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Earth Structures Systems

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 10mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What are the Earth's three main layers?

a)

core, mantle, surface

b)

core, mantle, crust

c)

inner core, outer core, mantle

d)

upper mantle, lower mantle, crust

2.

What do earthquakes have in common with other waves?

a)

They travel at the same speed as light waves

b)

They carry the same amount of energy as sound waves

c)

They bend when they travel through different materials

d)

They have the same wavelength as radio waves

3.

Where is Earth the thickest?

a)

water

b)

land

c)

at the poles

d)

at the equator

4.

What word best characterizes the lower mantle?

a)

scalding

b)

cool

c)

molten

d)

lukewarm

5.

How deep would you have to drill to reach the center of the Earth?

a)

about 60,000 kilometers

b)

about 600,00 kilometers

c)

about 600 kilometers

d)

about 6000 kilometers

6.

What effect does spinning of the Earth's core have?

a)

It creates gravity

b)

It creates matter

c)

It creates mass

d)

It creates the earth's magnetic field

7.

Which of the following statements about the Earth's inner core is true?

a)

Its made mostly of iron

b)

Its made mostly of nickel

c)

Its made mostly of cadmium

d)

Its made mostly of magnesium

8.

What is the only entirely liquid layer of the Earth?

a)

the upper mantle

b)

the outer core

c)

the inner core

d)

the lower mantle

9.

Which of the following statements is an opinion of the mantle?

a)

It makes up a bulk of the Earth's mass

b)

Heat churns through it

c)

It contains iron, silicon, magnesium and oxygen

d)

Its the most important layer

10.

If the Earth's mantle were completely solid, ______________

plates could not move around.

a)

tectonic

b)

technical

c)

Titanic

d)

terrible

11.

The inner core is solid

a)

nickel

b)

gold

c)

magnesium

d)

iron

12.

We think we know what the Earth is made up of because of what?

a)

mudslides

b)

volcanoes

c)

earthquakes

d)

tornadoes

13.

What layer do we live on?

a)

mantle

b)

core

c)

crust

d)

inner core

14.

The inner core is hotter than the sun?

a)

true

b)

false

15.

Another word for continental is

a)

land

b)

ocean

c)

mantle

d)

tree

16.

Another word for oceanic is

a)

mountain

b)

crust

c)

land

d)

water

17.

Which is thicker, oceanic crust or continental crust?

a)

oceanic

b)

continental

18.

The sun is a star?

a)

true

b)

false

19.

Another name for the crust and upper mantle is...

a)

crust

b)

mantle

c)

lithosphere

d)

core

20.

The Earth is the largest planet in the Solar System?

a)

True

b)

false