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WorksheetsDynamic Earth
Total questions: 34
Worksheet time: 17mins
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Class
Date
1.
A way of to determine the age of fossils by comparing them to fossils found in strata above and below them is...
a)
Relative dating
b)
Radiocarbon dating
2.
A way to determine how old an object is by measuring the amount of carbon-14 there is in the object...
a)
Relative dating
b)
Radiocarbon dating
3.
The layer of the earth made of liquid metal and scientists think this causes the earth to have a magnetic field...
a)
inner core
b)
crust
c)
mantle
d)
outer core
4.
The layer of the earth made of solid metal...
a)
inner core
b)
crust
c)
mantle
d)
outer core
5.
The thin outer layer of the earth...
a)
core
b)
crust
c)
mantle
6.
The cause of Earth's crust movement is...
a)
spinning of the earth
b)
convection currents in the mantle
c)
gravitational pull from the moon
7.
The thick layer below the crust made of molten rock...
a)
core
b)
crust
c)
mantle
8.
The earth's crust is thickest
a)
under the continents
b)
under the oceans
9.
Earth's magnetic field...
a)
always stays the same
b)
reverses from time to time
10.
Hydrothermal vents are hot sea water found at cracks in the...
a)
ocean floor
b)
atmosphere
11.
The remains of once living organisms often preserved in sediment...
a)
strata
b)
fossils
c)
rock
d)
tectonic plates
12.
Horizontal layers of sediment are called (oldest layers are usually at the bottom)...
a)
strata
b)
fossils
c)
rock
d)
tectonic plates
13.
Large irregular sections of the earth's crust which float on the mantle...
a)
strata
b)
fossils
c)
rock
d)
tectonic plates
14.
A crack in the Earth's crust is called...
a)
a focus
b)
a fault
c)
the epicenter
15.
The shaking of the earth's surface caused by sudden movement of tectonic plates usually along a transform fault boundary...
a)
earthquakes
b)
focus
c)
volcanoes
d)
mountain
16.
The location, deep under ground, where movement in rock first occurs in an earthquake...
a)
mountain
b)
volcano
c)
focus
d)
epicenter
17.
The location on the earth's surface directly above the focus (place where an earthquake begins), where the shaking is usually the greatest...
a)
origin
b)
focus
c)
volcano
d)
epicenter
18.
a)
Convergent Boundary
b)
Divergent Boundary
c)
Transform Fault Boundary
19.
a)
Convergent Boundary
b)
Divergent Boundary
c)
Transform Fault Boundary
20.
a)
Convergent Boundary
b)
Divergent Boundary
c)
Transform Fault Boundary
21.
Chemosynthesis is the process where bacteria makes their ______ from chemicals released at hydrothermal vents
a)
home
b)
food
22.
When new sea floor is added to the crust as two plates separate is called...
a)
continental drift
b)
sea floor spreading
c)
convection currents
d)
tsunami
23.
A _______, or huge ocean waves, are usually caused by an underwater earthquake.
a)
continental drift
b)
sea floor spreading
c)
convection currents
d)
tsunami
24.
The edges of plates are called...
a)
plate borders
b)
plate zones
c)
plate boundaries
d)
plate edges
25.
By studying ______, scientists have learned about the composition of the earth.
a)
fossils
b)
rock samples
c)
ice core samples
d)
earthquakes
26.
Seismic waves are carried by energy released during an ________ when rock moves.
a)
volcanic eruption
b)
earthquake
c)
tide
27.
A ______ records the strength and duration of an earthquake.
a)
seismograph
b)
quakeometer
c)
thermometer
d)
baramoter
28.
All of the following are classifications of volcanoes EXCEPT ...
a)
active
b)
dormant
c)
extinct
d)
alive
29.
All of the following are types of mountains EXCEPT...
a)
volcanic
b)
dome
c)
fold
d)
mantle
30.
This theory states that Earth's continents slowly move about the earth's surface...
a)
continental drift
b)
Pangea
c)
mid-Atlantic ridge
d)
hydrothermal vents
31.
This is the name of the large landmass which existed before it broke apart into the continents we have today...It also explains why similar fossils can be found on different continents.
a)
continental drift
b)
hydrothermal vents
c)
sea floor spreading
d)
Pangea
32.
This is a large, slow-moving mass of ice...
a)
glacier
b)
earthquake
c)
volcano
d)
plate
33.
This is the opening in the crust through which magma flows...
a)
glacier
b)
volcano
c)
earthquake
d)
plate
34.
This is the movement of sediment by water, ice, or wind...
a)
earthquake
b)
volcano
c)
erosion
d)
glacier
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