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- 1. Multiple Choice
The Earth is made up of different layers:
the crust, the upper mantle, the lower mantle, the outer core and the inner core
the crust, the upper mantle, the lower mantle, the outer core
the crust, the inner mantle, the outer mantle, the upper core and the lower core.
the crust, the mantle and the heart of the Earth.
- 2. Fill in the Blank
The crust is a thin layer that covers the Earth's surface. There are two types of crust, the continental crust and the _______ crust.
- 3. Multiple Choice
Due to the high pressure generated by the other layers, the inner core is:
liquid
semiliquid
solid
hot
- 4. Multiple Choice
Who discovered the outer core and the inner core?
Richard Oldham and Inge Lehman
No one
Albert Einstein
Nikola Tesla
- 5. Fill in the Blank
The Earth's crust is made up of seven large plates and several other smaller ones, that fit together like a puzzle. These plates are called ________ ______.
- 6. Fill in the Blank
__________ ________ produce movement of the crust and they are the reason why tectonic plates move.
- 7. Multiple Choice
The super continent that existed 325 million years ago is called:
pangea
pancia
pangia
jig saw continent
- 8. Multiple Choice
Continental drift refers to:
the movement of the Earth's continent
the movement of volcanoes and earthquakes
the tendency of continents to move in random order
the layers of the Earth
- 9. Fill in the Blank
There are different types of plate boundary.
When plates move apart we refer to _________ plate boundary.
- 10. Fill in the Blank
There are different types of plate boundary.
When plates collide we refer to __________ plate boundary.
- 11. Fill in the Blank
There are different types of plate boundary.
When plates slide past each other we refer to _________ plate boundary.
- 12. Multiple Choice
The point where an earthquake truly begins is called the:
hypocenter
epicenter
egocenter
- 13. Multiple Choice
The point directly above the hypocenter is called:
hypocenter
epicenter
egocenter
- 14. Multiple Choice
The Richter Scale of an earthquake measures the:
magnitude
intensity
magnum
- 15. Multiple Choice
Earthquakes and volcanoes occur:
at plate boundaries
everywhere on Earth
between continent borders.
not very often
- 16. Multiple Choice
The 4 greatest earthquakes ever recorded are:
The Valdivia earthquake, the Alaska earthquake, the Indian Ocean earthquake, the Japan earhquake
The Valdivia earthquake, the Nebraska earthquake, the Indian Ocean earthquake, the Japan earhquake
The Valdivia earthquake, the Alaska earthquake, the Indian Ocean earthquake, the China earhquake
The Brasilian earthquake, the Alaska earthquake, the Indian Ocean earthquake, the Japan earhquake
- 17. Fill in the Blank
If a volcanic eruption occurs under the sea or ocean it can form a so called volcanic ______.
- 18. Multiple Choice
A geyser is classified as:
a phenomenon of secondary volcanism
a type of volcano
a type of eruption
a rare phenomenon.
- 19. Fill in the Blank
A volcano that has recently erupted and may erupt soon in the future is an ______ volcano.
- 20. Multiple Choice
How many types of rock do you know?
sedimentary, igneous and metamorphic rocks
rocks, minerals and igneous rocks
sedimentary, minerals and metamorphic rocks
intrusive and extrusive rocks
- 21. Multiple Choice
The rock cycle explains the idea that:
rocks change from one form to another, but are never destroyed
rocks never change from one form to another, and are destroyed
rocks sometimes change and sometimes are destroyed
- 22. Fill in the Blank
Rocks are made up of two or more ________.
- 23. Multiple Choice
Two important super volcanoes are:
Yellow Stone in the USA and Campi Flegrei in Italy.
Mount Etna and the Rift Valley.
Yellow Stone in South America and Campi Flegrei in Italy.
Yellow Stone in the USA and Campi Flegrei in Sicily.
- 24. Multiple Choice
Convection currents occur only when:
there is a significant difference in temperature between two parts of a fluid
there is an insignificant difference in temperature between two parts of a fluid
there is a significant difference in temperature between two parts of a solid
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