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Total questions: 62
Worksheet time: 31mins
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1.
Where is folding most likely to occur?
a)
Oceanic plates colliding
b)
Continental plates colliding
c)
Both
d)
Neither
2.
What is an Abyssal Plain?
a)
The part of the ocean floor that is mostly flat and deep
b)
Deep chasms in the ocean floor
c)
Rocky outcroppings
d)
Transitional zone between dry land and ocean bottom
3.
What is an Aquifer?
a)
An accumulation of sediment where an stream enters the ocean
b)
A zone of water bearing rock through which groundwater can flow
c)
A layer of rock formed from dead plant matter
d)
An underground pocket of saltwater
4.
What is Continental Margin?
a)
Deep chas on the ocean floor
b)
The part of the ocean floor that is mostly flat and deep
c)
A transition zone between dry land and the ocean bottom
d)
The part in the middle of the continent where two plates meet
5.
What is a Divide?
a)
The upper boundary of the saturated zone
b)
The area of land that drains into a stream
c)
A break in a rock along which movement has occured
d)
An imaginary line that separates two drainage basins
6.
What is a Delta?
a)
An accumulation of sediment where a stream enters a lake or ocean
b)
Transition zone between dry land and the ocean bottom
c)
The area of land that drains into a stream
d)
The ease at which fluids flow through a porous rock
7.
What is a Fault?
a)
A layer or layers of bent, physically deformed, rock
b)
An undersea volcanic peak
c)
A break in a rock along which movement has occured
d)
The portion of open space in seddiment
8.
What is Folding?
a)
When rock layers bend due to stress and most rocks are laid down horizontally
b)
An imaginary line that separates two drainage basins
c)
A layer of rock formed from dead plant matter
d)
A layer of rock formed from dead plant matter
9.
What is Groundwater?
a)
Freshwater that is stored underground
b)
Saltwater that is stored undergraound
c)
Water that is in aquifers
d)
Any water that is found underground in spaces between rocks, soil, and sand
10.
What is a Hot Spot?
a)
Lava pushing through the crust
b)
Rising heat in the mantle
c)
Site of an underwater volcano
d)
All of the others
11.
The forces and events leading to the structural deformation of the Earth’s Crust due to plate movement that result in mountain building is called
a)
Doming
b)
Orogeny
c)
Folding
d)
Faulting
12.
What are the two ways domes can form?
a)
Magma rising and compression
b)
Magma falling and compression
c)
Magma rising and expansion
d)
Magma falling and expansion
13.
What causes faulting?
a)
Plate movement
b)
Magma rising
c)
Solar radiation
d)
COntinental drift
14.
Which is not a type of fault?
a)
Normal Fault
b)
Reverse Falult
c)
Slip-Strike-Fault
d)
Grabint Fault
15.
What is a Mountain?
a)
A small mass of rock or landform that rises above its base
b)
A very tall structure
c)
A large mass of rock or landform that rises a great distance above its base
d)
A large mass that starts above sealevel and rises more than 1,000 feet above anything nearby
16.
Where do mountains form?
a)
Anywhere
b)
Only on land
c)
Only above sea level
d)
Generally, along convergent plate boundaries
17.
How do mountains form?
a)
Mountains form from rocks that have been permanently deformed under stress.
b)
Mountains form from erosion moving rocks away from other land areas
c)
Mountains form during earthquakes along transform boundaries
d)
Mountains form when divergent plates push away from each other
18.
What are folded mountains?
a)
A large mass of rock or landform that rises a great distance above its base
b)
Mountains formed by the folding of rock layers during plate collisions
c)
a circular folded mountain, formed by uplift
d)
Mountains formed when normal faults uplift a block of rock
19.
What are dome mountains?
a)
A large mass of rock or landform that rises a great distance above its base
b)
Mountains formed by the folding of rock layers during plate collisions
c)
a circular folded mountain, formed by UPLIFT
d)
a circular folded mountain, formed by uplift
20.
What are fault-block mountains?
a)
A large mass of rock or landform that rises a great distance above its base
b)
Mountains formed by the folding of rock layers during plate collisions
c)
a circular folded mountain, formed by uplift
d)
Mountains formed when normal faults uplift a block of rock
21.
A __________is formed when occurs when the hanging wall moves up (Convergent Boundaries push rocks up and over)
a)
Reverse Fault
b)
Normal Fault
c)
Thrust Fault
d)
Strike-Slip Fault
22.
A ________ occurs when the hanging wall moves down (Divergent Boundaries release tension and rocks slide down)
a)
Reverse Fault
b)
Normal Fault
c)
Thrust Fault
d)
Strike-Slip Fault
23.
A ________ the type of fault occurs when rock on opposite sides of a fault plane move horizontally past each other? (Like in an Earthquake!)
a)
Reverse Fault
b)
Normal Fault
c)
Thrust Fault
d)
Strike-Slip Fault
24.
A ______ is formed when compressive stresses act over great distances. A ______ is a reverse fault in which the fault plane dips 45 degrees or less from the horizontal.
a)
Reverse Fault
b)
Normal Fault
c)
Thrust Fault
d)
Strike-Slip Fault
25.
Underwater mountains are called:
a)
Volcanoes
b)
Seamounts
c)
Hot Spots
d)
Mountains
26.
Process by which rocks are broken down due to exposure to processes occurring at the Earth’s surface is called:
a)
Weathering
b)
Erosion
c)
Wearing
d)
Tearing
27.
