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WorksheetsEarth's Structure
Total questions: 41
Worksheet time: 27mins
What does the term "Size" refer to?
The feel of substances
How big something is
What something is made up of
How hot or cold something is
What is "Composition"?
Force pressing on an area
How big something is
What something is made up of
The feel of substances
Which term describes "how hot or cold something is"?
Pressure
Temperature
Texture
Size
What does "Pressure" mean?
Dark rock with a fine texture
The feel of substances
Force pressing on an area
Rock with a light color and coarse texture
What is "Basalt"?
Rock with a light color and coarse texture
Dark rock with a fine texture
The feel of substances
How big something is
Which rock is described as having a light color and coarse texture?
Basalt
Granite
Pressure
Composition
What does "Texture" refer to?
How hot or cold something is
The feel of substances
What something is made up of
Force pressing on an area
Match the following characteristics with their descriptions.
the feel of substances
Texture
how big something is
Size
what something is made up of
Composition
how hot or cold something is
Temperature
force pressing on an area
Pressure
What are the three main layers of the Earth?
Crust, Mantle, Core
Crust, Surface, Core
Mantle, Surface, Core
Crust, Mantle, Surface
Which of the following is NOT a characteristic that varies among Earth's layers?
Size
Composition
Color
Temperature
What causes the high temperatures inside Earth?
The sun's rays
Heat left over from the formation of the planet
Volcanic eruptions
Ocean currents
What happens to the pressure inside Earth as you go deeper?
It decreases
It stays the same
It increases
It disappears
What is the Earth's crust made of?
Solid rock, soil, and water
Only water
Only soil
Only rock
Where is the Earth's crust the thickest?
Beneath the ocean
Under high mountains
In the desert
In the forest
Where is the Earth's crust the thinnest?
Beneath the ocean
Under high mountains
In the desert
In the forest
What is the crust beneath the ocean called?
Continental crust
Oceanic crust
Mountain crust
Desert crust
What type of rock is mostly found in the oceanic crust?
Granite
Basalt
Sandstone
Limestone
What type of crust forms the continents?
Oceanic crust
Continental crust
Mantle crust
Core crust
What type of rock mainly composes the continental crust?
Basalt
Limestone
Granite
Sandstone
Match the following words with their descriptions.
mountains, rocks, soil, and water
crust
the crust that forms the continents
continental crust
The crust beneath the ocean
oceanic crust
dark rock with a fine texture
Basalt
rock with a light color and has a coarse texture
Granite
What is the layer below the Earth's crust called?
Core
Crust
Mantle
Atmosphere
What is the Earth's mantle made of?
Water
Ice
Hot rock
Gas
What does the Greek word "lithos" mean?
Fire
Water
Stone
Air
What is the rigid layer formed by the uppermost part of the mantle and the crust called?
Asthenosphere
Lithosphere
Atmosphere
Hydrosphere
What is the part of the mantle just beneath the lithosphere called?
Lithosphere
Asthenosphere
Mesosphere
Atmosphere
What does the Greek word "asthenes" mean?
Strong
Hard
Weak
Solid
How is the part of the mantle beneath the lithosphere described?
Rigid and hard
Soft and can bend like plastic
Liquid and flowing
Brittle and fragile
Even though the asthenosphere is softer than the rest of the mantle, what is its state?
Liquid
Gas
Solid
Plasma
What are the main metals found in the Earth's core?
Gold and silver
Iron and nickel
Copper and zinc
Aluminum and tin
Which substances, besides metals, are suggested to be in the Earth's core? Choose all that apply.
Neon
Oxygen
Sulfur
Silicon
Calcium
How many parts does the Earth's core have?
One
Two
Three
Four
What are the two parts of the Earth's core?
Solid outer core and liquid inner core
Liquid outer core and solid inner core
What is the state of the outer core of the Earth?
Solid
Liquid
Gas
Plasma
What is the main composition of the inner core?
Molten rock
Solid metal
Liquid water
Gaseous hydrogen
Why does the inner core remain solid despite extreme pressure?
It is very cold
Atoms are squeezed tightly
It is made of gas
It is surrounded by water
In Greek, lithos means “ (a) ."
In Greek, asthenes means “ (a) ."
Although the asthenosphere is softer than the rest of the mantle, it's still (a) .
Reorder the following layers from outside to inside.
Continental crust
Oceanic crust
Lithosphere
Asthenosphere
Outer Core
Reorder the following from outside to inside.
crust
lithosphere
asthenosphere
outer core
inner core
Fill the blanks: a (a) outer core and a (b) inner core.
