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WorksheetsSemester 2 Review
Total questions: 28
Worksheet time: 27mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
The area where two tectonic plates meet.
a)
mantle
b)
focus
c)
plate boundary
d)
convection
2.
The Great Rift Valley in Africa and the Mid-Ocean Ridge were all created by this boundary
a)
Divergent
b)
Convergent
c)
Reform
d)
Transform
3.
A mid-ocean ridge occurs at a ________ plate boundary.
a)
transform
b)
convergent
c)
divergent
4.
What is the name of the plate boundary that slides past each other?
a)
Divergent
b)
Convergent
c)
Transform
d)
Mr. C the Slide Man
5.
When an oceanic plate and a continental plate collide, which one will subduct?
a)
oceanic
b)
continental
c)
neither
6.
The theory that says Earth's continents once made up an ancient supercontinent, and have been drifting apart ever since, is called the theory of...
a)
Pangea
b)
Plate Tectonics
c)
Natural Selection
d)
Gravity
7.
Which of the following is the name of the ancient supercontinent formed 28 Million Years ago.
a)
Pangea
b)
Gondwanda
c)
Laurasia
d)
Neverland
8.
Which of the following is NOT evidence to support the theory of plate tectonics?
a)
Fossils
b)
Mountains
c)
Glaciers
d)
Sand Erosion
9.
What is a tsunami?
a)
a large a long, high sea wave
b)
a moving of the earth
c)
magma flowing from inside the earth
d)
a column of rotating air
10.
A break in the rockof the Earth's crust
a)
Tension
b)
Stress
c)
Fold
d)
Fault
11.
IN which layer do convection currents move?
a)
Inner Core
b)
Outer core
c)
Mantle
d)
Crust
12.
A break in the rockof the Earth's crust
a)
Tension
b)
Stress
c)
Fold
d)
Fault
13.
In the United States, the state with the most earthquakes on average is ________.
a)
Florida
b)
California
c)
Alaska
d)
Washington
14.
This is where two or more tectonic plates meet.
a)
elastic rebound
b)
deformation
c)
tectonic plate boundary
d)
focus
15.
The area around the pacific plate where boundaries form is called...
a)
death ring
b)
fire zone
c)
ring of fire
d)
zone of fire
16.
What is seafloor spreading?
a)
continental crust-continental crust
b)
rift valleys
c)
seafloor spreads
d)
ocean spreads and magma rises to fill in gaps creating a Mid Ocean Ridge
17.
This variable in an experiment is the one being deliberately changed by the scientist.
a)
dependent variable
b)
independent variable
c)
data
d)
control group
18.
There are two types of data. Which type of data involves numbers that are obtained by counting or measuring?
a)
quantitative
b)
qualitative
19.
Jane Goodall recorded chimpanzees hunt bushpigs, this type of data is called ___
a)
qualitative
b)
quantitative
c)
field study
d)
observation
20.
Recording data on how yellow or orange leaves turn in October by describing them as "green" "slightly yellow" "very yellow" or "orange" is ____ data
a)
quantitative
b)
qualitative
21.
A possible explanation to a problem that has not yet been tested.
a)
data
b)
theory
c)
hypothesis
d)
fact
22.
Qualitative or Quantitative:
The cat has orange fur on his ears.
The cat has orange fur on his ears.
a)
Qualitative
b)
Quantitative
23.
The X axis is _______?
a)
vertical
b)
diagonal
c)
criss-cross
d)
horizontal
24.
The Y axis is _______?
a)
Vertical
b)
Horizontal
c)
criss-cross
d)
diagonal
25.
What is the independent variable in an experiment?
a)
the thing we change or test
b)
the normal situation
c)
what we measure in the end
d)
the thing we keep the same
26.
What is the dependent variable in an experiment?
a)
the thing we change or test
b)
the thing we keep the same
c)
the thing we measure in the end
d)
the normal situation
27.
A boy waters one plant with fresh water and one with salt water and measures growth. What is the independent variable?
a)
salt water
b)
fresh water
c)
growth of plants
28.
A boy waters one plant with fresh water and one with salt water and measures growth. What is the dependent variable?
a)
salt water
b)
fresh water
c)
growth of plants
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