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Earth Systems

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 10mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What is a sudden change to the Earth's surface?

a)

A change to the earth's surface that happens quickly like a tornado

b)

A slow change like: Erosion

c)

A medium change

2.

A earthquake is an example of?

a)

Gradual Change

b)

Sudden Change

c)

Erosion

3.

What are the 3 types of Erosion we talked about in class

a)

Wind

Water

Glacier

b)

Snow

Water

Glacier

c)

Wind

Sand

Dirt

4.

Erosion is when

a)

A natural disaster happens

b)

when parts of the earth are worn away or moved overtime

c)

When it hails outside

5.

What below is a layer of the earth?

a)

Outer Core

b)

Sand

c)

Grass

d)

Dirt

6.

What is the hottest layer of the earth?

a)

outer core

b)

mantle

c)

inner core

d)

crust

7.

The earth's plates are like:

a)

plates

b)

jigsaw puzzle pieces

c)

forks

8.

True or False: The earths plates can move

a)

true

b)

false

9.

True or False: when one of the earths plates slides under the other mountains are made

a)

true

b)

false

10.

True or False: the outer layer is cooler in temperature than the inner

a)

true

b)

false

11.

What earth layer is the outermost layer

a)

Mantle

b)

Crust

c)

Inner core

d)

Outer core

12.

Glacier Erosion is when

a)

water wipes out the rocks

b)

Glaciers scrape away parts of the rocks and the earth below as they creep down mountain valleys.

c)

when winds move soil

13.

Earthquakes, tornados, tsunamis, and hurricanes are all:

a)

Gradual Changes

b)

Natural Disasters

c)

Erosion

14.

How many earth's plates are there?

a)

3

b)

5

c)

4

d)

7

15.

In what way can wind change Earth's surface overtime?

a)

Creating Rainbows

b)

making the ground shake

c)

making plants grow faster

d)

by eroding rocks and soil

16.

How can water change the earth's surface over time?

a)

by freezing it

b)

by making it warmer

c)

by making it harder

d)

by washing away soil and rocks

17.

What are the four layers of the earth we have studied?

a)

crust

mantle

outer core

inner core

b)

crust

mantle

atmosphere

inner core

c)

surface

mantle

outer core

inner core

d)

lithosphere

mantle

outer core

inner core

18.

True or False: the inner core is the same size as the moon?

a)

True

b)

False

19.

Weathering is:

a)

when the earth gets hot

b)

when the earth gets cold

c)

change to the earths surface due to wind, water, gravity

20.

What is the difference between gradual and sudden change?

a)

nothing

b)

gradual is fast, sudden is slow

c)

sudden is fast, gradual is slow

d)

sudden is fast, and gradual is faster