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Earth's Layers, Tectonic Plates, Earthquakes and Volcanoes

Total questions: 65

Worksheet time: 4hrs 18mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
What is the outermost layer of the Earth?
a)
crust
b)
mantle
c)
outer core
d)
inner core
2.
What layer is 2?
a)
Crust 
b)
Mantel
c)
Outer Core
d)
Inner Core
3.
True or False. The Earth's crust is thick melted rock
a)
True
b)
False
4.
Which is thicker, continental or oceanic crust?
a)
continental
b)
oceanic
5.
What layer is 4?
a)
Crust
b)
Mantel
c)
Outer Core
d)
Inner Core
6.
What layer of the mantle is flexible like plastic?
a)
lithosphere
b)
asthenosphere
c)
lower mantle
7.
True or False.  The Earth's crust is made of rock
a)
True
b)
False
8.
What layer is 1?
a)
Crust
b)
Mantel
c)
Outer Core
d)
Inner Core
9.
What layer of the mantle breaks into plates and is like the crust?
a)
lithosphere
b)
asthenosphere
c)
lower mantle
10.
True or False. The mantle is a solid piece of rock.
a)
True
b)
False
11.
True or False. The Earth's crust is thicker than the inner layers.
a)
True 
b)
False
12.
Which part of the core is liquid metal?
a)
outer core
b)
inner core
13.
True or False. The Earth's land forms are found on Earth's crust.
a)
True
b)
False
14.
What two metals make up the core?
a)
aluminum and silver
b)
iron and nickel
15.
True or False. The mantle is hotter than the crust.
a)
True
b)
False
16.
What Layer is 3?
a)
Crust
b)
Mantle
c)
Outer Core
d)
Inner Core
17.
True or False. The mantle is thick liquid rock.
a)
True
b)
False
18.
What layer is the thickest?
a)
crust
b)
mantle
c)
inner core
d)
outer core
19.
What layer is 5?
a)
Crust
b)
Mantle
c)
Outer Core
d)
Inner Core
20.
True or False. The mantle is the outside layer of the earth.
a)
True
b)
False
21.
The ______ is the layer of the Earth under the crust.
a)
core
b)
mantle
c)
magma
d)
none of the above
22.
Which of these is NOT a type of plate boundary?
a)
convergent
b)
divergent
c)
bivergent
d)
transform
23.
This is the process of warm liquids rising while cooler liquids sink.
a)
convection
b)
subduction
c)
boiling
d)
uplift
24.
This type of plate boundary is when two plates slide past each other.
a)
convergent
b)
transform
c)
divergent
d)
subductive
25.
This type of plate boundary is when two plates crash into each other.
a)
convergent
b)
transform
c)
divergent
d)
subductive
26.
This type of plate boundary is when two plates move apart.
a)
convergent
b)
transform
c)
divergent
d)
subductive
27.
This is when two plates converge but one slides under the other due to density.
a)
uplift
b)
subduction
c)
trench
d)
none of the above
28.
When plates converge and form mountains, scientists call it _______.
a)
uplift
b)
subduction
c)
elevation
d)
none of the above
29.
Which of the following causes Earth's tectonic plates to move?
a)
Energy from the Sun
b)
Magnetic Pole Reversal
c)
Convection currents in the mantle
d)
Faults in Mountain Ranges
30.
What kind of plate boundary is shown here?
a)
divergent
b)
convergent
c)
transform
d)
strike slip
31.
Which is true about hotter material in the mantle?
a)
more dense, sinks
b)
less dense, sinks
c)
less dense, rises
d)
more dense, rises
32.
What geologic feature/event would you most likely to find at a convergent boundary between two pieces of continental crust?
a)
Volcano
b)
Mountain
c)
Rift
d)
Island Arc
33.
Plates move towards one another at ______________ boundaries.
a)
divergent
b)
convergent
c)
transform
d)
detergent
34.
Why did the continental plate get volcanoes?
a)
It is made of thicker continental crust
b)
It gets stuck and folds
c)
It has a subducted plate under it that melts
d)
It is more dense
35.
What would you be most likely to find at a convergent boundary between a continental and oceanic plate?
a)
Mountains
b)
Volcanoes
c)
Mid-Ocean Ridge
d)
Rift
36.
What type of plates are colliding
a)
2 oceanic plates
b)
oceanic and continental plate
c)
2 continental plates
37.
What would you be most likely to find at a convergent boundary between two pieces of continental crust?
a)
Volcano
b)
Mountain
c)
Rift
d)
Island Arc
38.

