WorksheetsEarth Science 6 Unit 4 quiz lessons 1-9
Total questions: 11
Worksheet time: 10mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
Which part of the mantle is still a solid but flows like a thick, heavy liquid. HINT remember what happens as you move through the Earth's Layers!
a)
Lithosphere
b)
Asthenosphere
c)
Core
d)
Crust
2.
Seismic waves travel at different speeds according to type. What is the speed of seismic waves from slowest to fastest?
a)
L waves, S waves, P waves
b)
P waves, S waves, L waves
c)
S waves, P waves, L waves
3.
What is the name of where an earthquake starts?
a)
Focus
b)
epicenter
c)
core
4.
Which is NOT evidence that Wegener used to help prove his continental drift theory?
a)
Glaciers in South America
b)
Similar fossils found on different continents
c)
Mountain Ranges lining up across continents
d)
Climate has been the same on each continent ALWAYS
5.
True or False: The name that Wegener gave to the super continent was Pangaea.
a)
True
b)
False
6.
Where are the youngest rocks in the Earth's crust found?
a)
at the center of the mid ocean ridge
b)
near the boundary between ocean crust and continental crust
c)
along the continental slope
7.
What type of boundary is occurring in this picture
a)
Converegent
b)
Divergent
c)
Transform
8.
What type of boundary is occurring in the picture
a)
Convergent
b)
Divergent
c)
Transform
9.
What type of boundary is occurring in the picture?
a)
Convergent
b)
Divergent
c)
Transform
10.
Oceanic crust is thinner and denser than continental crust.
a)
True
b)
False
11.
Subduction is when...
a)
one plate slips under another at a convergent boundary.
b)
Two plates separate at a divergent boundary
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