Identify the Layers of the Earth

5. On what layer of the Earth does

human live?
a. Crust b. mantle
c. outer core d. inner core
 6.
• What is the outer core made
of?
a. very hot molten rock
b. molten iron
c. molten Nickel
d. both b and c
 7.
This part of the Earth is believed to
be composed of hot and melted
rock.
a. Earth’s upper crust
b. Earth’s lower crust
c. mantle
d. atmosphere
8.
The part of the Earth that is solid
but has the ability to flow is the
a. lithosphere
b. oceanic crust
c. asthenosphere
d. inner core
9.
The boundary between the Earth’s
crust and mantle where the speed of
seismic waves changes is called
a. Moho b. shadow zone
c. hydrosphere d. core
 10.
Geologist believe the source of the
Earth’s magnetic field may be the
a. core b. magnetosphere
c. crust d. magnetic pole
11.
• Diastrophism
a. refers to all processes in which magma moves from
the Earth's surface to or near the surface.
b. refers to a discredited theory of continent
formation.
c. refers to the boundaries between crustal plates.
d. refers to the deformation of Earth's crust by
bending or breaking in response to great pressures
exerted either from below or from within the crust.

d. is none of the above.

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Pangaea
a. is a rift valley in eastern Africa where a new ocean
is forming.
b. is the part of California west of the San Andreas
Fault where the continental crust is moving into the
Pacific Ocean.
c. is the period of geologic history that predates
continental life (biological) forms.
d. is the name for the former super continent
thought to have broken apart into several crustal
plates (representing the modern continents).
e. none of the above.
13. The epicenter is the point
A) at the point inside the ground where
the earthquake took place
B) on the surface that directly overlies
the point underground where rocks rupture and
release their stored energy
C) located at 124 km from the surface
where the earthquake is felt
D) none of the above
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What happens when two continental plates
collide?
a.) The plate moving with lesser force subducts
under the one moving with greater force.

b.) The two plates will both subduct under each

other.

c. ) One of the plates will be forced under the

other slightly, but no subduction takes place.
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The surface of the earth will:
a. ) keep changing as plates
keep moving
b. ) remain the same until
the end of the world
c.) slowly sink beneath the
water surface
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What are the effects of an earthquake
measuring 7 on the Richter scale?
a. ) Wide cracks appear on the
ground, damages buildings and
landslides.
b. ) Concrete structures destroyed,
complete destruction of a settlement.
c. ) Objects drop and vibration is felt
by most.
17.
Who formulated the
Continental Drift Theory?
a. Charles F. Richter
b. Alfred Wegener
c. Charles Darwin
d. Albert Einstein