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6th Test Review - Plate Tectonics, Rock Cycle, & Earth's Layers

Total questions: 25

Worksheet time: 13mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
Which of the landforms listed below is created at a convergent boundary?
a)
mountains
b)
mid-ocean ridge
c)
seafloor spreading
d)
rift valley
2.
What landforms are created at divergent plate boundaries?
a)
mountains
b)
mid-ocean ridges, rift valley
c)
deep ocean trench
d)
subduction
3.
What geological event is MOST common at a transform boundary?
a)
earthquakes
b)
deep ocean trenches
c)
mid-ocean ridge
d)
mountains
4.
Mid-ocean ridges and seafloor spreading result from which type of plate boundary?
a)
convergent
b)
divergent
c)
transform
d)
transverse
5.
Which type of rock changes to form a sedimentary rock?
a)
sedimentary rock
b)
igneous rock
c)
metamorphic rock
d)
ALL types of rock can form any other type of rock
6.
What type of rock is formed from extreme heat and pressure?
a)
sedimentary rock
b)
igneous rock
c)
metamorphic rock
d)
all rocks!
7.
Fossils are often found in which type of rock?
a)
sedimentary
b)
igneous
c)
metamorphic
d)
no rocks contain fossils
8.
Which type of rock is formed when lava cools and hardens ABOVE Earth's surface?
a)
sedimentary rocks
b)
metamorphic rocks
c)
intrusive igneous rocks
d)
extrusive igneous rocks
9.
Which type of rock forms when magma cools and hardens BENEATH Earth's surface?
a)
intrusive igneous rocks
b)
extrusive igneous rocks
c)
metamorphic rocks
d)
sedimentary rocks
10.
What happens to temperature and pressure as you travel deeper into Earth's layers?
a)
Both temperature and pressure decrease
b)
Both temperature and pressure increase
c)
Pressure increases and temperature stays the same
d)
They do not change
11.
What is the difference between convergent and divergent plate boundaries?
a)
convergent plates collide & divergent plates slide past each other
b)
convergent plates collide and divergent plates divide
c)
both plates have similar movement
d)
Are they different?
12.
Which plate sinks at a subduction zone?
a)
continental crust
b)
both crusts sink
c)
no crust sinks
d)
oceanic crusts sink
13.
What is true about the densities of plates that collide at a subduction zone?
a)
the densities of plates are equal
b)
The densities of plates are unequal
c)
The plates are the same
d)
The masses are very similar
14.
What layers make up the lithosphere?
a)
Crust and outer core
b)
Crust and upper mantle
c)
inner core and outer core
d)
mantle and core
15.
The _________ floats over the semi-solid _____________________.
a)
ashthenosphere, lithosphere
b)
mantle, core
c)
outer core, crust
d)
lithosphere, asthenosphere
16.
Which list has the layers in the correct order from the outermost to the innermost layer?
a)
core, mantle, lithosphere, asthenosphere, outer core
b)
crust, asthenosphere, mantle, lithosphere, outer core, inner core
c)
crust, lithosphere, asthenosphere, mantle, outer core, inner core
d)
core, mantle, crust, asthenosphere, lithosphere, inner core, outer core
17.

Which of the below listed plates represents #4 from this picture?

a)

Eruasian Plate

b)

Pacific Plate

c)

North American Plate

d)

Indo-Australian Plate

18.
Which of the below listed plates is the correct name for #6 on this map?
a)
Pacific Plate
b)
South American Plate
c)
North American Plate
d)
Eurasian Plate
19.
Which of the below listed plates is the correct name for # 9 shown on this map? 
a)
Pacific Plate
b)
North American Plate
c)
Eurasian Plate
d)
South American Plate
20.
Which of the below listed plates is the correct name for # 3 shown on this map? 
a)
Pacific Plate
b)
North American Plate
c)
Eurasian Plate
d)
Indo-Australian Plate
21.

Plates collide together at a ______________________

a)

convergent plate boundary

b)

divergent plate boundary

c)

transform plate boundary

d)

all plate boundaries

22.

Plates slide past each other at a ______________________

a)

convergent plate boundary

b)

divergent plate boundary

c)

transform plate boundary

d)

all plate boundaries

23.

_______________________________ in the asthenosphere cause movement of plates in the lithosphere.

a)

Cooling magma

b)

Convection currents

c)

Emerging lava

d)

Mantle movements

24.

Rocks melt to form magma. The magma cools and hardens to form _________________________.

a)

sedimentary rocks

b)

metamorphic rocks

c)

lava

d)

igneous rocks

25.

_______________________________ are formed when sediments from weathered rocks erode. Sediments become compacted and are cemented together as layers build upon them.

a)

igneous rocks

b)

extrusive igneous rocks

c)

sedimentary rocks

d)

metamorphic rocks

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