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WorksheetsEarth's Changing Face
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 12mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
Which of the following are examples of landforms?
a)
mountains and canyons
b)
cliffs and sand dunes
c)
volcanoes and deltas
d)
all of these
2.
Which is not a layer of the "physical" Earth...
a)
mantle
b)
atmosphere
c)
core
d)
crust
3.
Weather is the only force that changes landforms.
a)
True
b)
False
4.
Why do the plates on Earth's surface move?
a)
magma sinks and rises, making the crust move
b)
meteors hit the surface causing the mantle to shake
c)
the spinning of the planet causes vibrations
d)
hot metals in the core act like magnets pulling the plates around
5.
When two continental plates collide, the land can be pushed up to form mountains.
a)
True
b)
False
6.
The changing of landforms only happens very slowly, often over millions of years.
a)
True
b)
False
7.
What type of rock would most likely be found where there used to be a lake?
a)
sedimentary
b)
igneous
c)
metamorphic
d)
none of these
8.
___________________ rock means FIRE (ignite) and is formed from melted rock either from magma below Earth's crust or from lava above it
a)
sedimentary
b)
igneous
c)
metamorphic
d)
magma
9.
Which type of rock forms from extreme heat and pressure?
a)
Igneous
b)
Sedimentary
c)
Organic
d)
Metamorphic
10.
A metamorphic rock changes into an igneous rock by what two processes?
a)
Melting and cooling
b)
Extreme heat and pressure
c)
Compaction and cementation
d)
Weathering and erosion
11.
Wind, water, and ice breaking down rock is called
a)
Erosion
b)
Deposition
c)
Compaction
d)
Weathering
12.
Sediment being dropped off and laid to rest is called
a)
Deposition
b)
Erosion
c)
Weathering
d)
Lithification
13.
Which rock is formed from years of settling layers where soil and sand are squeezed together?
a)
igneous
b)
sedimentary
c)
metamorphic
d)
slate
14.
The outer layer of the earth
a)
edge
b)
dirt
c)
crust
d)
shell
15.
The theory that large pieces of the Earth's crust are moving on top of magma is called the
a)
Big Bang Theory
b)
Theory of Plate Tectonics
c)
Rock Theory
d)
Volcano Theory
16.
The layer between the crust and the core
a)
middle
b)
mantle
c)
magma
d)
median
17.
Earth is believed to have been one large super continent called _____ until plates started moving and separating it.
a)
Big Boy
b)
Big Land
c)
Pangaea
d)
Pandora
18.
Continents are types of
a)
landmasses
b)
rocks
c)
coutnries
d)
volcanoes
19.
The center of the Earth is called the
a)
epicenter
b)
middle
c)
core
d)
mantle
20.
The rock cycle involves
a)
the series of changes that a rock undergoes as it shifts between different forms
b)
a cycle that a rock goes through
c)
a process where rocks wear away from weather
d)
large sheets of crust move
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