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Earth Science Quiz

Total questions: 53

Worksheet time: 28mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What layer of the Earth is the thinnest?

a)

Crust

b)

Mantle

c)

Core

2.

Which layer is made of hot, flowing rock?

a)

Crust

b)

Mantle

c)

Inner core

3.

Which layer is the hottest?

a)

Crust

b)

Mantle

c)

Core

4.

The Earth’s outermost layer is called the—

a)

Mantle

b)

Crust

c)

Core

5.

Which two layers make up the core?

a)

Crust and mantle

b)

Inner and outer core

c)

Mantle and crust

6.

What are tectonic plates?

a)

Pieces of the crust that move

b)

Layers of the core

c)

Types of rocks

7.

Tectonic plates move on top of the—

a)

Inner core

b)

Mantle

c)

Crust

8.

How fast do tectonic plates move?

a)

Very fast

b)

A few inches per year

c)

Hundreds of miles per year

9.

When two plates push together, it is called—

a)

Pulling apart

b)

Sliding past

c)

Colliding

10.

Plates move because of heat from the—

a)

Sun

b)

Core

c)

Oceans

11.

What is the rock cycle?

a)

How rocks are used

b)

How rocks change over time

c)

How rocks are named

12.

Which process breaks rocks into smaller pieces?

a)

Melting

b)

Weathering

c)

Cooling

13.

What happens when sediment is pressed together?

a)

It melts

b)

It becomes sedimentary rock

c)

It turns into magma

14.

Which process turns magma into igneous rock?

a)

Cooling

b)

Weathering

c)

Erosion

15.

The rock cycle—

a)

Has a beginning and an end

b)

Never changes

c)

Is continuous

16.

Igneous rocks form from—

a)

Sediment

b)

Lava or magma

c)

Heat and pressure

17.

Sedimentary rocks form from—

a)

Melted rock

b)

Layers of sediment

c)

Heat deep underground

18.

Metamorphic rocks form because of—

a)

Wind and water

b)

Heat and pressure

c)

Cooling magma

19.

Which rock often has layers?

a)

Igneous

b)

Sedimentary

c)

Metamorphic

20.

Which rock forms deep inside the Earth?

a)

Extrusive igneous

b)

Sedimentary

c)

Intrusive igneous

21.

What causes rocks to change shape or type?

a)

Time and processes

b)

Animals

c)

Moonlight

22.

Weathering happens—

a)

Inside the Earth

b)

On Earth’s surface

c)

In the core

23.

Erosion moves rock pieces by—

a)

Heat

b)

Wind and water

c)

Pressure

24.

Heat and pressure can turn rocks into—

a)

Sediment

b)

Metamorphic rock

c)

Magma only

25.

Rocks change most quickly when—

a)

Nothing happens

b)

Processes act on them

c)

They are buried forever

26.

Continental drift is the idea that—

a)

Continents stay still

b)

Continents move over time

c)

Oceans move continents

27.

Who suggested continental drift?

a)

Isaac Newton

b)

Alfred Wegener

c)

Charles Darwin

28.

Wegener thought continents were once—

a)

Separate

b)

Underwater

c)

Joined together

29.

Why was Wegener’s idea questioned?

a)

He had too much proof

b)

He could not explain how the continents moved

c)

No one knew about continents

30.

Today, continental drift is supported by—

a)

Plate tectonics

b)

Weather patterns

c)

Ocean tides

31.

What was Pangaea?

a)

A large ocean

b)

A supercontinent

c)

A mountain range

32.

When Pangaea existed, the continents were—

a)

Spread apart

b)

Underwater

c)

All connected

33.

Fossils on different continents help prove—

a)

Earth is flat

b)

Continental drift

c)

Weather changes

34.

Pangaea began to break apart—

a)

Millions of years ago

b)

Last year

c)

In the future

35.

Pangaea means—

a)

All lands

b)

Big ocean

c)

Hot rock

36.

New ocean floor forms at—

a)

Trenches

b)

Mid-ocean ridges

c)

Mountains

37.

Seafloor spreading happens when plates—

a)

Push together

b)

Pull apart

c)

Slide past

38.

Magma rises at mid-ocean ridges and—

a)

Cools to form new crust

b)

Causes earthquakes only

c)

Sinks back down

39.

As new crust forms, old crust—

a)

Moves away

b)

Stays still

c)

Disappears

40.

Seafloor spreading shows that plates—

a)

Do not move

b)

Move slowly

c)

Move very fast

41.

The first step in the scientific process is—

a)

Forming a conclusion

b)

Making an observation

c)

Doing an experiment

42.

A testable answer to a question is called a—

a)

Theory

b)

Hypothesis

c)

Law

43.

Why do scientists repeat experiments?

a)

To waste time

b)

To check results

c)

To change answers

44.

Data are—

a)

Opinions

b)

Guesses

c)

Information collected

45.

A conclusion is based on—

a)

Feelings

b)

Data

c)

Questions

46.

Earthquakes are caused by—

a)

Weather

b)

Plate movement

c)

Ocean waves

47.

Volcanoes often form at—

a)

Plate boundaries

b)

Rivers

c)

Deserts

48.

Mountains can form when plates—

a)

Pull apart

b)

Slide gently

c)

Push together

49.

Which event is caused by plates moving apart?

a)

Volcanoes

b)

Earthquakes only

c)

Mountains

50.

Plate tectonics helps explain—

a)

Seasons

b)

Moon phases

c)

Earth’s surface changes

51.

Label each plate boundary.

a)Transform
b)Divergent
c)Convergent
1
2
3
1)
2)
3)
52.

Drag the labels to the correct the locations on the diagram.

a)

convergent boundary

b)

Mid-ocean Ridge

c)

slab pull

d)

trench

e)

divergent boundary

1
2
3
4
5
1)
2)
3)
4)
5)
53.

​ (a)   the process by which rock material moves under Earth’s outer layer and into the mantle due to plate motion

Choose from the below words

subduction

uplift

weathering

sediment

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