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Earth Structure A
Test Description: All about Earth structure and processes 8-3
Instructions: Answer all questions to get your test result.
1) Least dense, outermost layer of Earth, made up of solid rock
A
Mantle
B
Crust
C
Inner Core
D
Outer core
2) Middle layer, thickest layer, made up of hot softened rock.
A
Mantle
B
Crust
C
Outer core
D
Inner Core
3) Inner layer, most dense, made up of mostly solid iron and nickle
A
Mantle
B
Outer core
C
Inner core
D
Crust
4) The top portion of this layer of Earth includes the asthenosphere.
A
Outer core
B
Crust
C
Mantle
D
Inner core
5) The crust and the top of the mantle is called________?
A
Continental crust
B
Lithosphere
C
Asthenosphere
D
Oceanic crust
6) Which of the layers of Earth is the highest temperature?
A
Mantle
B
Crust
C
Inner core
D
Outer core
7) Which of the following seismic waves travels the fastest?
A
Secondary waves
B
Transverse waves
C
Primary waves
D
Surface waves
8) Which of the following seismic waves travel through solid and liquid layers of Earth?
A
Primary waves
B
Surface waves
C
Secondary waves
D
Transverse waves
9) Which of the following seismic waves can only move through solid rock?
A
Longitudinal waves
B
Surface waves
C
Primary waves
D
Secondary waves
10) Measuring the time between the arrival of the P and S waves helps scientists determine what?
A
Time to the epicenter
B
Magnitude of the Earthquake
C
Distance to the epicenter
D
Location of the epicenter
11) Rock formed on the Earth's surface from lava that cools rapidly
A
Extrusive igneous
B
Metamorphic
C
Sedimentary
D
Intrusive igneous
12) Longitudinal waves that move out from an earthquakes epicenter in a back and forth motion and are first to arrive
A
Secondary waves
B
Surface waves
C
Primary waves
D
All seismic waves
13) The point of an earthquake where energy is released
A
seismic waves
B
focus
C
fault
D
epicenter
14) What is a sudden release of energy in the ground called that sends out seismic waves?
A
fault
B
focus
C
epicenter
D
earthquake
15) Which of the following is the Earth's outermost layer
A
crust
B
inner core
C
mantle
D
outer core
16) The super-continent in which all continents were joined together early on in Earth's history
A
tectonic plates
B
pangea
C
convergent
D
subduction
17) What type of plate boundary is pulling apart?
A
strike-slip
B
transform
C
convergent
D
divergent
18) What is the liquid center layer of earth made of iron and nickel?
A
Outer core
B
crust
C
Mantle
D
Inner core
19) What is the ongoing process that form and change rock from one type to another
A
plate tectonics
B
metamorphic rock
C
rock cycle
D
subduction
20) What is the force that pulls rock apart
A
strike-slip
B
tension
C
compression
D
shearing
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