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WorksheetsLithoshpere Year 11
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 10mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
What is erosion?
a)
The wearing away of land by water, wind, rain or ice.
b)
vibrations in the earth
c)
the spread of desert-like conditions
d)
a decline in the quality of natural resources
2.
What causes earthquakes?
a)
Movements on the earth's crust by humans and their developments
b)
the sudden movement of tectonic plates
c)
a decline in the quality of fossil fuels
d)
water seeping into lower layers of the earth's lithosphere
3.
How thick is the outer layer of the earth called THE CRUST?
a)
2-10 km thick
b)
5-50 km thick
c)
120-150 km thick
d)
300 km thick
4.
How thick is the inner most layer of the earth called THE INNER CORE?
a)
2740 km in diameter
b)
74 km in diameter
c)
27,000 km in diameter
d)
770 km in diameter
5.
What causes gradation?
a)
gravity and the sun wearing down the earth
b)
the gravitational pull of the moon and earthquakes
c)
the gravitational pull of the moon and the sun
d)
earthquakes and gravity
6.
What is the name of the supercontinent that existed 225 million years ago?
a)
Panacea
b)
Patagonia
c)
Panagopolous
d)
Pangaea
7.
What is the name of the theory that proposes that all of the earth's continents were once joined together as a huge singular landmass?
a)
Conjoined continent theory
b)
Super Duper Continent Theory
c)
Combined landmass theory
d)
Continental drift theory
8.
Which of these is NOT one of the earth's continental plates?
a)
Eurasian Plate
b)
North American Plate
c)
Arctic Plate
d)
Pacific Plate
9.
The world's mountain ranges are the result of:
a)
continental plates diverging
b)
continental plates colliding
c)
erosion and gradation
d)
continental plates sliding past one another
10.
When was the Asian Boxing Day tsunami?
a)
2001
b)
2004
c)
2007
d)
2010
11.
What do we see when molten rock reaches the earth's surface through cracks or faults in the underlying structures of the earth?
a)
earthquakes
b)
volcanic activity
c)
cyclonic activity
d)
tsunamis
12.
Tsunamis are usually preceded by:
a)
volcanic activity
b)
an earthquake under the sea bed
c)
large swells
d)
rises in sea temperatures
13.
What is the in situ physical disintegration and chemical decomposition of rocks and minerals known as?
a)
erosion
b)
weathering
c)
fragmentation
d)
mass movement
14.
What are FLUVIAL processes?
a)
Processes associated with rivers and streams and the deposits and landforms created by them.
b)
Processes caused by wind and the deposits and landforms created by the wind.
c)
Processes caused by fire and the deposits and landforms created by fire.
d)
Processes caused by extreme weather events and the deposits and landforms created by them.
15.
What is this formation of islands known as?
a)
Archie Waddellego
b)
Archipelago
c)
Archetypical
d)
Archipelligrino
16.
What process is shown here?
a)
Waterfall migration
b)
Waterfall irrigation
c)
Waterfall irritation
d)
Waterfall destabilisation
17.
What sort of depositional feature is this?
a)
canyon
b)
lagoon
c)
delta
d)
waterfall
18.
Which of the following statements is CORRECT?
a)
Aeolian or Eolian refers to things related to Aeolus, the Greek God of wind.... ie. wind related
b)
Aeolian or Eolian refers to things related to Aeolus, the Greek God of sun.... ie. sun related
c)
Aeolian or Eolian refers to things related to Aeolus, the Greek God of water.... ie. water related
d)
Aeolian or Eolian refers to things related to Aeolus, the Greek God of fire.... ie. fire related
19.
What forces or processes would cause these unusual landforms?
a)
lunar processes
b)
fluvial processes
c)
aeolian processes
d)
solar processes
20.
The landform shown has both erosional and depositional powers. It is a...?
a)
Glacier
b)
Ice Cap
c)
Fjord
d)
Tundra
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