What type of plates are colliding?

a)

oceanic - oceanic plates

b)

Oceanic - continental plate

c)

continental - continental plates

39.

What geologic feature/event would you most likely to find at a convergent boundary between two pieces of oceanic crust?

a)
Volcano
b)

Trench

c)
Rift
d)
Island Arc
40.

What is the minimum number of seismograph stations needed to locate an earthquake epicenter?

a)

1

b)

2

c)

3

d)

5

41.

Measures the magnitude or size, of an Earthquake

a)

epicenter

b)

focus

c)

Richter scale

d)

Mercalli Scale

42.

What is the measure of the amount of energy released in an earthquake?

a)

Intensity

b)

Epicenter

c)

Magnitude

d)

Seismogram

43.

The place where an earthquake originates inside the Earth's surface is called...

a)

Epicenter

b)

Focus

c)

Underground

d)

Crust

44.

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

a)

Epicenter

b)

Focus

c)

Surface

d)

Crust

45.

What is the instrument used to measure earthquakes?

a)

Seismograph

b)

Seismologist

c)

Scale

d)

Seismogram

46.

Which city is closest to the epicenter?

a)

A

b)

B

c)

C

47.

Which seismogram represents a city that is far from the epicenter of an earthquake?

a)

New York, NY

b)

Nome, Alaska

c)

Guadalajara, Mexico

48.

This is created by earthquakes that occur on the ocean floor.

a)

longshore current

b)

gulf stream

c)

tsunamis

d)

high tide

49.

What is a Tsunami?

a)

A large storm with high speed winds

b)

A tropical cyclone that occurs in the Pacific Ocean

c)

A large and powerful ocean wave

d)

A type of tornado

e)

Any earthquake that causes significant damage

50.

A Tsunami wave can move at over _______ miles per hour.

a)

10

b)

50

c)

500

d)

1000

51.

A Tsunami wave can be as tall as

a)

10 Feet

b)

50 Feet

c)

75 Feet

d)

100 Feet

52.
What is molten rock that has formed deep within the Earth?
a)
Hot Spot
b)
Magma
c)
Lava
d)
Volcano
53.
What is molten rock that has reached the Earth's surface?
a)
Aa
b)
Lava
c)
Magma
d)
Pahoehoe
54.
Vocanoes are found...
a)
on land
b)
under water
c)
on islands
d)
all of the above
55.
What is a volcano?
a)
A mountain that has lava all over it 
b)
A giant hill filled with magma
c)
A long high sea wave 
d)
A hole in the Earth where magma erupts
56.
The difference between magma and lava is _____
a)
where it is found (above or below the surface)
b)
how hot the molten rock is (lava is hotter than magma)
c)
 the type of boundary where it forms
d)
the viscosity of the molten rock (lava has a lower viscosity)
57.
Where are most volcanoes found?
a)
Southern Hemisphere
b)
Ring of Fire
c)
Mid-Atlantic Ridge
d)
Hot Spots
58.
Why does magma tend to rise to the surface?
a)
It has large amounts of silica.
b)
It contains very little silica.
c)
It is denser than the surrounding material.
d)
It is less dense than the surrounding material.
59.
What is the definition of dormant?
a)
sleeping
b)
extinct
c)
active
d)
invisible
60.
Most volcanoes occur at which 2 types of plate boundaries? 
a)
convergent w/ subduction and divergent
b)
divergent and transform
c)
divergent and hot spots
d)
convergent w/ subduction and hot spots
61.
A dead volcano, one that is unlikely to erupt again
a)
Dormant volcano
b)
Extinct volcano
c)
Shield volcano
d)
Caldera
62.

Where do volcanoes typically form?

a)

At plate boundaries.

b)

In the middle of tectonic plates.

63.

What is an active volcano?

a)

A volcano that has erupted at least once in the last 10,000 years.

b)

A volcano that hasn’t erupted in the last 10,000 years, but could still erupt.

c)

A volcano that should never erupt again.

64.

What is a dormant volcano?

a)

A volcano that has erupted at least once in the last 10,000 years.

b)

A volcano that hasn’t erupted in the last 10,000 years, but could still erupt.

c)

A volcano that should never erupt again.

65.

What is an extinct volcano?

a)

A volcano that has erupted at least once in the last 10,000 years.

b)

A volcano that hasn’t erupted in the last 10,000 years, but could still erupt.

c)

A volcano that should never erupt again.

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