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WorksheetsEarth's Layers
Total questions: 24
Worksheet time: 33mins
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Class
Date
1.
What is the correct order (starting from the surface) of Earth's layers?
a)
crust, mantle, inner core, outer core
b)
mantle, outer core, inner core, crust
c)
inner core, outer core, mantle, crust
d)
crust, mantle, outer core, inner core
2.
Earth's inner core is
a)
a layer of hot rock
b)
a solid ball of iron and nickel
c)
a layer of liquid iron and nickel
d)
a layer of rock that forms Earth's outer skin
3.
Which layer of the earth is a pure liquid?
a)
crust
b)
mantle
c)
outer core
d)
inner core
4.
The crust and the uppermost mantle make up the solid layer of hard rock called the
a)
inner core
b)
asthenosphere
c)
lithosphere
d)
outer core
5.
How does temperature change as you move from the crust to the core?
a)
it gets cooler
b)
it gets hotter
c)
it stays the same
d)
the core is frozen
6.
What layer is shown by letter A?
a)
Crust
b)
Mantle
c)
Outer core
d)
Inner core
7.
What layer is shown by letter B?
a)
Crust
b)
Mantle
c)
Outer core
d)
Inner core
8.
What layer is shown by letter C?
a)
Crust
b)
Mantle
c)
Outer core
d)
Inner core
9.
What layer is shown by letter D?
a)
Crust
b)
Mantle
c)
Outer core
d)
Inner core
10.
Which layer of Earth is located above the outer core?
a)
crust
b)
inner core
c)
mantle
d)
lithosphere
11.
Pressure ______________________ as you go deeper into the Earth
a)
increases
b)
decreases
c)
goes up or down depending on the layer
d)
stays the same
12.
Which layer of Earth is characterized by rock that is plastic, or soft enough to flow?
a)
asthenosphere
b)
crust
c)
lithosphere
d)
inner core
13.
Oceanic crust is _____ than continental crust.
a)
denser
b)
less dense
14.
Which layer is made up of iron and nickel?
a)
Crust
b)
Mantle
c)
Inner Core
d)
Lithosphere
15.
What are the two types of crust?
a)
top crust,bottom crust
b)
oceanic crust, continental crust
c)
water,land
d)
none of the above
16.
This layer is 66% of Earth's mass.
a)
Mantle
b)
Asthenosphere
c)
Oceanic Crust
d)
Mesosphere
17.
Scientists determine what Earth’s interior looks like by using:
a)
Volcanoes
b)
Seismic Waves
c)
Continental Drift
d)
Convection Currents
18.
Which layer is the densest?
a)
Z
b)
X
c)
W
d)
V
19.
The lithosphere is made up of which two layers?
a)
Upper and Lower Mantle
b)
Upper Mantle and Crust
c)
Core and Mantle
d)
Crust and Uppermost Mantle
20.
Which layer has the coolest temperatures?
a)
outer core
b)
inner core
c)
mantle
d)
crust
21.
This layer contains most of Earth's mass.
a)
Inner Core
b)
Mantle
c)
Outer Core
d)
Crust
22.
Oceanic Crust is mostly made of...
a)
Shells
b)
Sand
c)
Basalt
d)
Obsidian
23.
Continental crust is mostly made of.........
a)
Granite
b)
Basalt
c)
Limestone
d)
Sedimentary
24.
Which crust is thicker?
a)
Oceanic
b)
Continental
c)
Divergent
d)
Convergent
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