Directions: Read each item carefully. Write only the letter of the correct answer for
each question. Use a separate sheet for your answers.
1. What is the outermost layer of the Earth?
A. crust
B. inner core
C. mantle D. outer core
2. The crust and upper mantle make up Earth's
A. asthenosphere B. continents
C. core
3. Which statement about the Earth's crusts is CORRECT?
A. Continental and oceanic crusts have the same weight.
B. Continental crust is heavier than oceanic crust.
C. Continental crust is thicker than oceanic crust.
D. Oceanic crust is thicker than continental crust.
D. lithosphere
4. What do we call the continuously moving part of the earth's crust?
A. fault
B. fissure
C. fracture
D. plate
5. Which theory states that the entire crust is broken and is continuously moving?
A. Continental Drift
B. Plate Tectonics
C. Seafloor Spreading
D. Titanic Theory
6. Which of the following is NOT a result of Plate Tectonics?
A. earthquake
B. fault lines
C. landslides
D. mountains
7. This earthquake type happens when the shifting of Earth's plates is driven by
the sudden release of energy within some limited region of the rocks of Earth.
A. aftershock
B. foreshock
C. tectonic
D. volcanic
8. How are tsunamis created?
A. A submarine earthquake causes a huge amount of water to be displaced.
B. Differences in temperature cause hot seawater to rise.
C. The gravitational pull of the moon causes the ocean water to rise.
D. Topography underwater causes disturbances in the oceans' current.
9. A landmass that projects well above its surroundings is a mountain. What do
you call a chain of mountains?
A. mountain area
B. mountain chain
C. mountain range
D. mountainous
10. It is the location on the Earth's surface directly above the focus of an
earthquake.
A. center
B. direct center C. epic center
D. epicenter