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Total questions: 56
Worksheet time: 3hrs 48mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
Tectonic plates consist of...
a)
continental crust
b)
oceanic crust
c)
both continental and oceanic crust
d)
mesosphere
2.
The deep interior of the Earth can be mapped using...
a)
seismic waves
b)
sonar
c)
information from drilling expeditions
d)
ocean waves
3.
Alfred Wegener thought that all continents were once together in one large continent called...
a)
Gondwana
b)
Laurasia
c)
Eurasia
d)
Pangaea
4.
New oceanic lithosphere forms as a result of...
a)
sea floor spreading
b)
normal polarity
c)
reverse polarity
d)
continental drift
5.
A possible result of plates moving along a transform boundary is...
a)
oceans
b)
convection
c)
earthquakes
d)
sea floor spreading
6.
What is the outermost layer of the Earth called?
a)
lithosphere
b)
mesosphere
c)
asthenosphere
d)
outer core
7.
What is the liquid layer of the Earth's core called?
a)
lithoshpere
b)
mesosphere
c)
inner core
d)
outer core
8.
What type of fault usually occurs because of tension?
a)
folded
b)
normal
c)
strike-slip
d)
reverse
9.
What type of fault is usually occurs because of compression?
a)
folded
b)
normal
c)
strike-slip
d)
reverse
10.
In the reverse fault, where does the hanging wall move relative to the footwall?
a)
upward
b)
downward
c)
horizontally
d)
stays the same
11.
In a normal fault, where does the hanging wall move relative to the footwall?
a)
upward
b)
downward
c)
horizontally
d)
stays the same
12.
What is the area where two tectonic plates meet called?
a)
a collision
b)
a boundary
c)
a mid-ocean ridge
d)
a rift zone
13.
What type of boundary is formed when plates separate?
a)
convergent
b)
divergent
c)
horizontal
d)
transform
14.
What type of boundary is formed when plates slide past each other?
a)
convergent
b)
divergent
c)
horizontal
d)
transform
15.
What type of boundary is formed when plates collide?
a)
converent
b)
divergent
c)
insirgent
d)
transform
16.
According to continental drift theory, South America was once joined with what other continent that formed the super continent Pangaea?
a)
Africa
b)
Europe
c)
Australia
d)
India
17.
Where does sea-floor spreading take place?
a)
convergent boundaries
b)
transform boundaries
c)
oceanic volcanoes
d)
mid-ocean ridges
18.
The fact that similar fossils are found on both sides of the ocean is evidence of...
a)
global positioning
b)
magnetic reversal
c)
continental drift
d)
oceanic drift
19.
What branch of science uses fossils in rock formations to find the relative age of certain layers of rock?
a)
geology
b)
biostratigraphy
c)
meteorology
d)
paleontology
20.
Sets of deep cracks that form between two tectonic plates that are pulling away from each other are known as...
a)
mid-oceanic ridges
b)
clefts
c)
troughs
d)
rift zones
21.
What happens at mid-ocean ridges?
a)
strike-slip faults
b)
magnetic reversel
c)
sea-floor spreading
d)
earthquakes
22.
Which of the following is associated with transform boundaries?
a)
slab pull
b)
magnetic reversal
c)
sea-floor spreading
d)
earthquakes
23.
What do scientists use the global positioning system for?
a)
to measure tectonic plate motion
b)
to measure the Earth's thickness
c)
to make images of tectonic plates
d)
to measure the distances of seismic waves
24.
What is compression?
a)
stress squeezing an object
b)
stress pulling an object
c)
stress breaking an object
d)
stress releasing an object
25.
What is tension?
a)
stress squeezing an object
b)
stress pulling an object
c)
stress breaking an object
d)
stress releasing an object
26.
What is it called when Earth's magnetic poles change places?
a)
a strike-slip fault
b)
magnetic reversal
c)
sea-floor spreading
d)
continental drift
27.
What can tectonic plates form when they converge?
a)
mid-oceanic ridges
b)
mountains
c)
sea floor
d)
asthenosphere
28.
What is the order of the layers of the Earth from the surface to the center?
a)
asthenosphere, lithosphere, mesosphere, outer core, inner core
b)
lithosphere, asthenosphere, mesosphere, outer core, inner core
c)
mesosphere, outer core, inner core, lithosphere, asthenosphere
d)
lithosphere, asthenosphere, mesosphere, inner core, outer core
29.
