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WorksheetsEarth Processes Pretest
Total questions: 13
Worksheet time: 7mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
Earth's core is made up mostly of what materials?
a)
the metals iron and nickel
b)
very hot gases
c)
granite and basalt rock
d)
liquid water and solid ice
2.
Which of Earth's layers is thickest and contains most of earth's mass?
a)
crust
b)
mantle
c)
outer core
d)
inner core
3.
Earth's lithosphere is made up of huge moving sections, called __________.
a)
glaciers
b)
plates
c)
layers
d)
continents
4.
What was lacking in Alred Wegener's theory of continental drift?
a)
similar fossil evidence on different continents
b)
a definition of the term "supercontinent"
c)
the appearance of matching coastlines
d)
an explanation of how or why the continents moved
5.
New crust forms at ___________ plate boundaries.
a)
convergent
b)
divergent
c)
fault-block
d)
transform
6.
At convergent plate boundaries, plates ____________________.
a)
pull apart
b)
slide past each other
c)
collide
d)
form rifts
7.
The San Andreas Fault is a _____________ fault, where blocks of rock scrape past each other.
a)
strike-slip
b)
reverse
c)
normal
d)
folded
8.
Earthquakes are vibrations of the ground produced when _______________.
a)
sediments are compacted and cemented
b)
plates move over a hot spot
c)
rock movement along faults releases energy
d)
heated groundwater reaches Earth's surface
9.
Acid rain is a cause of _____________.
a)
mechanical weathering
b)
cementation
c)
mass movement
d)
chemical weathering
10.
____________ rocks form when heat and pressure inside Earth change one kind of rock into another kind.
a)
Metamorphic
b)
Extrusive
c)
Intrusive
d)
Sedimentary
11.
What type of rock is formed when molten rock cools and hardens?
a)
metamorphic
b)
sedimentary
c)
organic
d)
igneous
12.
Why is loam generally the best soil for growing plants?
a)
Loam is rich in parent material.
b)
Loam makes up the deepest soil horizon.
c)
Loam contains no decayed plan and animal matter.
d)
Loam provides the right amount of drainage and nutrients.
13.
Earth's geologic history is divided into time units called _________________.
a)
tectonic plates
b)
eons, eras, and periods
c)
indexes and zones
d)
absolute and relative
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