Geology Quiz

Geysers, volcanos, and hot springs all share which of the following?

• They form along faults.

• Scientist can predict when they will erupt.

• They form along plate boundaries and above hot spots.

• They form only along plate boundaries.

In which of the following sentences is conclusion used correctly?

• Inge Lehmann suspected that Earth might have more than three layers, so she came to the conclusion that it did.

• In his conclusion, the scientist proposed different possibilities of how earthquakes might occur.

• The researcher reached a conclusion after years of collecting evidence.

• Once you reach a conclusion, it is set in stone and no other evidence can be examined.

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What is geology?

• The study of relation between living things and their environment.

• The study of the makeup of the Earth and the process that change and shape it.

• The study of the characteristics of the Earth’s surface.

• The study of the past human life and activities by examining bones, tools, and other objects left behind.

The theory of plate tectonics states that…

• Earth’s continents were once all joined together as one supercontinent.

• Earth’s continents stay still and do not move.

• Earth’s crust, mantle, and core all form tectonic plates that change very slowly.

• Earths crust and part of the mantle are broken up into selections that slowly move.

A mid-ocean ridge is _ ; an ocean trench is _

• An underwater water mountain; A narrow, extreme valley

• Mountain; valley
• Desert; forest
• Mid-ocean ridge; ocean trench

What evidence suggested that the continent’s locations were once very different from how they are today?

• The same types of rocks and fossils were discovered in different parts of the world.

• Fossils of the same species found on different continents, matching mountain ranges, and similar rock formations.
• Dissimilar rock formations.

• Fossils of different species found on different continents.

Moving apart, colliding, and sliding sideways past one another are the three different ways in which _ interact.

• waves
• vibrations
• energy
• Tectonic plates

The continental drift hypothesis explains that _.

• the movement of Earth's continents over time due to the shifting of tectonic plates.

• All of the continents were once joined together as Pangea until they broke apart and slowly moved away from each other.

• the movement of ocean currents.

• the formation of mountains on Earth's surface.

Weathering is the process in which _; erosion is the process in which _.

• rocks and minerals are combined into larger pieces; these larger pieces are transported and deposited
• Rocks are broken down into smaller pieces; sediments are moved from place to place

• plants and animals are broken down into smaller pieces; these smaller pieces are transported and deposited
• rocks and minerals are broken down into smaller pieces; these smaller pieces are dissolved and disappear

The _ produces the lines to show the energy of seismic waves while the _ applies numbers to measure the magnitude of an earthquake based on the largest seismic wave recorded.

• Seismometer, Mercalli scale
• Tremor detector, Fuji detector

• Seismograph, Richter scale
• Geiger counter, Beaufort scale