WorksheetsGeologic Processes
Total questions: 59
Worksheet time: 57mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
What layer is depicted in yellow?
a)
Asthenosphere
b)
Lithosphere
c)
Mantel
d)
Crust
2.
Label C represents what layer of the earth?
a)
Core
b)
Crust
c)
Mantel
d)
Lithosphere
3.
When you have a convergent boundary such as pictured here what happens to the oceanic crust?
a)
Subduction
b)
Subtraction
c)
Convergent
d)
Creates oceanic rifts
4.
This image here represents what type of boundary?
a)
Divergent
b)
Transform
c)
Convergent
5.
What boundary type is depicted in this image?
a)
Divergent Boundary
b)
Convergent Boundary
c)
Transform Boundary
6.
What boundary type is depicted here?
a)
Transform Boundary
b)
Convergent Boundary
Convergent Boundary
Convergent Boundary
c)
Divergent Boundary
7.
Which layer is made up of iron and nickel?
a)
Crust
b)
Mantle
c)
Inner Core
d)
Lithosphere
8.
Which layer of the mantle is the least ridged (bendy like play-dough)?
a)
Asthenosphere
b)
Mesosphere
c)
Lithosphere
d)
Inner core
9.
What are the two types of crust?
a)
top crust,bottom crust
b)
oceanic crust, continental crust
c)
water,land
d)
none of the above
10.
What type of heat transfer in found in Earth"s asthenosphere?
a)
Conduction
b)
Convection
c)
Radiation
d)
I don't know
11.
Which sublayer is made up of the crust and upper mantle?
a)
Inner Core
b)
Outer Core
c)
Lithosphere
d)
Asthenosphere
12.
At which type of boundary are mountains formed?
a)
Convergent
b)
Divergent
c)
Subductive Zone
d)
Transform
13.
At which type of plate boundary does seafloor spreading occur?
a)
Tranform
b)
Convergent
c)
Divergent
d)
Subductive Zone
14.
The San Andrea's Fault in California is which type of boundary?
a)
Convergent
b)
Divergent
c)
Subductive Zone
d)
Transform
15.
Geologists' main evidence about the structure of Earth's interior comes from
a)
temperature measurements in deep mines
b)
observations of other planets
c)
exploration of caves
d)
rock samples and seismic waves
16.
Why have geologists not reached the mantle?
a)
It is too hot for humans to go there.
b)
It is too smelly for humans to go there.
c)
It doesn't have Wi-Fi so none of their instruments work.
d)
Scientists have not figured out how to time travel.
17.
True or FalseThe asthenosphere has soft rock that is very cool.
a)
True
b)
False
18.
True or False
The Earth's thin shell of hard rock is called the crust.
The Earth's thin shell of hard rock is called the crust.
a)
True
b)
False
19.
True or FalseHeat rising from deep inside earth can move the crust’s plates.
a)
True
b)
False
20.
4. What layer is the hottest?
a)
Core
b)
Crust
c)
Mantle
21.
5. Which layer is the thickest?
a)
Core
b)
Crust
c)
Mantle
22.
If you traveled from the center of Earth to the surface, the pressure would...
a)
increase
b)
decrease
c)
stay the same
d)
unsure
23.
Which layer of Earth is the thinnest?
a)
Crust
b)
Mantle
c)
Inner Core
d)
Outer Core
24.
Which sublayer is made up of the crust and upper mantle?
a)
Inner Core
b)
Outer Core
c)
Lithosphere
d)
Asthenosphere
25.
If we compare the temperature and pressure of the Earth’s mantle to the core, what differences can we expect as we move downward into the Earth?
a)
Both the temperature and pressure increase.
b)
Both the temperature and pressure decrease.
c)
The temperature increases and the pressure decrease.
d)
The temperature decreases and the pressure increases.
26.
What observation can we make about Earth’s lithosphere AND asthenosphere?
a)
The asthenosphere floats on top of the lithosphere.
b)
The crust and the core make up the lithosphere.
c)
The crust and mantle make up the asthenosphere.
d)
The lithosphere floats on top of the asthenosphere
27.
Which layer of Earth is characterized by rock that is plastic, or soft enough to flow?
a)
asthenosphere
b)
crust
c)
lithosphere
d)
inner core
28.
In order for a metamorphic rock to form, _______ is needed.
a)
Pressure
b)
Heat
c)
Heat and Pressure
d)
Weathering
29.
This rock was formed by smaller pieces of rock that settled at the bottom of a lake millions of years ago. What type of rock is this?
a)
Sedimentary
b)
Igneous
c)
Metamorphic
30.
