WorksheetsAPES Earth Science Concepts Review
Total questions: 19
Worksheet time: 10mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
Archaeologists record the top layers first, followed by older, deeper layers to study ancient settlements and cities following the
a)
principle of original horixontality
b)
principle of uniformitatianism
c)
principle of superposition
d)
principle of uniformity
2.
Because he figured out that sedimentary rock must have been compacted and compressed, over many ages, _____________ is known as the father of modern geology.
a)
Richard Palmer
b)
James Hutton
c)
W. Clayton Scott
d)
Nicolaus Steno
3.
Relationships between earth layers and soil samples are described
a)
tectonic time measurements
b)
Jurassic time measurements
c)
chronostatic time measurements
d)
subjective time measurments
4.
When Mount Versuvius erupted in 79 A.D., most people were killed by
a)
lava
b)
pyroclastic flow
c)
volcanic rock
d)
poisonous volcanic gases
5.
The umbrella theory explaining the Earth's movement, contact, and flattening of large land plates is known as
a)
the Coriolis effect
b)
plate tectonics
c)
hot spots
d)
the subduction zone
6.
Water-layered sediments that thin to nothing at a shore or the area where first deposited are the subject of the
a)
principle of uniformity
b)
principle of original horizontality
c)
principle of later continuity
d)
principle of superposition
7.
A volcano with little erosion and that may erupt at any time is classified as
a)
active
b)
dormant
c)
high risk
d)
sedimentary
8.
Vibrations in the Earth caused by cracks or shifts in the underlying rock are called
a)
caldera
b)
sedimentation
c)
igneous activity
d)
Seismic waves
9.
Where two crustal plates collide and one plate is forced under the other into the mantle, it is called a
a)
hot spot
b)
pressure zone
c)
surface trace
d)
subduction zone
10.
The principle of uniformitarianism includes the idea that
a)
continental shifting and compression are possible across different regions
b)
energy can neither be created nor destroyed
c)
volcanoes can erupt even when quiet for 200 years
d)
population growth islsow and the birth rate drops to around the death rate
11.
A huge layer of rock that drifts slowly over the supporting upper mantle layer is a
a)
caldera
b)
hot spot
c)
geological plate
d)
transform fault
12.
Any solid material (rock or organic) that settles out from a liquid is known as
a)
sediments
b)
ash
c)
a biofuel
d)
granite
13.
Love waves are a type of
a)
primary seismic wave
b)
surface wave
c)
pyroclastic flow
d)
folded rock
14.
The following are all tiem units of the geological time scale except
a)
eons
b)
eras
c)
ages
d)
epochs
15.
Gravitational forces within the Earth, as well as heat and radioactive element recycling in the molten core, take place through
a)
subduction
b)
deflection
c)
transformation
d)
convection
16.
An ocean trnech is formed along the
a)
transform fault boundary of two colliding plates
b)
convergent boundary of two colliding plates
c)
distant edge boundary of two colliding plates
d)
divergent boundary of two colliding plates
17.
Primary waves, which bunch together and then move apart like and inchworm, are
a)
the slowest seismic waves
b)
the fastest seismic waves
c)
known as Rayleigh waves
d)
a type of surface wave
18.
The location directly above an earthquake hypocenter on the earth's surface is the
a)
epicenter
b)
trench
c)
hypercenter
d)
surface trace
19.
A large earthquake occurs, on average, somewhere in the world each year of greater than
a)
1.5 magnitude
b)
2.0 magnitude
c)
4.0 magnitude
d)
8.0 magnitude
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