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Exploring Earth's Structure and Changes

Total questions: 10

Worksheet time: 5mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What are the three main layers of the Earth?

a)

Rock, Water, Air

b)

Crust, Mantle, Core

c)

Inner Shell, Outer Shell, Surface

d)

Lithosphere, Atmosphere, Hydrosphere

2.

What is the outermost layer of the Earth called?

a)

crust

b)

atmosphere

c)

mantle

d)

core

3.

What is the layer beneath the Earth's crust?

a)

core

b)

mantle

c)

atmosphere

d)

lithosphere

4.

What theory explains how the Earth's plates move?

a)

Geological cycle

b)

Seafloor spreading

c)

Plate tectonics

d)

Continental drift

5.

What do we call the movement of tectonic plates?

a)

Plate tectonics

b)

Earthquake dynamics

c)

Plate movement

d)

Tectonic shifts

6.

What natural event can occur when tectonic plates shift?

a)

Landslide

b)

Tsunami

c)

Volcano

d)

Earthquake

7.

What is formed when magma erupts from a volcano?

a)

Lava or volcanic rock

b)

Lava cools into ice

c)

Magma solidifies underground

d)

Ash clouds form in the atmosphere

8.

How do mountains usually form?

a)

Mountains form from erosion of flat land.

b)

Mountains are created by the movement of ocean currents.

c)

Mountains usually form through the collision of tectonic plates and volcanic activity.

d)

Mountains arise from the melting of glaciers.

9.

What is the name of the boundary where two tectonic plates meet?

a)

Plate collision zone

b)

Tectonic plate boundary

c)

Tectonic plate edge

d)

Continental divide

10.

What can happen when two plates collide?

a)

Desert formation

b)

Tsunamis and hurricanes

c)

Oceanic trench creation

d)

Mountains, earthquakes, and volcanic activity can occur.