WorksheetsMountain Building
Total questions: 13
Worksheet time: 13mins
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Class
Date
1.
What does the movement of tectonics plates cause on rocks?
a)
Places stress on rocks.
b)
The rocks disappear.
c)
The rocks start to erode.
d)
All of the above.
2.
What is deformation?
a)
Process when the rocks break apart or erode.
b)
Process of when rocks melt away.
c)
Process when rocks change shape under pressure.
d)
Process when
3.
What occurs during folding?
a)
When the rocks change color.
b)
When the rocks form and create a landslide.
c)
When the rock layers combine to create a mountain.
d)
When rock layer bend under stress.
4.
What are the two types of folding?
a)
Horizontal and Vertical
b)
Synclines and Anticlines
c)
Up and down
d)
Bottom and Top
5.
How many different types of faults are there?
a)
7
b)
2
c)
4
d)
3
6.
What happens in strike slip faults?
a)
Fault blocks move past each other horizontally.
b)
Fault blocks move past each other vertically.
c)
The faults do not move at all.
d)
The faults do move but not enough to cause anything.
7.
What happens in a normal fault?
a)
The faults move apart and completely separate.
b)
The faults move side to side because of pressure.
c)
The faults move in a normal way (down) due to gravity.
d)
The faults do not move because they are normal faults.
8.
What happens in reverse faults?
a)
The hanging blocks move upward relative to the footwall.
b)
The blocks in the fault both move downward.
c)
The fault causes a reaction that rises up and creates a mountain.
d)
Nothing happens with the blocks except that they move sideways a little.
9.
What are the three kinds of mountains?
a)
Fault-Block, Volcanic, and Dormant
b)
Fault-Block, Folded, and Towering
c)
Folded, Mechanic, and Volcanic
d)
Folded, Volcanic, and Fault-Block
10.
How do Volcanic mountains form?
a)
When rock combines with water to create a tight structure for a mountain.
b)
When lava forms into an island.
c)
When molten rock erupts on earth surface, and creates a mountain structure.
d)
When rock and lava form a beach.
11.
How do Fault-Block mountains form?
a)
When tension makes the earth move.
b)
When tension makes the lithosphere break into many pieces.
c)
When tension makes the mountains break.
d)
When tension makes the mountains rise up into the atmosphere.
12.
How do Folded Mountains form?
a)
Forms when layers are turned upside down.
b)
Forms when layers are small and begin to grow.
c)
Forms when layers are move downward into the core.
d)
Forms when layers are squeezed and pushed together upward.
13.
What is compression?
a)
The stress or squeezes when rock push together.
b)
The movement of rocks underground.
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