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WorksheetsPlate Tectonics, Rock Cycle & Weathering of Rocks
Total questions: 15
Worksheet time: 7mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
What are the two types of weathering?
a)
Mechanical and Physical
b)
Mechanical and Chemical
c)
Chemical and Abrasion
d)
There's more than two types
2.
The sea arch pictured was made through...
a)
Mechanical weathering of the rock cliff
b)
Chemical weathering of the rock cliff
3.
Salt water weathering rocks by dissolving pieces of it over time is an example of ....
a)
Chemical Weathering
b)
Mechanical Weathering
4.
Wind abrasion (wind blowing sand against something) is an example of _______ weathering.
a)
Chemical
b)
Mechanical
5.
Erosion is defined as ________
a)
The transport of sediment
b)
The break down of rcoks into sediment
c)
the depositing of sediment
d)
None of these
6.
Weathering is defined as________
a)
The transport of sediments
b)
The breaking down of rocks into sediment
c)
The deposit of sediment
d)
None of these
7.
What type of plate boundary & crust type usually creates tall mountains?
a)
Convergent, continental-oceanic
b)
Divergent, continental-continental
c)
Convergent, continental-continental
d)
Transform
8.
What type of rock is formed deep underground through heat and pressure?
a)
Igneous
b)
Sedimentray
c)
Metamorphic
d)
None of these
9.
Fossils are found in what type of rock?
a)
Igneous
b)
Sedimentary
c)
Metamorphic
d)
None of these
10.
Obsidian is shiny, smooth and usually black. It is an igneous rock, and forms when:
a)
Magma cools slowly underground
b)
Lava cools slowly underground
c)
Magma cools quickly on the surface
d)
Lava cools quickly on the surface
11.
Earthquakes are most likely to form _________
a)
randomly
b)
on convergtent plate boundaries
c)
on divergent plate boundaries
d)
on all plate boundaries
12.
What type of boundary is pictured?
a)
Convergent
b)
Divergent
c)
Transform
d)
None of these
13.
The youngest rocks would be located _____
a)
Closest to the mid-ocean ridge
b)
farthest away from the mid-ocean ridge
c)
in the middle of the mid-ocean ridge
d)
none of these
14.
What type of rock is forming in this image?
a)
Igneous
b)
Sedimentary
c)
Metamorphic
d)
None of these
15.
What caused the letters on this old tombstone to fade?
a)
weathering
b)
deposition
c)
being made of cheap material
d)
none of these
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