Earth's Features Chapter 1 Quiz Review

Most earthquakes and volcanoes are found on the edge of continents.

• true

• false

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How can scientists use earthquake and volcano patterns?

• to prevent future earthquakes

• to predict where earthquakes are most likely to occur

• to design earthquake safe homes

• to discourage people to live in earthquake prone areas.

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Where are most mountain ranges found?

• Near the equator

• on the boundaries of continents and oceans

• in arctic areas

• where two oceans meet

Which statement best states how fossils are formed?

• fossils are formed when organisms die underground

• fossils are formed when bones are left on the ground

• fossils are formed when animals die and their remains are covered with sediment

• fossils are formed when animals are eaten by other animals.

Which of the following statements best summarizes the role of geologist and fossils?

• fossils are studied to learn more about dinosaurs

• fossils are used to help geologists make inferences about the past

• fossils are used to make fossil fuels by geologists.

• geologists use fossils to determine types of rocks

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When looking at layers of rocks, fossils found in layers closest to the bottom will be older than fossils found near the top layer.

• true

• false

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Which is the correct order of the process of sedimentary rock formation?

A. Sediments settle at the bottom of the ocean

B. Sediment is compacted and cements together

C. Small pieces of shell, rock and mineral fall into the ocean

D. Layers of sediment are compacted into rock.

• ACBD

• CABD

• ABCD

• BADC

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True or False: An environment is all of the living and non living things in an area

• true

• false

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What is a fossil?

• a clue about life preserved in rock

• an exposed area of rock

• a rock with many layers

• to stick together in the process of forming rock

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What does a geologist study?

• the way that humans care for the earth

• process and materials that perform the solid part of earth

• the way that animals survive in their environments

• how stars and planets are formed

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