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Module: 6 & 7 8. The temperature inside Earth increases as
depth ______________ .

Earth and Life Science

LEARNING ACTIVITY SHEET
I. MULTIPLE CHOICE. Encircle the letter of the
a. increases
b. decreases
c. stays the same
correct answer.
d. varies
1. Which of the following is NOT a major process 9. What causes the plates to move?
that has contributed to Earth’s internal heat? a. Ocean currents
a. heat released by colliding particles during the b. Large machines
formation of the Earth c. Movement in the core
b. heat from radioactivity of radioactive isotopes of d. Convection in the mantle
U, Th and K 10. What is the difference between the
c. heat from the sun since the beginning of Earth composition of Lava and Magma?
history a. Magma contains dissolved gases and lava does
d. heat released as iron crystallized to form the not
inner core b. Magma is solid and lava is a liquid
c. Lava is solid and magma is a gas
2. What drives the Earth’s internal heat engine? d. None of the above
a. radioactivity
b. solar energy II. TRUE or FALSE
c. volcanoes Read each statement below. If it is true, write a “T”
d. ocean tide in the blank; if it is false, write an
“F”.
3. In what types of matter convection occur?
a. liquid ____1. Deep in Earth's interior, most of Earth's
b. gases mantle is molten, liquid magma
c. liquid and gases ____2. Magma is forced quickly toward Earth's
d. solid, liquid, gases surface because it is more dense than the rock
around it
4. Heat from which of these layers causes ____3. Most volcanic eruptions occur near plate
convection currents inside Earth? boundaries or at locations called hot spots
a. crust ____4. Water vapor in magma usually produces
b. crust and mantle volcanoes that erupt quietly with lava that flows
c. crust and core smoothly
d. mantle and core ____5. Magma that is deep underground can
contain water vapor and other gases
5. Heat produced through the radioactive decay of ____6. Most of the Earth’s heat is stored in the
long-half-life radioisotopes in Earth’s mantle.
interior is known as ____7. The mantle’s high viscosity that tectonic
a. Radiogenic Heat plates in Earth’s crust are able to move relative to
b. Primordial Heat another
c. Convection current ____8. Earthquakes occur when heat travels
d. mantle convection through the mantle and causes tectonic plates to
shift.
6. Where does flux melting often occurs? ____9. Earth’s liquid core is almost entirely
a. Convergent Boundary comprised of the ferrous elements iron, cobalt, and
b. Divergent Boundary nickel.
c. Both Convergent and divergent Boundaries ____10. Magnetic field has shielded Earth’s surface
d. Subduction Zone life from deadly high-energy particles flowing in
from the Sun
7. Magma with a large amount of dissolved gases
tends to be:
a. very viscous
b. very explosive