Rock is broken down into smaller pieces of the same material but there is no change in composition
a)
Erosion
b)
Mechanical weathering
c)
chemical weathering
d)
Wear and tear
28.
The breakdown or decomposition of rock that occurs when minerals are changed into different substances and there is a change in composition
a)
Erosion
b)
Mechanical weathering
c)
Chemical weathering
d)
Wear and tear
29.
Process in which water freezes in the cracks of rock and wedges (pushes) it apart because water expands when it freezes.
a)
Freezing
b)
Hardening
c)
Yetifications
d)
Frost Wedging
30.
Frost/Ice Wedging can cause ______ to form in the pavement roads.
a)
Speed Humps
b)
Potholes
c)
Faults
d)
Bumps
31.
The wearing away of rock material by grinding action that is usually caused by sediment in Wind, Water, and Glaciers
a)
Erosion
b)
Wear
c)
Abrasion
d)
Tear
32.
Which mechanical weathering is not caused by plants or animals?
a)
Root pry
b)
Root action
c)
Digging holes
d)
Pot holes
33.
Gradual peeling of layers due to uplift and frost action
a)
Abration
b)
Frost Wedging
c)
Erosion
d)
Exfoliation
34.
The removal and transport of weathered materials by natural agents
a)
Erosion
b)
Abrasion
c)
Root pry
d)
Exfoliation
35.
What is a glacier?
a)
Mass of permafrost that never melts
b)
Mass of floating ice
c)
Mass of compacted ice and snow that moves under its own weight
d)
Mass of snow and ice that moves as it melts
36.
Glaciers account for ______ of the freshwater on Earth.
a)
25%
b)
50%
c)
75%
d)
100%
37.
Glaciers can move lots of sediment that can carve ________ (or striped grooves) into rocks.
a)
Curf marks
b)
Striations
c)
Divits
d)
Stimulatae
38.
A fine powder, pulverized rock, that blankets much of the northern mid-west
a)
Loess
b)
Moraine
c)
Esker
d)
Cirque
39.
A ridge or pile of boulders, gravel, sand, and silt left at the end of a glacier
a)
Loess
b)
Moraine
c)
Esker
d)
Cirque
40.
A type of outwash that accumulates in the channels and tunnels of a glacier
a)
Loess
b)
Moraine
c)
Esker
d)
Cirque
41.
A Steep-walled bowl-shaped depression
a)
Loess
b)
Moraine
c)
Esker
d)
Cirque
42.
A pyramid shaped peak where 3 or more cirques meet
a)
Horne
b)
Trough
c)
Hanging Valley
d)
Arete
43.
A U-shaped valley carved by a glacier.
a)
Horne
b)
Trough
c)
Hanging Valley
d)
Arete
44.
A straight drop-off at the end of a trough
a)
Horne
b)
Trough
c)
Hanging Valley
d)
Arete
45.
A narrow flat-topped ridge that forms between two parallel troughs or cirques
a)
Horne
b)
Trough
c)
Hanging Valley
d)
Arete
46.
Velocity is
a)
How fast the water moves
b)
The steepness, the slope that a river or stream travels
c)
The amount of water that moves past a certain point in a river in a given amount of time
d)
The downward transportation of weathered materials by gravity
47.
Gradient is
a)
How fast the water moves
b)
The steepness, the slope that a river or stream travels
c)
The amount of water that moves past a certain point in a river in a given amount of time
d)
The downward transportation of weathered materials by gravity
48.
Discharge is
a)
How fast the water moves
b)
The steepness, the slope that a river or stream travels
c)
The amount of water that moves past a certain point in a river in a given amount of time
d)
The downward transportation of weathered materials by gravity
49.
Mass movement is
a)
How fast the water moves
b)
The steepness, the slope that a river or stream travels
c)
The amount of water that moves past a certain point in a river in a given amount of time
d)
The downward transportation of weathered materials by gravity
50.
a)
Creep
b)
Slump
c)
Mudflow/Earthflow
d)
Earthslide/Rockslide
51.
a)
Creep
b)
Slump
c)
Mudflow/Earthflow
d)
Earthslide/Rockslide
52.
a)
Creep
b)
Slump
c)
Mudflow/Earthflow
d)
Earthslide/Rockslide
53.
a)
Creep
b)
Slump
c)
Mudflow/Earthflow
d)
Earthslide/Rockslide
54.
______ moves sand dunes at the beach and in the deserts.
a)
Wind
b)
Water
c)
Waves
d)
Animals
55.
Wind can carve out landscapes as it carries ______.
a)
Sediment
b)
Energy
c)
Striations
d)
Rocks
56.
Many storms combine ______ and wind to cause significant erosion on landforms.
a)
Sediment
b)
Energy
c)
Water
d)
Striations
57.
The process of dropping or depositing soil and sediments is called:
a)
Deposition
b)
Depositing
c)
Dropping
d)
Sedimentation
58.
What is soil mostly made of?
a)
Mineral Particles
b)
Air
c)
Water
d)
Organic Matter
59.
A soil layer with physical and chemical properties that are different from adjacent layers is called:
a)
Soil Horizon
b)
Humus
c)
Leaching
d)
Soil Texture
60.
Dark organic matter in soil that is rich in nutrients is called:
a)
Soil Horizon
b)
Humus
c)
Leaching
d)
Soil Texture
61.
The removal of nutrients or toxins in soil as water passes through the layers is called:
a)
Soil Horizon
b)
Humus
c)
Leaching
d)
Soil Texture
62.
The size of soil particles is called:
a)
Soil Horizon
b)
Humus
c)
Leaching
d)
Soil Texture
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