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WorksheetsGeologic Processes Test #1
Total questions: 50
Worksheet time: 34mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
What layer of the Earth is liquid?
a)
lithosphere
b)
asthenosphere
c)
inner core
d)
outer core
2.
The solid inner core is made of...
a)
iron and nickel
b)
iron and magnesium
c)
rock and minerals
d)
oxygen and carbon
3.
What layer of the Earth consists of the crust and the top of the mantle.
a)
inner core
b)
lithosphere
c)
asthenosphere
d)
outer core
4.
What layer of the Earth do convection currents occur in?
a)
crust
b)
mantle
c)
outer core
d)
inner core
5.
What is the layer directly below the lithosphere called?
a)
crust
b)
mantle
c)
core
d)
asthenosphere
6.
The thinnest layer of the Earth is?
a)
Mantle
b)
Lithosphere
c)
Athenosphere
d)
Crust
7.
The lithosphere combines what two layers?
a)
Athenosphere & Crust
b)
Crust & Upper Mantel
c)
Mantel & Athenosphere
8.
What happens to pressure as we move from the crust to the inner core?
a)
Pressure Decreases
b)
Pressure Increases
c)
Nothing
9.
What happens to temperature as we move from the crust to the inner core?
a)
Decreases
b)
Increases
10.
This layer of Earth is the thickest part
a)
crust
b)
outer core
c)
mantle
d)
inner core
11.
What are the two types of crust
a)
continental and oceanic
b)
ocean and upper
c)
lower and upper
d)
pizza and subway
12.
Identify layer #20.
a)
mantle
b)
asthenosphere
c)
inner core
d)
outer core
13.
Which layer of Earth has the GREATEST density?
a)
crust
b)
mantle
c)
outer core
d)
inner core
14.
What is the correct order (starting from the surface) of Earth's layers?
a)
crust, outer core, inner core, mantle
b)
mantle, outer core, inner core, crust
c)
crust, mantle, outer core, inner core
d)
outer core, inner core, crust, mantle
15.
What happens at a divergent boundary?
a)
plates move apart
b)
plates come together
c)
plates grind past one another
16.
What happens at a convergent boundary?
a)
plates move apart
b)
plates come together
c)
plates grind past each other
17.
What happens at a transform fault boundary?
a)
plates move apart
b)
plates come together
c)
plates grind past each other
18.
What was the name given to all the continents when they were joined as one super continent?
a)
Supreme Continent
b)
Eurasia
c)
Plate tectonics
d)
Pangea
19.
What does the theory of continental drift state?
a)
The continents were once joined in a super-continent and have moved over time
b)
Continents are stationary and do not move
c)
The Earth is broken into lithospheric plates that move due to convection currents
d)
none of the above
20.
Where does the heat come from that drives this convection current in the mantle?
a)
The sun
b)
The crust
c)
the mantle
d)
the core
21.
Name the boundary
a)
convergent boundary
b)
divergent boundary
c)
transform boundary
d)
sergent boundary
22.
Name the boundary
a)
convergent boundary
b)
divergent boundary
c)
transform boundary
d)
sergent boundary
23.
Name the boundary
a)
convergent boundary
b)
divergent boundary
c)
transform boundary
d)
sergent boundary
24.
During sea floor spreading, molten material rises up from the mantle...
a)
along the continents
b)
at the mid ocean ridges
c)
deep ocean trenches
d)
at north and south poles
25.
Which of the following is where one plate slides under another plate?
a)
submarine zone
b)
divergence zone
c)
subduction zone
d)
lower zone
26.
Associated with transform boundaries.
a)
Volcanoes
b)
mountains
c)
trenches
d)
earthquakes
27.
This land formation occurs at a divergent continental/ continental boundary.
a)
mid ocean ridge
b)
deep ocean trench
c)
pacific hot spot
d)
rift valley
28.
Mountains form from ...
a)
plates sliding past one another
b)
collision of plates
c)
plates moving away from each other
29.
Oceanic crust is
a)
Younger and less dense than continental crust
b)
Thinner, younger and more dense than continental crust
c)
Older, thicker and less dense that continental crust
d)
Bigger and younger than continental crust
30.
Earth's plates are...
a)
constantly moving and changing the face of the earth
b)
Never moves
c)
Moves seldom and very fast
d)
Moves when it feels like it
31.
The stress force that pushes the crust where two plates are moving apart
a)
tension
b)
compression
c)
shearing
32.
The stress force that pushes the crust where two plates are moving together
a)
tension
b)
compression
c)
shear
33.
The stress force that pulls plates past one another sideways is called
a)
shear
b)
compression
c)
tension
34.
A fault caused by rocks moving together
a)
normal fault
b)
reverse fault
c)
slip strike fault
35.
a fault caused by rocks moving away from each other
a)
strike slip fault
b)
reverse fault
c)
normal fault
36.
a)
normal fault
b)
reverse fault
c)
strike-slip fault
37.
a)
normal fault
b)
reverse fault
c)
strike-slip fault
38.
a)
normal fault
b)
reverse fault
c)
strike-slip fault
39.
Letter A is pointing to which Earth layer?
a)
Outer Core
b)
Mantle
c)
Crust
d)
Inner Core
40.
Letter C is pointing to which Earth layer?
a)
Mantle
b)
Crust
c)
Outer Core
d)
Inner Core
41.
The Asthenosphere is located in which Earth layer?
a)
A - Inner Core
b)
B - Outer Core
c)
C - Mantle
d)
D - Crust
42.
This picture shows which kind of Plate Boundary?
a)
Convergent Boundary
b)
Transform Boundary
c)
Divergent Boundary
43.
What Geologic Activity is occurring at this Plate Boundary?
a)
Mountain Building
b)
Sea-floor Spreading
c)
Volcano forming
d)
Deep ocean trench forming
44.
Earthquakes occur at each type of Plate Boundary. Which boundary do they most commonly happen at?
a)
Transform Boundary
b)
Divergent Boundary
c)
Convergent Boundary
45.
Which Plate Boundary does the picture illustrate?
a)
Divergent Boundary
b)
Transform Boundary
c)
Convergent Boundary
46.
What Geologic Activity is occurring in this picture?
a)
Sea-floor Spreading
b)
Volcano forming
c)
Earthquake
d)
Mountain building
47.
Alfred Wegener proposed that continents shift their positions over millions of years due the movement of Earth's crustal plates in a Geological process called...
a)
Continental Drift
b)
Continental Movement
c)
Continental Shift
d)
Plate Drift
48.
Which Plate Boundary does the picture illustrate?
a)
Divergent Boundary
b)
Transform Boundary
c)
Convergent Boundary
49.
This picture illustrates which kind of fault?
a)
Normal
b)
Reverse
c)
Strike-Slip
50.
This picture illustrates which kind of fault?
a)
Normal
b)
Reverse
c)
Strike-Slip
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