Chapter 1 The Structure Of The Earth

Question 0

I am solid rock
I cover the surface of the earth
I am thicker when I am on land than at sea
I am not one piece
I am divided into sections called plates
I am similar to the thickness of the skin on an apple
What am I?

Answer 0

The crust

Question 1

Name the four layers of the earth in order starting from the outside

Answer 1

Crust, mantle, outer core, inner core

Question 2

I am composed of molten magma
I am under the crust
I flow in currents
What am I?

Answer 2

The mantle

Question 3

I am very hot, between 3000 and 5000 degrees
I am in the centre of the earth
I am made mostly out of iron
I am solid in the centre
I am divided into inner …… and outer ……
What am I?

Answer 3

The core

Question 4

The earths crust is dived into …….

Answer 4

Plates

Question 5

Explain the term plate tectonics

Answer 5

The study of plate movements and their effects

Question 6

What is the effect of plates sliding past each other

Answer 6

Earthquakes

Question 7

What are the effects of plates separating

Answer 7

Volcanoes, mid ocean ridges, new islands

Question 8

What are the effects of plates colliding

Answer 8

Earthquakes, volcanoes, fold mountains

Question 9

Plates separating is a ………… plate boundary

Answer 9

Constructive

Question 10

Plates colliding is a …………. plate boundary

Answer 10

Destructive

Question 11

What causes plate to move?

Answer 11

Convection currents

Question 12

I am hotter the closer I am to the core
I rise when I am hot
I fall when I cool down
I cause the plates to move
What is this process called?

Answer 12

Convection currents

Question 13

What was the huge continent before it broke up called?

Answer 13

Pangea