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WorksheetsSemester 1 review ear
Total questions: 100
Worksheet time: 2hrs 37mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
Paleozoic, Mesozoic & Cenozoic are all
a)
Epochs
b)
Eras
c)
Periods
d)
Eons
2.
Which is the most recent era of time- the one that we are currently in?
a)
Mesozoic
b)
Paleozoic
c)
Cenozoic
d)
Precambrian
3.
The Era with the largest extinction we know of is the...
a)
Mesozoic era
b)
Precambrian era
c)
Paleozoic era
d)
Cenozoic era
4.
"age of reptiles"
a)
Paleozoic Era
b)
Cenozoic Era
c)
Mesozoic Era
d)
Precambrian Era
5.
"age of mammals"
a)
Cenozoic Era
b)
Precambrian Era
c)
Paleozoic Era
d)
Mesozoic Era
6.
The single land mass that existed about 245 million years ago is named what?
a)
Fossil
b)
Pangea
c)
Bob
d)
Tectonic plates
7.
What were the dominant animals of the Mesozoic Era?
a)
fish
b)
reptiles
c)
mammals
d)
bacteria
8.
Plants and animals first reached land during the
a)
Mesozoic Era
b)
Cenozoic Era
c)
Paleozoic Era
d)
Precambrian
9.
During which era did the mammoth live?
a)
Precambrian
b)
Paleozoic
c)
Mesozoic
d)
Cenozoic
10.
The disappearance of a species.
a)
Evolution
b)
Extinction
c)
Migration
d)
Mutation
11.
How many of the original atoms of a decaying isotope remain unchanged after three half-lives?
a)
three-halves
b)
three-quarters
c)
one-quarter
d)
one-eighth
12.
Relative age of a rock is the number of years that have passed since the rock formed?
a)
true
b)
false
13.
The original element that undergoes radioactive decay is known as the...
a)
daughter element
b)
half-life
c)
parent element
d)
carbon-14
14.
What is the relative age of the Igneous rock in the diagram?
a)
It is older than the limestone but younger than the shale.
b)
It is older than the shale but younger than the limestone.
c)
It is younger than the limestone and the shale.
d)
It is older than the limestone and the shale.
15.
What geological feature is being shown?
a)
fault with folding
b)
contact metamorphism
c)
nonconformity
d)
angular unconformity
16.
Which of the following is NOT a type of intrusion?
a)
batholith
b)
inclusion
c)
sill
d)
dike
17.
What is the name of the feature shown?
a)
fault
b)
inclusion
c)
intrusion
d)
sill
18.
An intrusion will made up of what type of rock?
a)
Sedimentary
b)
Igneous
c)
Metamorphic
d)
Clastic
19.
Which answer lists the age of the rock strata from OLDEST to YOUNGEST?
a)
c,b, a, d, e
b)
e, d, a, c, b
c)
a, b, c, d, e
d)
a, c, e, b, d
20.
A break in the Earth's crust
a)
fault
b)
mountain
c)
plate
d)
fossil
21.
Letter "B" is an....
a)
inclusion
b)
intrusion
c)
fault
d)
unconformity
22.
The rock formation labeled "P" is a(n)...
a)
fault
b)
intrusion
c)
inclusion
d)
unconformity
23.
Which of the following is the oldest?
a)
Layer L
b)
Intrusion D
c)
Intrusion H
d)
Layer E
24.
Gaps in rock layers caused by erosion are called.
a)
law of superposition
b)
unconformities
c)
uniformitarianism
d)
relative dating
25.
Although a cast fossil looks like an original bone or shell, how is it different?
a)
It's made of rock
b)
It contains skin, hair, and other remnants
c)
It has been liquefied
d)
It is completely colorless
26.
Which of the following is an example of a trace fossil?
a)
A skeleton preserved in a tar pit
b)
A footprint of an extinct animal
c)
A mummy buried in ice
d)
An insect preserved in amber
27.
Why are deserts, tar pits, and ice good places to find body fossils?
a)
Most ancient organisms lived in these environments
b)
Bacteria and other decomposers cannot thrive in these environments
c)
Many ancient organisms traveled to these places to die
d)
The largest ancient organisms lived in these environments
28.
In which kind of rock do we usually find a fossil?
a)
sedimentary rock
b)
metamorphic rock
c)
igneous rock
29.
What are index fossils
a)
The end of a book
b)
Organisms that are widely distributed, but live for a short period of time
c)
The person next to me
d)
A book
30.
What is a petrified fossil
a)
A rock
b)
A scared rock
c)
Minerals replacing all of the organism
d)
BOO
31.
