Quiz: Changes Within the Earth

This is the term for the study of the earth's structure and history.

• absolute location
• geography
• geology
• relative location

Which layer of the earth does letter B represent?

• crust
• outer core
• mantle
• inner core

More than ____% of the Earth's surface is covered by water.

• 60

• 70

• 80

• 85

This picture shows a

• mountain
• plateau
• hill
• butte

This is the term for molten rock inside the earth.

• lava
• magma
• obsidian
• mustafar

This is the term fo molten rock on the Earth's surface.

• lava
• magma
• obsidian
• mustafar

Breaks in the Earth's crust are known as

• bends
• buckles
• faults
• folds

This is the name for the theory that the earth's outer shell is not one solid piece of rock but rather it is broken into a number of moving plates.

• geology
• plate tectonics

Which plate do you live on?

• North American
• Pacific

Alfred Wegner proposed that there was once a single "supercontinent." What was the name he gave it?

• Atlantis
• Pangaea