Digging through the Earth Video Quiz
Name: _______________________________________ Date: _____________ Hour:__________
/18 Possible
Directions: We will watch the “Digging through the Earth” video once again. This time you are to
answer the quiz questions that go along with the video.
The Crust
1. Earth is made of ___________________.
2. What sits on top of the crust of Earth?
3. The crust is a ____________________ of __________________ surrounding the entire
planet.
4. True/False
The crust is broken into pieces called plates.
5. What are the two types of plates?
6. Why do continental plates float on ocean plates if continental plates are much thicker?
7. Why don’t we feel the tremendous heat of the earth?
8. Why is it so hot inside the earth?
The Mantle
9. Describe what the mantle is like.
10. What is the mantle made of?
11. How do scientists know about the layers of the earth?
The Core
12. How does the core differ from the mantle?
13. Why is their metal in the core and not the mantle?
14. The outer core ________________________ or ____________________ around the
inner core.
15. What does the spinning of the outer core around the inner cause on earth?
16. What causes the inner core to be solid?
17. The temperature of the inner core nearly equals the surface of the _____________.
18. Heat rises from the center of the earth and causes what on the surface of earth?