What is a mold fossil
a)
Clay
b)
Nasty old moldy dinosaur bones
c)
A hallow area left in sediment in the shape of an organism
d)
All of the above
32.
What type of fossil is this?
a)
Preserved remains
b)
Petrified
c)
Mold
d)
Cast
33.
What type of fossil is this?
a)
Mold
b)
Cast
c)
Preserved remains
d)
Trace fossil
34.
What type of fossil is this?
a)
Mold
b)
Cast
c)
Carbon Film
d)
Trace fossil
35.
How do fossils form?
a)
Living things die and their remains are covered by sediment
b)
insects are covered in tree sap
c)
all of these are correct
d)
Freezing preserves the remains of an organism
36.
What type of fossil is this?
a)
Mold
b)
Cast
c)
Preserved remains
d)
Petrified
37.
Fossils that aren't exactly part of the organism. These include footprints, burrows, eggshells, and my personal favorite, coprolite (or fossilized poop).They give insight into an organism's behavior and lifestyle.
a)
Trace fossils
b)
Mold fossils
c)
Cast fossils
d)
Index fossils
38.
When an organism dies, is buried, and decays leaving behind a cavity in the shape of the organism is considered which type of fossil?
a)
cast
b)
mold
c)
trace
d)
petrified
39.
a flat land
a)
plain
b)
hill
c)
mountain
40.
What is this landform?
a)
Valley
b)
Mountain
c)
Plateau
d)
Depression
41.
a)
basin
b)
gulf
c)
canal
d)
plain
42.
a)
plain
b)
mesa
c)
valley
d)
delta
43.
What kind of landform has a vent at the top, spews lava and steam and pieces of rock?
a)
volcano
b)
canyon
c)
waterfall
d)
plains
44.
Stress at a divergent boundary.
a)
Tesion
b)
Compression
c)
Shear
d)
Fold
45.
Stress at a transform boundary.
a)
Tesion
b)
Compression
c)
Shear
d)
Folded
46.
When a rock is changed in shape and then stays that way it is known as____________?
a)
Tesion
b)
Strain
c)
Shear
d)
Folded
47.
Downward motion on the Earth's surface?
a)
uplift
b)
squeezing
c)
plastic
d)
subsidence
48.
Mountains formed with tension?
a)
Folded
b)
Fault Block
c)
Uplifted
d)
Volcanic
49.
Mount Everest is this kind of mountain?
a)
Folded
b)
Fault Block
c)
Uplifted
d)
Volcanic
50.
Which type of plate boundary would cause folded mountains to form?
a)
transform
b)
convergent
c)
divergent
d)
subduction
51.
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
52.
What are the two types of crust?
a)
continental and oceanic
b)
ocean and basin
c)
lower and upper
d)
thick and thin
53.
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
54.
When an oceanic plate and a continental plate collide, which one will subduct?
a)
oceanic
b)
continental
c)
neither
d)
both
55.
According to Wegener's hypothesis of continental drift,
a)
Earth's surface is made up of seven major landmasses
b)
the continents DO NOT move
c)
Earth is slowly cooling and shrinking
d)
the continents were once joined together in a single landmass
56.
What type of evidence was NOT used by Alfred Wegener to support his continental drift hypothesis?
a)
evidence from landforms
b)
evidence from fossils
c)
evidence from human remains
d)
evidence from climate
57.
What were magnetic stripes on the ocean floor used to show?
a)
the seafloor was spreading outward from the mid-Atlantic ridge
b)
the seafloor was spreading inward toward the mid-Atlantic ridge
c)
the seafloor was effectively stationary
d)
natural magnetic rocks always form in the mantle of the Earth
58.
The youngest rocks on the seafloor are most likely found...
a)
closest to a mid-ocean ridge
b)
farthest from a mid-ocean ridge
c)
near the coastlines
d)
closest to a deep sea trench
59.
A break or crack in the Earth's crust is called a...
a)
plate
b)
fault
c)
fold
d)
crack
60.
Name this plate boundary.
a)
divergent
b)
convergent
c)
transform
d)
insurgent
61.
Name this plate boundary.
a)
divergent
b)
convergent
c)
transform
d)
transformers
62.
The composition of Earth's interior affects
a)
how long an earthquake will last
b)
the speed and direction of seismic waves
c)
the location of an earthquake's focus
d)
the strength of an earthquake
63.
What are the fastest body waves?
a)
P waves
b)
T waves
c)
S waves
d)
Q waves
64.
P waves are also known as
a)
secondary waves
b)
compression waves
c)
Love waves
d)
Rayleigh waves
65.
What is the epicenter of an earthquake
a)
the location along a fault where the first motion of an earthquake occurs
b)
a seismic wave tht travels along the surface of Earth
c)
the point on Earth's surface directly above the earthquake's focus
d)
the last place that motion in an earthquake is detected
66.
