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WorksheetsEarth Science Concept Review
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 11mins
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Class
Date
1.
Which type of plate boundary would cause folded mountains to form?
a)
transform
b)
convergent
c)
divergent
d)
subduction
2.
What drives tectonic plate movement?
a)
gravity
b)
coriolis effect
c)
convection currents in the mantle
d)
the earth's magnetic core
3.
Earthquakes and volcanoes are most likely found in which locations?
a)
along the edges of plate boundaries
b)
they occur everywhere
c)
in the middle of continents
d)
in the middle of plates
4.
Transform boundaries are most likely to produce what phenomenon?
a)
volcanoes
b)
deep sea trenches
c)
underwater mountain ranges
d)
earthquakes
5.
Two tectonic plates collide at a ___ plate boundary.
a)
convergent
b)
divergent
c)
transform
d)
transformer
6.
This land form can occur at a divergent plate boundary.
a)
trench
b)
mid-ocean ridge (ocean basin)
c)
folded mountains
d)
fault
7.
What forms when an oceanic and continental plate converge?
a)
island arcs
b)
folded mountains
c)
volcanic mountains
d)
rift valleys
8.
What layer of the Earth is represented by "E"-it is composed of the crust and upper mantle?
a)
mantle
b)
lithosphere
c)
asthenophere
d)
core
9.
Which layer does the lithosphere (the outer most layer plus the crust) float on top of?
a)
the crust
b)
lithosphere
c)
asthenosphere
d)
outer core
10.
What processes make sediment?
a)
Compaction and Cementation
b)
Heat & Melting
c)
Weathering & Erosion
d)
Heat & Pressure
11.
The series of processes in which one type of rock may be used as the material for other rocks and changes from one type to another.
a)
Water cycle
b)
Carbon Cycle
c)
Nitrogen Cycle
d)
Rock Cycle
12.
An igneous rock can become ______.
a)
metamorphic
b)
sedimentary
c)
igneous
d)
all of these
13.
A metamorphic rock can become ______.
a)
igneous
b)
metamorphic
c)
sedimentary
d)
all of these
14.
A sedimentary rock can become ________.
a)
igneous
b)
metamorphic
c)
sedimentary
d)
all of these
15.
Which of the following most likely occurs to an existing rock on Earth's crust (at the surface)?
a)
melting into magma
b)
high heat and pressure
c)
weathering and erosion
d)
cooling and cementation
16.
A divergent boundary is a boundary between two plates that ____
a)
move toward each other
b)
undergo subduction
c)
move away from each other
d)
slide along each other
17.
Name this plate boundary.
a)
divergent
b)
convergent
c)
transform
d)
insurgent
18.
Name this plate boundary.
a)
divergent
b)
convergent
c)
transform
d)
transformers
19.
Name this plate boundary.
a)
divergent
b)
convergent
c)
transform
d)
allegiant
20.
If two minerals share the same color, luster, similar densities, which of the following would be the quickest way to tell them apart?
a)
Density
b)
Streak
c)
Hardness
d)
Luster
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