Download Year 8 Introduction to Earth Science Pop Quiz

Year 8 Introduction to Earth Science
1.
What is the name of layer 1?
a. Asthenosphere
b. Crust
c. Mantle
d. Inner Core
2.
What is the name of layer 2?
a. Asthenosphere
b. Outer Core
c. Mantle
d. Inner Core
3.
What is the name of layer 3?
a. Asthenosphere
b. Outer Core
c. Mantle
d. Inner Core
4.
What is the name of layer 4?
a. Asthenosphere
b. Outer Core
c. Mantle
d. Inner Core
5.
What is the name of layer 5?
a. Crust
b. Outer Core
c. Asthenosphere
d. Inner Core
6. How old is the Earth (in years)?
a. 4.5 thousand
b. 5.4 million
c. 4.5 billion
d. 6 billion
7. Rocks can be made up of
a. Dirt
b. Sand
c. Dead plants and animals
d. All of the above
8. What is the study of rocks called?
a. Geography
b. Rockology
c. Geology
d. Paleontology
Look at the picture to the right for questions 9 and 10
9. Which rock layer is the newest?
a. 2
b. 1
c. 3
d. 4
10. Which rock layer is the oldest?
a. 2
b. 1
c. 3
d. 4
11. Which layer is under the mantle?
a. Asthenosphere
b. Crust
c. Outer Core
d. Inner Core
12. What is the deepest hole ever dug in the Earth’s crust?
a. 1.2 km
b. 12 km
c. 122 km
d. 1202 km
13. Which layer is above the asthenosphere?
a. Mantle
b. Crust
c. Outer Core
d. Inner Core
14. What kind of rocks are made when lava cools on the side of a volcano?
a. Intrusive igneous
b. Extrusive igneous
c. Sedimentary
d. Metamorphic
15. What kind of rocks are made when rocks change from one type to another?
a. Intrusive igneous
b. Extrusive igneous
c. Sedimentary
d. Metamorphic
16. What kind of rocks are made when magma cools inside the Earth’s crust?
a. Intrusive igneous
b. Extrusive igneous
c. Sedimentary
d. Metamorphic
17. What kind of rocks are made when existing rock changes from being put under incredible
pressure?
a. Intrusive igneous
b. Extrusive igneous
c. Sedimentary
d. Metamorphic
18. What kind of rocks are made when bits of sand stick together?
a. Intrusive igneous
b. Extrusive igneous
c. Sedimentary
d. Metamorphic
19. What kind of rocks are made when lava falls into the sea and becomes solid?
a. Intrusive igneous
b. Extrusive igneous
c. Sedimentary
d. Metamorphic
20. Which layer is in the middle of the Earth?
a. Asthenosphere
b. Crust
c. Mantle
d. Inner Core