Layers of the Earth -5th grade

1.

Multiple Choice

1 min

1 pt

Where does molten material from the mantle rise up during the process of sea-floor spreading?

Along the mid-ocean ridge

At the north and south poles

Along the edges of all the continents near the shoreline and beaches

at the equator

2.

Multiple Choice

1 min

1 pt

Which is the most thinnest layer of the earth?

Mantle

crust

Bread crust

Pizza crust

3.

Multiple Choice

1 min

1 pt

How many layers are there in the Earth?

40

5

89

4

4.

Multiple Choice

1 min

1 pt

which one is hotter?

the crust

mantle

Inner core

5.

Multiple Choice

30 sec

1 pt

California, Japan, Chile, Nepal, and India have all experienced earthquakes before. What type of plate boundary must be near

Reform

Divergent

Convergent

Transform

6.

Multiple Choice

30 sec

1 pt

This layer of Earth is solid Iron and Nickel

Outer Core

Mantle

Inner Core

Crust

7.

Multiple Choice

1 min

1 pt

This layer of Earth is the thickest part

crust

outer core

mantle

inner core

8.

Multiple Choice

1 min

1 pt

What are the two types of crust

continental and oceanic

ocean and upper

lower and upper

pizza and subway

9.

Multiple Choice

1 min

1 pt

Which type of plate boundary would cause mountains to form

Transform

Convergent

Divergent

Reform

10.

Multiple Choice

1 min

1 pt

Is the Outer core solid or liquid?

solid

liquid

11.

Multiple Choice

1 min

1 pt

_________ is the thickest layer of the Earth.

Inner Core

Outer Core

Crust

Mantle

12.

Multiple Choice

1 min

1 pt

The lithospheric plates make up which layer of the Earth?

Crust

Mantle

Outer Core

Inner Core

13.

Multiple Choice

1 min

1 pt

What is the driving force to plate tectonics occurring when warm magma rises and cooler magma sinks?

An oceanic current

A conventional current

A convection current

A magnetic current

14.

Multiple Choice

1 min

1 pt

Evidence to support continental drift included ______________.

remains of human beings on a number of continents

similar fossils found on different continents

how the continents drifted

written records

15.

Multiple Choice

1 min

1 pt

_____________ came up with the theory of continental drift.

Alfred Einstein

Alfred Wegener

Harry Hess

Barack Obama

16.

Multiple Choice

1 min

1 pt

What was the name given to all the continents when they were joined as one super continent

Supreme Continent

United States

Bill Nye's World

Pangea

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