WorksheetsUnit 3 - Geology - Midterm Review
Total questions: 30
Worksheet time: 3hrs 30mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
Which is the best explanation why the remains of a small reptile living millions of years ago have been found only in Brazil & South Africa?
a)
Suduction
b)
Plate Tectonics
c)
Mass extinction
d)
Converging boundaries
2.
About 90% of the world's active volcanoes are the result of tectonic activity and are found where?
a)
North America
b)
Africa
c)
Under the ocean
d)
On land
3.
The Appalachian mountain range stopped forming approximately 250 million years ago. The Himalyan mountain range is still actively forming by plate tectonics. Which is most likely true of the Himalayan mountain range compared to the Appalachian mountain range?
a)
It is closer to sea level
b)
It has a more rounded profile
c)
It is made of higher-density rock
d)
It has more earthquakes per year
4.
When sugar is heated on a hot plate, it turns completely into a liquid. When the liquid sugar is cooled, a hard-crystalline substance is formed. This model best demostrates the formation of
a)
Molten rocks
b)
Igneous rocks
c)
Sedimentary rocks
d)
Metamorphic rocks
5.
Two tectonic plates move toward each other on the surface of Earth.
This pattern of plate movement most likely will result in folded mountains if which is true?
This pattern of plate movement most likely will result in folded mountains if which is true?
a)
The plates are different densities
b)
Both plates are continental plates
c)
The plates are forced upward by magma
d)
A trench is forming at the plate boundary
6.
Which structure can form as a result of a divergent plate boundary?
a)
A continental volcanic arc, due to the collision of two plates
b)
A continental mountain, due to the collision of two plates
c)
A mid-ocean ridge, due to the separation of two plates
d)
An ocean trench, due to the separation of two plates
7.
Which would produce the most severe earthquake damage along the surface of Earth?
a)
An earthquake with a magnitude of 2.5
b)
An earthquake with a magnitude of 3.5
c)
An earthquake with a magnitude of 4.5
d)
An earthquake with a magnitude of 5.5
8.
Scientists are studying a graph showing the time differences between the seismic P-waves and the seismic S-waves as they travel through Earth. Which information can they learn from the graph?
a)
The magnitude of an earthquake
b)
How long the earthquake will last
c)
Where the epicenter of an earthquake will be
d)
How intense the earthquake will be
9.
Over time, dried lava from an old volcano is worn down and broken into small pieces. When these pieces pile up and are cemented together to form new rock, how would this new rock be classified?
a)
Magma
b)
Igneous
c)
Sedimentary
d)
Metamorphic
10.
Granite is an igneous rock. Which of these describes what usually happens to granite after it is weathered, broken into small particles, buried deep underground, and compacted?
a)
The granite becomes a new rock type
b)
The granite forms an active volcano
c)
The granite becomes part of a deep fault
d)
The granite forms a tall mountain
11.
New evidence suggests that "hot spots" may form in response to "twisting" stresses on plates. It is theorized that these stresses may eventually result in the splitting apart of the tectonic plate in the area of the hot spot. Which of the geographic features would be affected most by the splitting of a tectonic plate?
a)
The Himalayas
b)
The Hawaiian Islands
c)
The San Andreas Fault
d)
The Mid-Atlantic Ridge
12.
The focus is a point in the interior of Earth where energy is released causing an earthquake.
The waves generated at the focus will most likely
The waves generated at the focus will most likely
a)
Stop when they reach the surface
b)
Die out before reaching the fault
c)
Be stronger in the atmosphere
d)
Move out in all directions
13.
The Red Sea marks a boundary between two tectonic plates that are moving apart.
What name is given to this type of plate tectonic boundary?
What name is given to this type of plate tectonic boundary?
a)
Divergent boundary
b)
Convergent Boundary
c)
Phase Boundary
d)
Transform Boundary
14.
Use the diagram of the subduction zone to answer the question that follows.
What causes the oceanic crust to be pushed under the continental crust?
What causes the oceanic crust to be pushed under the continental crust?
a)
The weight of the ocean water on the oceanic crust
b)
The reduction of friction on the oceanic crust
c)
The depth of the oceanic crust
d)
The higher density of the oceanic crust
15.
Plate movement can form different features on Earth. At certain plate boundaries, magma comes up and forms a new crust. What type of plate boundary does this occur at?
a)
Convergent
b)
Subduction
c)
Transform
d)
Divergent
16.
Sea-floor spreading occurs at divergent boundaries. Which statement best identifies the geologic process taking place at the point where sea-floor spreading occurs?
a)
A trench is forming
b)
New crust is forming
c)
Oceanic crust is subducting
d)
A continental plate is subducting
17.
The road shown below was suddenly broken by a natural event.
Which natural event most likely caused the crack in the road?
Which natural event most likely caused the crack in the road?
a)
wind
b)
earthquake
c)
a lava flow from a volcano
d)
an avalanche down a mountain
18.
Which feature would most likely be forming at converging continental tectonic plate boundaries?
a)
rift valley
b)
deep trench
c)
volcanic cone
d)
uplifted mountain
19.
Which of the following is the best evidence that Earth's continents were once in vastly different positions than they were today?
a)
Penguins are found only in the Southern Hemisphere.
b)
Fossils of tropical plants are found in Antarctica
c)
Volcanoes encircle the Pacific Ocean
d)
Major rivers form deltas from continental erosion
20.
Earthquake vibrations are detected, measured, and recorded by instruments called:
a)
Sonargraphs
b)
Richter scales
c)
Seismographs
d)
Magnetometers
21.
The Richter scale measures which of the following earthquake characteristics?
a)
Intensity
b)
Magnitude
c)
Frequency
d)
Probability
22.
Which type of volcano would be the least explosive?
a)
cinder cone
b)
stratovolcano
c)
shield volcano
d)
composite cone
23.
Earthquake activity in California is primarily caused by:
a)
the lowering of aquifer levels
b)
the interaction of tides with the coast
c)
mining activity during the nineteenth century
d)
plates grinding past each other along active faults
24.
Which of these is an immediate result of the movement of tectonic plates?
a)
ocean currents
b)
earthquakes
c)
glaciers
d)
tides
25.
This area of land with a variety of surface features is viewed from above. What caused the shift of the surface features?
a)
A fault
b)
A road
c)
A flowing stream
d)
A volcanic intrusion
26.
Which of the following best describes Earth's tectonic plates?
a)
They move away from each other at the equator.
b)
The move because of convection currents in the mantle.
c)
They collide at mid-ocean ridges.
d)
They form at subduction zones.
27.
Which is of the following is most likely to cause the biggest change to a land surface in the shortest amount of time?
a)
A lightening storm
b)
A gust of wind
c)
A major earthquake
d)
A rapidly flowing stream
28.
Many processes on Earth occur at or near tectonic plate boundaries.
Which geological events are most common along tectonic plate boundaries?
Which geological events are most common along tectonic plate boundaries?
a)
Erosion and deposition
b)
Hurricanes and tornadoes
c)
Earthquakes and volcanoes
d)
Tidal waves and sedimentation
29.
Earthquakes and volcanic eruptions occur both on land and in water.
Earthquakes and volcanic eruptions most often occur...
Earthquakes and volcanic eruptions most often occur...
a)
near plate boundaries
b)
on large pieces of land
c)
in large bodies of water
d)
in regions near the equator
30.
This map shows the continents as they appear on Earth's surface today. It would be correct to say that in another 50 years the continents will...
a)
have moved to entirely new positions
b)
be in almost the same positions as they are in today
c)
have joined to become one large continent
d)
be moving much faster than they are today
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