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Structure of the Earth – practice for Year 6

Sample questions on Structure of the Earth with the right answer and a worked solution, from easy to hard. In the Pickles Academy app a child gets new questions of the same kind every time, so they can't just learn the answers by heart.

Subject
Geography
Year
Year 6
Curriculum area
The natural Earth

Question types: Put in order

Rule: Structure of the Earth

From the surface to the centre: crust, mantle, outer core (liquid), inner core (solid).

The crust is the thinnest: about 5–10 km under the oceans, 30–70 km under the continents. It gets hotter deeper down.

Example: The lithosphere = the crust + the rigid top part of the mantle.

Watch out: The inner core is solid even though it is the hottest part: the huge pressure keeps it solid.

Sample questions

  1. Question 1 Easy

    Put the lines of latitude in order from north to south.

    • A) North Pole
    • B) Antarctic Circle
    • C) Tropic of Capricorn
    Show the solution
    Answer:
    1. North Pole
    2. Tropic of Capricorn
    3. Antarctic Circle

    How it works: 1. North Pole 2. Tropic of Capricorn 3. Antarctic Circle

  2. Question 2 Normal

    Put the lines of latitude in order from north to south.

    • A) North Pole
    • B) South Pole
    • C) Tropic of Capricorn
    • D) Antarctic Circle
    Show the solution
    Answer:
    1. North Pole
    2. Tropic of Capricorn
    3. Antarctic Circle
    4. South Pole

    How it works: 1. North Pole 2. Tropic of Capricorn 3. Antarctic Circle 4. South Pole

  3. Question 3 Hard

    Put the lines of latitude in order from north to south.

    • A) North Pole
    • B) Tropic of Cancer
    • C) South Pole
    • D) Tropic of Capricorn
    • E) Antarctic Circle
    Show the solution
    Answer:
    1. North Pole
    2. Tropic of Cancer
    3. Tropic of Capricorn
    4. Antarctic Circle
    5. South Pole

    How it works: 1. North Pole 2. Tropic of Cancer 3. Tropic of Capricorn 4. Antarctic Circle 5. South Pole

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