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Assignment: Homework
Unit 3: HW 4
Date: October 12, 2010
Team: Cuidar/Respeito/Ujima
Review
1) Which of these show the layers in order from least to most heavy?
a) Crust, mantle, inner core, outer core
b) Crust, inner core, outer core, mantle
c) Inner core, outer core, mantle, crust
d) Inner core, outer core, crust, mantle
2) Which of these shows the layers of the earth in order from hottest to coolest?
a) Crust, mantle, inner core, outer core
b) Crust, inner core, outer core, mantle
c) Inner core, outer core, mantle, crust
d) Inner core, outer core, crust, mantle
3) Which of these layers is at the center of the earth
a) Crust
b) Mantle
c) Outer core
d) Inner core
4) Which of these show the layers in order from the center of the earth to the surface?
a) Crust, mantle, inner core, outer core
b) Crust, inner core, outer core, mantle
c) Inner core, outer core, mantle, crust
d) Inner core, outer core, crust, mantle
5) The hydrosphere is mostly a
a) Solid
b) Liquid
c) Gas
d) None of these
6) Which of these layers is on the surface of the earth?
a) Crust
b) Mantle
c) Outer core
d) Inner core
7) Which of these show the layers in order from the center of the earth to the surface?
a) Crust, mantle, inner core, outer core
b) Crust, inner core, outer core, mantle
c) Inner core, outer core, mantle, crust
d) Inner core, outer core, crust, mantle
8) Which layer of the earth is at the center of the earth?
a) Crust
b) Mantle
c) Outer core
d) Inner core
9) How many layers of the earth are there?
a) 1
b) 2
c) 3
d) 4
10) Which of these shows the layers of the earth in order from the surface of the earth to the
center of the earth?
a) Crust, mantle, inner core, outer core
b) Crust, inner core, outer core, mantle
c) Inner core, outer core, mantle, crust
d) Inner core, outer core, crust, mantle
11) In 2022, they can drill to the center of the earth, if the drill is currently at the mantle, what is
the next layer down that they will hit?
a) Crust
b) Mantle
c) Outer core
d) Inner core
12) Which of these is FALSE
a) The hydrosphere sits on top of the rock and soil of the earth
b) The hydrosphere is mostly a liquid
c) The hydrosphere is mostly a solid
d) The hydrosphere is very deep compared to the size of the earth
13) Which of these is true
a) The ground seems flat because the earth is a circle
b) The ground seems flat because we live on the interior of the earth
c) The ground seems flat because we live on the surface of the earth
d) The ground seems flat because the earth is so large that the ground is only very slightly
curved
14) Where do people live?
a) On the surface of the earth
b) On the interior of the earth
c) On the hydrosphere
d) In the lithosphere
15) All of the water on the surface of the earth is called the…
a) Lithosphere
b) Atmosphere
c) Hydrosphere
d) Troposphere
16) The hydrosphere is…
a) All of the water on the surface of the earth
b) All of the rock and soil on the surface of the earth
c) A ball of water
d) Round water
17) Cyanotoxin is a liquid. What would you be able to do with cyanotoxin?
a) Fill a balloon with it
b) Pour it into a mug
c) Cut it into three pieces
d) Sew a sweater out of it
18) Tyesha builds a machine that can drill to the center of the earth. In which layer will the
material start out solid and then slowly become liquid?
a) Crust
b) Mantle
c) Outer core
d) Inner core
19) What is the crust of the earth made of?
a) Soil and rock
b) Liquid iron and liquid nickel
c) Solid iron and solid nickel
d) Solid rock and liquid rock
20) What is the top of the mantle made of?
a) Soil and rock
b) Liquid iron and liquid nickel
c) Solid iron and solid nickel
d) Solid rock and liquid rock
21) What is the bottom of the mantle made of?
a) Soil and rock
b) Liquid iron and liquid nickel
c) Solid iron and solid nickel
d) Solid rock and liquid rock
22) Rock that falls deep inside of the earth eventually melts and becomes a liquid, which can
then flow to other areas of the planet. Which layer does this happen in?
a) Crust
b) Mantle
c) Inner core
d) Outer core
23) What do all sedimentary rocks have in common?
a) They are made up of sediments
b) They are made when liquid rock cools
c) They are formed inside the earth
d) They are formed on the surface of the earth
24) Lucite is formed when lava cools QUICKLY on the surface of the earth. Lucite is a…
a) Lucite is an igneous extrusive rock
b) Lucite is an igneous intrusive rock
c) Lucite is a metamorphic rock
d) Lucite is a sedimentary rock
25) Rapid temperature changes cause stress in a rock and it breaks into little pieces. What is
this process called?
a) Sedimentary
b) Weathering
c) Classes
d) Lava
e) Sediments
26) Limestone is formed when extremely small bits of old rocks are cemented together on the
surface of the earth. Limestone is a…
a) Limestone is a metamorphic rock
b) Limestone is an igneous intrusive rock
c) Limestone is an igneous extrusive rock
d) Limestone is a sedimentary rock
27) The hydrosphere would seem shallow compared to…
a) An elephant
b) A person
c) A tree
d) The earth
28) Water tends to fall into the lowest spots on the planet. What do we call the largest low spots
on the planet?
a) Ponds
b) Lakes
c) Oceans
d) Puddles
e) Seas
29) What is igneous intrusive rock
a) Hot liquid rock on the surface of the earth
b) A rock formed when liquid rock cools
c) Hot liquid rock on the inside of the earth’s surface
d) A rock formed on the inside of the earth’s surface when liquid rock cools
30) What is the name for a rock formed when hot liquid rock cools on the INside of the earth’s
surface?
a) Magma
b) Lava
c) Igneous intrusive
d) Igneous extrusive
31) Dolomite is created when limestone is pushed deep underground, and is changed by the
extreme temperature and weight. What type of rock is dolomite?
a) Igneous intrusive
b) Igneous extrusive
c) Metamorphic
d) Sedimentary
32) Where do metamorphic rocks form?
a) Deep underground
b) In caves
c) On the surface of earth
d) In the hydrosphere
33) There was an earthquake which pushed a rock from a volcano down to the bottom of the
Earth’s crust. After millions of years of being buried deep in the earth with heat and pressure,
what type of rock did the rock become?
a) Metamorphic
b) Sedimentary
c) Igneous intrusive
d) Igneous extrusive