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Worksheetsunit 3 review
Total questions: 23
Worksheet time: 12mins
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Class
Date
1.
What are the layers of the Earth?
a)
Crust, mantle, core
b)
crust, outer crust, mantle
c)
core and mantle
d)
crust and core
2.
Which layer of the Earth is the densest?
a)
crust
b)
mantle
c)
outer core
d)
inner core
3.
Which layer of the Earth is he least dense?
a)
crust
b)
mantle
c)
outer core
d)
inner core
4.
How are the oceanic and continental crust different?
a)
oceanic crust is more dense and thiner
b)
continental crust is more dense and thiner
c)
continental crust is more dense and thicker
d)
oceanic crust is more dense and thicker
5.
The lithosphere makes up
a)
the mantle
b)
the crust
c)
the outer core and bottom mantle
d)
the crust and the upper mantle
6.
As you go further into the Earth.....
a)
temperature increases and density decreases
b)
temperature decreases and density decreases
c)
temperature increases and density increases
d)
Temperature decreases and density decreases
7.
The lithosphere is broken up into pieces called
a)
layers
b)
tectonic plates
c)
crust fragments
d)
convection cracks
8.
molten rock within the Earth is called
a)
lava
b)
melted rock
c)
igneous rock
d)
magma
9.
The lithospheric plates are moved by convection currents in the mantle caused by
a)
hot material rising and cool material sinking
b)
hot material and cool material sinking
c)
hot material sinking and cool material rising
10.
Where do these convection curents get their energy?
a)
crust
b)
core
c)
sun
d)
moon
11.
Two plates are colliding together at a...
a)
divergent boundary
b)
convergent boundary
c)
transform boundary
d)
closing boundary
12.
Two plates are moving apart at a...
a)
divergent boundary
b)
convergent boundary
c)
transform boundary
d)
closing boundary
13.
Plates slip past each other at a....
a)
divergent boundary
b)
convergent boundary
c)
transform boundary
d)
closing boundary
14.
At a convergent boundary, the more dense oceanic crust sinks below the less dense continental crust because of
a)
convection currents
b)
subduction zones
c)
sea floor spreading
d)
calderas
15.
Which landform would be created at a convergent boundary?
a)
rift valley
b)
seafloor spreading
c)
mountain
d)
plateau
16.
At a divergent plate boundary rift valleys,volcanoes, and ____________ can occur.
a)
Earthquakes
b)
Erosion
c)
sliding plates
17.
While divergent boundaries are considered constructive, convergent boundaries are considered __________.
a)
counter pr
b)
Destructive
c)
optional
d)
constructive
18.
Who created the theory of continental drift?
a)
Alfred Hitchcock
b)
King HenryIV
c)
Alfred Wegner
19.
What evidences did Wegner use to prove continental drift?
a)
evidence of climate and geological change
b)
fossils
c)
the fact that continents fit like puzzle pieces
d)
all of these
20.
A __________ is a break in Earth’s crust that lets magma come out from below the lithosphere and onto Earth’s surface.
a)
mountain
b)
Earthquake
c)
volcano
d)
caldera
21.
Volcanic eruptions are a ___________ process, because the cooling magma creates new lithosphere.
a)
constructive
b)
destructive
22.
When tectonic plates move, sudden shifts can occur at their boundaries. ______________ can result from these movements.
a)
volcanoes
b)
Rivers
c)
Earthquakes
d)
Rift valleys
23.
What occurs in the mantle and cause the lithospheric plates to move?
a)
Convection currents
b)
Conduction currents
c)
Siesmic currents
d)
ocean currents
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