This rock was formed by lots of fossils that settled on top of each other over time. What type of rock is this?
a)
Sedimentary
b)
Igneous
c)
Metamorphic
31.
This rock was found near the mouth of a volcano. What type of rock is this?
a)
Sedimentary
b)
Igneous
c)
Metamorphic
32.
The name rock is given when it is broken down into smaller pieces.
a)
texture
b)
weathering
c)
sediment
d)
erosion
33.
When grains of sediment are pressed together to form sedimentary rock.
a)
Compaction and cementation
b)
composition
c)
sediment
d)
erosion
34.
Which type of rock is formed by weather, erosion, deposition, compaction then cementation.
a)
Igneous
b)
Sedimentary
c)
Metamorphic
d)
All of the above
35.
Which type of plate boundary would cause folded mountains to form?
a)
transform
b)
convergent
c)
divergent
d)
subduction
36.
The Great Rift Valley in Africa and the Mid-Atlantic Ridge were both created by this type of plate boundary.
a)
divergent
b)
convergent
c)
transform
d)
subduction
37.
What drives tectonic plate movement?
a)
gravity
b)
coriolis effect
c)
convection currents
d)
the earth's magnetic core
38.
Earthquakes and volcanoes are most likely found in which locations?
a)
at plate boundaries
b)
in oceans
c)
in the middle of continents
d)
in the middle of plates
39.
Transform boundaries are most likely to produce what phenomenon?
a)
volcanoes
b)
deep sea trenches
c)
underwater mountain ranges
d)
earthquakes
40.
When an oceanic plate and a continental plate collide, which one will subduct?
a)
oceanic
b)
continental
c)
neither
d)
both
41.
By definition, a mineral has which of the following characteristic(s)?
a)
chemical composition
b)
crystalline structure
c)
natural
d)
all of the above
42.
The following image shows what mineral property?
a)
Hardness
b)
Streak
c)
Cleavage
d)
None of the above
43.
Diamond has a hardness of ___ on Mohs Hardness Scale.
a)
1
b)
5
c)
8
d)
10
44.
What are the main physical properties of minerals?
a)
Luster, Streak, Color
b)
Streak, Hardness, Luster
c)
Hardness, Color, Luster, Streak
d)
Hardness, Color
45.
How do you test the hardness of a mineral?
a)
Throw it against a wall
b)
Step on it
c)
Scratch Test
d)
Kick it until it breaks
46.
How effective is the physical property of color in identifying a mineral?
a)
Very effective. You can immediately identify it based only on the color.
b)
It doesn't make a difference. Every mineral can be any color.
c)
It is one property and may not be used alone to identify a mineral.
d)
Color isn't a physical property.
47.
How do you test the streak of a mineral?
a)
By scraping some of the mineral onto a streak plate.
b)
Look for streaks on the mineral.
c)
Google it.
d)
You don't.
48.
Which of the following is NOT a characteristic of a mineral?
a)
Naturally Occurring
b)
Organic
c)
Chemical Composition
d)
Solid
49.
True or False: Minerals make up rocks.
a)
True
b)
False
50.
The way a mineral breaks unevenly and unsmooth like refers to its ______ ,
a)
Cleavage
b)
Fracture
c)
Hardness
d)
Shatter
51.
A rock that contains an metal or other economially useful mineral is called a(n)
a)
ore
b)
gem
c)
fossil fuel
d)
gemstone
52.
Using this scale, which mineral can scratch fluorite?
a)
Talc
b)
Gypsum
c)
Apatite
d)
Calcite
53.
Can a penny scratch fluorite?
a)
Yes
b)
No
54.
If a mineral could be scratched by a steel file but not by a glass plate , what mineral is it?
a)
Quartz
b)
Topaz
c)
Orthoclase
d)
Fluorite
55.
The tendency of a mineral to break into flat surfaces
a)
Fracture
b)
Cleavage
c)
Density
d)
Crystal
56.
What mineral is used for pencils?
a)
Graphite
b)
Galena
c)
Magnetite
d)
Quartz
57.
What mineral is salt?
a)
quartz
b)
sulfur
c)
halite
d)
calcite
58.
Which of the following correctly matches the tool with what it measures?
a)
Penny - streak
b)
Graduated cylinder - streak
c)
Glass - volume
d)
Triple beam balance - mass
59.
Which of the following correctly matches the tool with what it measures?
a)
Penny - hardness
b)
Graduated cylinder - mass
c)
Glass - streak
d)
Triple beam balance - volume
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