Tectonic plates "float" on...
a)
the ocean
b)
the mantle
c)
the asthenosphere
d)
the lithosphere
30.
Mid-ocean ridges are the most common type of...
a)
continental-continental collision
b)
oceanic-oceanic collision
c)
divergent boundary
d)
subduction zone
31.
The global positioning system depends on...
a)
gravity
b)
the internet
c)
satellites
d)
visual observations
32.
The layer of rock that comprises 67% of the Earth's mass...
a)
mantle
b)
crust
c)
lithosphere
d)
core
33.
The layer of Earth made mostly of iron...
a)
mantle
b)
crust
c)
lithosphere
d)
core
34.
The layer made of solid rock that slowly flows...
a)
asthenosphere
b)
crust
c)
lithosphere
d)
core
35.
The thin, solid outermost layer above the mantle...
a)
lithosphere
b)
asthenosphere
c)
mantle
d)
crust
36.
The rigid layer made up of crust and upper mantle...
a)
lithosphere
b)
asthenosphere
c)
mantle
d)
crust
37.
Where two plates collide is called?
a)
divergent boundary
b)
subduction zone
c)
convergent boundary
d)
transform boundary
38.
Where two plates are moving away from each other is called?
a)
divergent boundary
b)
subduction zone
c)
convergent boundary
d)
transform boundary
39.
Where two plates are moving horizontally past each other is called?
a)
divergent boundary
b)
subduction zone
c)
convergent boundary
d)
transform boundary
40.
What is the process of moving layers of rock by heating and cooling?
a)
convection
b)
subduction zone
c)
convergent boundary
d)
transform boundary
41.
Where denser oceanic lithosphere sinks beneath continental lithosphere...
a)
convection
b)
subduction zone
c)
convergent boundary
d)
transform boundary
42.
Is used to measure the movement of tectonic plates...
a)
magma
b)
seismograph
c)
GPS
d)
magnetic reversal
43.
Hardens to from new rock at mid-ocean ridges...
a)
magma
b)
seismograph
c)
GPS
d)
magnetic reversal
44.
Is used to measure the density of the Earth's layers...
a)
magma
b)
seismograph
c)
GPS
d)
magnetic reversal
45.
Is used as evidence for continental drift...
a)
magma
b)
seismograph
c)
fossils
d)
magnetic reversal
46.
Is used as evidence for sea floor spreading...
a)
magma
b)
seismograph
c)
fossils
d)
magnetic reversal
47.
The outside layer of the Earth is called?
a)
Crust
b)
Flat Bread
c)
Pangaea
d)
Tectonic Plates
48.
Pieces of the lithosphere make up...
a)
Pangaea
b)
tectonic plates
c)
earthquakes
d)
the crust
49.
This type of dating method allows you to get the general age of a rock or mineral.
a)
relative dating
b)
absolute dating
c)
radiometric dating
d)
dinner and a movie
50.
This type of dating method allows you to get the actual age of a rock or mineral.
a)
relative dating
b)
absolute dating
c)
index fossils
d)
dinner and a movie
51.
What is an example of a relative dating process
a)
using index fossils
b)
radiometric dating
c)
radioactive decay
d)
carbon-14 dating
52.
What is an example of a absolute dating process
a)
using index fossils
b)
radiometric dating
c)
law of superposition
d)
geologic column
53.
Type of erosion that takes sediment from a high point and deposits it at a low point such as a alluvial fan.
a)
water erosion
b)
wind erosion
c)
chemical erosion
d)
mechanical erosion
54.
Type of erosion that is very popular in deserts. This causes rocks to look smoother and cut in on one side.
a)
water erosion
b)
wind erosion
c)
chemical erosion
d)
mechanical erosion
55.
Type of erosion that dissolves the minerals in rock away due to the carbon dioxide in rain water.
a)
water erosion
b)
wind erosion
c)
chemical erosion
d)
mechanical erosion
56.
Type of erosion that breaks rock due to water seeping into the small poor spaces and then solidifying when it gets cold enough for the water to turn into ice.
a)
water erosion
b)
wind erosion
c)
chemical erosion
d)
mechanical erosion
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