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Inside our Earth and Our Changing Earth

Total questions: 19

Worksheet time: 11mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
What is the thinnest, outermost layer of Earth called?
a)
crust
b)
mantle
c)
outer core
d)
inner core
2.
The "super continent" that combined all of Earth's land into one huge continent millions of years ago is called...
a)
plate tectonics
b)
mountain formation
c)
North America
d)
Pangea
3.
The process that breaks down rocks into sediment is called...
a)
erosion
b)
a landslide
c)
weathering
d)
an avalanche
4.
The process that carries sediment away from one place to another is called...
a)
erosion
b)
weathering
c)
waterfall
d)
landslide
5.
What causes dunes to form?
a)
glacial deposits
b)
mountain building
c)
blowing wind
d)
movement along faults
6.
Which landform is created by deposition of sediments at the mouth of a river?
a)
Dune
b)
Canyon
c)
Delta
d)
Glacier
7.
What does the Richter scale measure?
a)
The magnitude, or amount of energy, released by a volcano.
b)
The amount of energy it takes for an electron to change orbitals.
c)
The magnitude, or amount of energy, released by an earthquake.
d)
How far away an earthquake ca be felt.
8.

Two types of force are

a)

Endogenic and internal force

b)

Exogenic and external force

c)

Speed force and slow force

d)

Endogenic and exogenic force

9.

The forces which act in the interior of the earth are called as

a)

Slow force

b)

Speed force

c)

Endogenic force

d)

Exogenic force

10.

An earthquake is measured with the machine called a

a)

Theismograph

b)

Heismograph

c)

Seismograph

d)

Meismograph

11.

A large moving piece of ice.

a)

glacier

b)

wind

c)

mountain

d)

tectonic plate

12.

An earthquake under the ocean that causes a wave.

a)

volcano

b)

tsunami

c)

tornado

d)

tectonic plate

13.

When two tectonic plates move against each other and cause the ground to shake.

a)

volcano

b)

earthquake

c)

tornado

d)

tectonic plate

14.

The uppermost layer over the earth’s surface is called :

a)

Crust

b)

Mantle

c)

Core

15.

The main mineral constituents of the continental mass are :

a)

silicon and aluminium

b)

silica and nickel

c)

silica and alumina

d)

silicon and magnesium

16.

Three major types of rocks:

a)

igneous

b)

sedimentary

c)

metamorphic

d)

sial

e)

sima

17.

When the molten magma cools, it becomes solid. Rocks thus formed are called (a)   rocks.

18.
Which scale measures the intensity of the ground movement?
a)
Mercalli Scale
b)
Richter Scale
c)
Seismogram Scale
d)
Bernoulli Scale
19.

The place on the Earth's surface, above the origin of the earthquake.

a)

Epicenter

b)

Focus

c)

Surface

d)

Crust