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What are the layers of the earth?
Rock, Fire, Outer Core & Inner Core
Crust, Mantle, Outer Core & Inner Core
Crust, Mantle & Inner Core
Mantle, Lava, Inner Core & Centre of the Earth
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How many centimetres do the continents move per year?
2cm
5cm
3cm
10cm
3
Cold rises. True or False?
False
True
4
What moves on the earths surface?
Tectonic Plates
Tectonic Layers
Tectonic Panel
Tectonic Dishes
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The earths crust can be measured at 70km thick. True or False
False
True
6
The centre of the earth is cold. True or False
True
False
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What is the outer layer of earth
Core
Crusty
Rocky
Crust
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Heat rises. True or False?
False
True
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Choose the missing words: The earth has a ...... structure.
Floating
Patterned
Layered
Bumpy
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What is the continental drift theory?
The theory that the continents stay still
The theory that the continents are sinking
The theory that the continents are moving
The theory of everything
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Choose the missing words: The surface is a (....) layer of (....).
Rock and Core
Thick and Core
Thin and Crust
Thick and Crust
12
Australia was once connected to India & Antarctica. True or False
True
False
13
What is located in the mantle that moves the plates?
Convection Oven
Black Currents
Convection Currents
Convention Plates
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What was the mega continent that existed thousands of years ago?
Disneyland
Utopia
Gracia
Pangaea
15
The outer core is made up of:
Silver & Nickel
Gold & Silver
Iron & Gold
Nickel & Iron
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Who developed the continental drift theory?
George Wegener
Homar Simpson
Fred Wegener
Alfred Wegener
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The earth is like a...
Turnip
Banana
Apple
Blueberry
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What supported Wegeners theory?
All of the above
The continents match like a puzzle
Rocks match
The same types of fossils were found in multiple areas
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Where can the thinnest part of the crust be found?
Under the ocean
Under a Volcano
Under a rock
Under a mountain
