WorksheetsProCore Test Review
Total questions: 15
Worksheet time: 8mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
What are 2 major sources of heating in the Earth's core?
a)
gravity and radioactive decay
b)
magnetic energy and electric energy
c)
thermal energy and sound energy
d)
solar energy and thermal energy
2.
The layers of Earth are arranged in order of increasing ______ from top to bottom.
a)
size
b)
composition
c)
thickness
d)
density
3.
Which landforms and events can be associated with a DIVERGENT plate boundary?
a)
mountains and earthquakes
b)
mid-ocean ridges and rift valleys
c)
trenches and volcanoes
d)
earthquakes and mountains
4.
The ______ crust on the seafloor is found farthest from the ridge.
a)
youngest
b)
oldest
c)
densest
d)
strongest
5.
What type of boundary is associated with folded mountains, such as the Himalayas?
a)
divergent
b)
transform
c)
convergent
d)
subduction
6.
What happens to the seafloor over time as the magnetic field of Earth reverses?
a)
magnetic "stripes" form, alternating from normal to reversed
b)
the normal polarities line up on the left and the reversed on the right
c)
the "stripes" cause earthquakes
d)
the magnetic field of Earth does not reverse
7.
What are some landforms made by glaciers?
a)
horns, kettle lakes, eskers
b)
oceans, mountains, canyons
c)
deltas, volcanoes, rift valleys
d)
rivers, deserts, caves
8.
The lines on this map ____.
a)
are rivers
b)
should all be equally spaced
c)
connect points of equal elevation
d)
are for decoration
9.
Identify the landforms caused by wave EROSION on the coastlines.
a)
barrier islands, beaches, spits
b)
deltas, valleys, horns
c)
volcanoes, canyons, dunes
d)
sea cliffs, sea caves, sea stacks
10.
____ age is a number of years old something is. ____ age puts things in order from youngest to oldest
a)
Relative, Absolute
b)
Absolute, Relative
c)
Approximate, Exact
d)
Geologic, Earth
11.
The Law of _____ says that sedimentary rock layers near the top of a geologic cross-section are younger than the layers below.
a)
Cross-cutting
b)
Superposition
c)
Wegener
d)
Rock layering
12.
Put these layers and events in order from OLDEST to YOUNGEST
a)
A, B, C, D, E
b)
E, D, C, B, A
c)
C, B, E, A, D
d)
C, B, D, E, A
13.
Which type of rock is the most likely to contain fossils?
a)
igneous
b)
metamorphic
c)
sedimentary
d)
all of these
14.
The area that surrounds an object in which its non-contact force can take effect is called a ____.
a)
force
b)
field
c)
surround
d)
space
15.
In which force's direction will the object accelerate?
a)
gravity
b)
normal
c)
friction
d)
applied
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