

8000 miles in diameter

d)

the thickest layer

12.

Outer Core

a)

8000 miles in diameter

b)

at the very center of Earth

c)

the thickest layer

d)

is hot metal liquid

13.

Mantle

a)

is hot liquid metal

b)

The thickest layer

c)

8000 miles in diameter `

d)

at the very center of Earth

14.

Crust

a)

Makes up continents and ocean floors

b)

8000 miles in diameter

c)

Is hot metal liquid

d)

At the very center of Earth

15.

Earth

a)

8000 miles in diameter

b)

The thicket layer

c)

hot liquid metal

d)

at the very center of Earth

16.

As melted rock cools, it forms a liquid.

a)

True

b)

False

17.

It takes millions of years for mountains to form.

a)

True

b)

False

18.

A tsunami is a tiny ocean wave.

a)

True

b)

False

19.

A fault is a place where two plates meet.

a)

True

b)

False

20.

There are seven major plates that make up the Earth's crust.

a)

True

b)

False