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WorksheetsUnit 2 Lithosphere Review
Total questions: 32
Worksheet time: 16mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
Which type of volcano has broad, gentle sloping sides?
a)
Cinder cone
b)
Composite
c)
Shield
2.
Which type of volcano has a quiet eruption?
a)
Cinder cone
b)
Composite
c)
Shield
3.
Which volcano has layers of alternating magmas
a)
Cinder cone
b)
Composite
c)
Shield
4.
Which volcano has steep sides
a)
Cinder cone
b)
Composite
c)
Shield
5.
Which volcano always has explosive eruptions?
a)
Cinder cone
b)
Composite
c)
Shield
6.
The youngest part of the ocean floor is found ____.
a)
where Earth’s magnetic field changes polarity
b)
near ocean ridges
c)
where ocean sediments are thickest
d)
along deep sea trenches
7.
At an oceanic-oceanic divergent boundary, ____.
a)
new crust is created
b)
old crust is deformed or fractured
c)
plates side past one another
d)
old crust is recycled by subduction
8.
Features found at divergent boundaries include ____.
a)
island arc volcanoes
b)
deep-sea trenches
c)
ocean ridges
d)
crumpled mountains
9.
Subduction results in the formation of ____.
a)
a rift valley
b)
a deep-sea trench
c)
new continental crust
d)
a magnetic reversal
10.
Continental-continental plate collisions produce ____.
a)
very tall mountain ranges
b)
deep-sea trenches
c)
rift valleys
d)
island arcs
11.
Crust is neither destroyed nor formed along which of the following boundaries?
a)
convergent
b)
magnetic
c)
divergent
d)
transform
12.
The driving forces of tectonic plates are related to convection currents in Earth’s ____.
a)
crust
b)
inner core
c)
mantle
d)
outer core
13.
Volcanism that occurs around the Pacific Ocean is referred to as ____.
a)
the Mediterranean Belt
b)
the Ring of Fire
c)
a hot spot
d)
rift volcanism
14.
The Himalayas formed as the result of ____.
a)
hot spot volcanism
b)
divergence on the ocean floor
c)
continental-continental convergence
d)
oceanic-oceanic convergence
15.
A tsunami is generated after an underwater _________.
a)
volcano
b)
earthquake
c)
hurricane
d)
pressure change
16.
The slowest moving seismeic wave
a)
p-waves
b)
s-waves
c)
surface waves
17.
The fastest moving seismic wave
a)
p-waves
b)
s-waves
c)
surface waves
18.
Seismic wave that travels through the earth but does not pass through the liquids
a)
p-waves
b)
s-waves
c)
surface waves
19.
Does not pass through Earth’s interior at all
a)
p-waves
b)
s-waves
c)
surface waves
20.
Is bent by Earth’s core
a)
p-waves
b)
s-waves
c)
surface waves
21.
Seismic wave that causes the most damage
a)
p-waves
b)
s-waves
c)
surface waves
22.
Seismic wave that arrives first at the station
a)
p-waves
b)
s-waves
c)
surface waves
23.
Seismic wave that arrives second at the station
a)
p-waves
b)
s-waves
c)
surface waves
24.
The "slippage" in a rock that occurs underground where the earthquake begins occurs at the ____________. The point directly above this point on the surface of Earth is called the ______________.
a)
epicenter, focus
b)
epicenter, station
c)
station, epicenter
d)
focus, epicenter
25.
The amount of energy released from an earthquake is called _______________.
a)
Magnitude
b)
Convection
c)
Conduction
d)
Explosion
26.
The type of plate boundary where plates moves apart?
a)
Divergent
b)
Convergent
c)
Transform
27.
Type of plate boundary where plates moves together (towards each other)?
a)
Divergent
b)
Convergent
c)
Transform
28.
Convection currents are the transfer of ______.
a)
money
b)
waves
c)
heat
d)
food
29.
In a convection current, the material becomes hot; which cause it to _____ because it is _______ dense.
a)
rise, more
b)
sink, more
c)
rise, less
d)
sink, less
30.
Continuous changing and remaking of rocks is the
a)
water cycle
b)
earth cycle
c)
rock cycle
d)
lithosphere cycle
31.
This family of rocks results as one rock changes into another due to increased heat and pressure on the rock and the rock does not melt.
a)
Igneous
b)
Sedimentary
c)
Metamorphic
32.
The oceanic crust continues to diverge and grow, we call this
a)
seafloor spreading
b)
trenches
c)
mountain range
d)
hot spot
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