WorksheetsLayers of Earth
Total questions: 25
Worksheet time: 13mins
What causes tectonic plates to move?
Wind currents
Ocean currents
Convection currents in the mantle
Magnetic fields
What is the mechanical aspect of the Earth's crust related to?
Weather patterns
Plate tectonics
Ocean tides
Solar radiation
What is the primary composition of the continental crust?
Basalt
Granite
Limestone
Sandstone
What is the Earth's crust primarily made of?
Water and air
Iron and nickel
Rocks, silicon, aluminum, and magnesium
Hydrogen and helium
What is the mantle primarily composed of?
Liquid water and air
Dense semi-solid rock
Pure iron
Solid ice
What is the state of the top part of the mantle?
Solid
Liquid
Semisolid
Gas
What causes the Earth's outer core to generate a magnetic field?
The flow of liquid iron and nickel
The gravitational pull of the sun
The presence of solid rock
The Earth's atmosphere
What is the main cause of the outer core's magnetic properties?
The presence of water
The spinning of the core
The sun's heat
The Earth's atmosphere
Approximately how wide is the Earth's inner core?
500 miles
750 miles
1000 miles
1250 miles
Which layer of the earth is the thickest?
inner crust
outer core
mantle
inner core
Which layer consists of plate techtonics
lithosphere
asthenosphere
inner core
crust
The breaking down of rocks is...
weathering
erosion
desposition
precipitation
When rocks stop eroding and are dropped off, that is called...
weathering
erosion
deposition
precipitation
Which layer of the Earth is made up of solid iron and nickel?
Mantle
Outer core
Crust
Inner core
Which layer in the image represents the layer of Earth that is composed of liquid metal?
1
2
3
4
A student is building a model of the layers of the Earth. Which material would best represent the crust?
A thin layer of plaster
a magnetic ball
Styrofoam pellets
shredded paper
Section C is best described as-
superheated water
molten metals
solid rocks
Layer B is --
mantle
inner core
outer core
crust
Layer C is ---
Inner Core
Outer Core
Crust
Mantle
How is the heat being transferred?
Conduction
Radiation
Specific
Convection
Which section is the mantle?
A
B
C
D
Which of the following objects, when split in half, would be the BEST model of the Earth's layers?
Paper cup
Banana
French Fry
Boiled egg
From outside to inside, what is the order of the layers?
crust, mantle, inner core, outer core
inner core, outer core, mantle, crust
crust, mantle, outer core, inner core
inner core, mantle, outer core, crust
Place the names of Earth's layers, aesthenosphere, lithosphere, outer core, inner core in order from the center to the surface.
inner core, outer core, aesthenosphere, lithosphere,
lithosphere, outer core, inner core, aesthenosphere
aesthenosphere, lithosphere, outer core, inner core
outer core, inner core, aesthenosphere, lithosphere,
Which layers of Earth are mostly made of solid material?
inner and outer core
mantle and inner core
crust and inner core
crust and mantle