S-waves are also known as:
a)
Love waves
b)
compression waves
c)
shear waves
d)
Rayleigh waves
67.
These seismic waves produce movement that is similar to rolling waves in an ocean:
a)
p-wave
b)
s-wave
c)
surface wave
d)
z-wave
68.
Magnitude is a measure of
a)
how much magma is released from a volcano
b)
how much energy is released from an earthquake
c)
the distance from the midpoint to the crest of a wave
d)
the thickness of a layer in Earth
69.
The formation of the Hawaiian Islands is one example of
a)
volcanoes forming over a hot spot
b)
volcanoes forming along plate boundaries
c)
the Ring of Fire
d)
continental drift
70.
Cool, slow moving, high viscosity lava is called
a)
Aa
b)
Pahoehoe
c)
Lava
d)
magma
71.
What type of volcano is created from repeated explosive eruptions?
a)
Composite
b)
Cinder Cone
c)
Shield
72.
What type of volcano is shown above?
a)
Strato
b)
Cinder Cone
c)
Shield
73.
A large hole left by the collapse of a volcanic mountain is called a
a)
Crater
b)
Caldera
c)
Vent
d)
Volcano
74.
The major ring of volcanoes that circles the Pacific Ocean is called thep
a)
volcanic belt of Pacific volcanoes
b)
Ring of Fire
c)
Ocean ring
d)
Ring of Pacific Fire
75.
The smallest lava fragments produced by an explosive eruption
a)
Ash
b)
Cinders
c)
Bombs
76.
What type of volcano is this?
a)
shield
b)
cinder cone
c)
composite
77.
The thinnest layer of the Earth is the ___________.
a)
mantle
b)
crust
c)
core
78.
Tectonic plates are made up of continental crust and ________ crust.
a)
continental
b)
oceanic
c)
plates
d)
mantle
79.
What is the theory that all continents were once joined together in one single large landmass?
a)
Plate Tectonics
b)
Pangaea
c)
Continental Drift
80.
There are how many different types of crust?
a)
1
b)
2
c)
5
d)
3
81.
There are ____ physical layers of the Earth.
a)
2
b)
1
c)
5
d)
7
82.
The inner core is the liquid layer of the core.
a)
True
b)
False
83.
Which sublayer is made up of the crust and upper mantle?
a)
Inner Core
b)
Outer Core
c)
Lithosphere
d)
Asthenosphere
84.
What is the name of the layer that contains the uppermost mantle and crust
a)
Asthenosphere
b)
Mesosphere
c)
Lithosphere
d)
Transosphere
85.
Which layer of Earth has the GREATEST density?
a)
crust
b)
mantle
c)
outer core
d)
inner core
86.
The thickest layer of the earth is the
a)
crust
b)
mantle
c)
inner core
d)
outer core
87.
The core is made-up of what two elements?
a)
iron and nickel
b)
iron and oxygen
c)
nickel and silicon
d)
oxygen and silicon
88.
What happens to temperature as we move from the crust down into the inner core?
a)
Decreases
b)
Increases
89.
Identify layer #20.
a)
mantle
b)
pizza crust
c)
inner core
d)
outer core
90.
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.
91.
Oceanic crust is thicker than continental crust.
a)
True
b)
False
92.
The central part of the Earth below the mantle
a)
Crust
b)
Asthenosphere
c)
Core
d)
Mantle
93.
Nebula's are mixtures of gases and what?
a)
clouds
b)
stars
c)
tiny particles
d)
dust
94.
A force of attraction between any two objects is called _____________.
a)
static electricity
b)
rotation
c)
gravity
d)
orbit
95.
the planets of the solar system formed as
a)
the center of the gas cloud cooled
b)
planetesimals flattened into a rotating disk
c)
planetesimals collided into one another
d)
the sun absorbed extra gas and dust from the solar system
96.
The reason the collapsed cloud spins faster as it contracts
a)
gravity
b)
centripetal force
c)
acceleration
d)
temperature
97.
What force acted on the massive nebula to collapse it and eventually form our sun?
a)
electrostatic force
b)
strong force
c)
weak force
d)
gravity
98.
A cloud of gas and dust from which bodies in space are formed
a)
photosphere
b)
nebula
c)
solar flare
d)
Sunspot
99.
A nebula starts to move because:
a)
A nearby supernova
b)
A nearby star
c)
A passing spaceship
d)
A passing comet
100.
A nebula collapses down into a disk known called:
a)
A compact disk
b)
An irregular cloud
c)
An accretion disk
d)
An circular disk
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