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Worksheets2nd Quarterly
Total questions: 22
Worksheet time: 11mins
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Class
Date
1.
Wegener's theory of continental drift rejected.
a)
similar fossils
b)
same mountain ranges
c)
continents fit like puzzle
d)
could not identify the force causing movement
2.
Earth's layers in order from the surface.
a)
crust, mantle, inner core, outer core
b)
crust, mantle, outer core, inner core
c)
inner core, outer core, mantle, crust
d)
outer core, inner core, mantle, crust
3.
Heat transfer in a liquid.
a)
conduction
b)
radiation
c)
convection
d)
thermal
4.
Which of the following does not support Wegener's continental drift?
a)
continents fit like puzzle
b)
The Atlantic and Pacific oceans
c)
same fossils found on different continent
d)
similar mountain ranges on continents
5.
Most volcanoes occur here.
a)
along plate boundaries with subduction
b)
In central U.S.
c)
in the middle of tectonic plates
d)
transform boundaries
6.
Type of stress in the picture.
a)
shearing
b)
tension
c)
stretching
d)
compression
7.
Which property of a mineral is shown in the picture?
a)
streak
b)
hardness
c)
cleavage
d)
chemical structure
8.
Rigid part of crust and mantle.
a)
asthenosphere
b)
lithosphere
c)
hydrosphere
d)
geosphere
9.
The heat source that produces the convection currents in the mantle.
a)
crust and core
b)
mantle
c)
the core
d)
core and mantle
10.
A fault with little up or down movement.
a)
strike-slip
b)
reverse
c)
forward
d)
hanging wall
11.
Type of boundary is forming the trench in the diagram.
a)
divergent
b)
transform
c)
convergent
d)
fault zone
12.
New molten material rises up from the mantle, through...
a)
deep ocean trenches
b)
at continental boundaries
c)
rift valleys
d)
mid ocean ridges
13.
Rocks that form from magma cooling inside the Earth...
a)
Metamorphic
b)
extrusive igneous
c)
sedimentary
d)
intrusive igneous
14.
Coal is not a mineral because it is not ...
a)
solid
b)
naturally occurring
c)
inorganic
d)
organic
15.
Erupting?
a)
active
b)
inactive
c)
dormant
d)
extinct
16.
Weathering and erosion form these...
a)
metamorphic rocks
b)
sediments
c)
igneous rocks
d)
cooling and crystallization
17.
Fossilized foot prints
a)
trace fossils
b)
preserved fossils
c)
cast
d)
mold
18.
Relative age of the fossils in layers F and R.
a)
Fossils in F are the same age as those in R
b)
Fossils in layer R are older than the fossils in F
c)
Fossils in layer F are older than fossils in R
19.
The breaking down of an element's atoms to form a new element.
a)
relative age
b)
chemical bond
c)
covalent bond
d)
radioactive decay
20.
Number of neutrons in aluminum.
a)
13
b)
26
c)
14
d)
30
21.
Groups that reacts with group 1.
a)
2
b)
16
c)
17
d)
18
22.
The least reactive group in the periodic table.
a)
2
b)
1
c)
17
d)
18
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