Ch. 8 Lesson 1- Jan. 13
  • 1. What is a landform?
A) Something you can get at the store.
B) A land feature of the Earth.
C) A class you would take in college.
  • 2. Which of the following is a landform?
A) Valley
B) Mountain
C) All of these choices are correct.
D) Plateau
  • 3. What material is found in both the crust of the Earth and the atmosphere?
A) Iron
B) Oxygen
C) Calcium
  • 4. The outermost layer of the Earth is the...
A) Mantle
B) Crust
C) Core
  • 5. Use the pie chart on page 216. Which material makes up 27.7% of the Earth's crust?
A) Silicon
B) Sodium
C) Oxygen
  • 6. Use the pie chart on page 216. Which material makes up 5% of the Earth's crust?
A) Aluminum
B) Calcium
C) Iron
  • 7. Use the map on page 218. How many major tectonic plates are there?
A) 8
B) 10
C) 6
  • 8. What two layers of the Earth make up the lithosphere?
A) Core and Outer mantle
B) Crust and core
C) Crust and outer mantle
  • 9. How are valleys and trenches alike?
  • 10. How are valleys and trenches different?
  • 11. Why can't the equipment used to drill for oil be used to drill into the mantle?
  • 12. True or false. The temperature of Earth's core is as hot as the sun.
A) True
B) False
  • 13. True or false. The lithosphere is broken into plates that float on the melted rock.
A) True
B) False
  • 14. True or false. Tectonic plates are found on the continents.
A) True
B) False
  • 15. Look at the map on pg. 218. What tectonic plate is the majority of North America on?
A) Pacific Plate
B) North American Plate
C) African Plate
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