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WorksheetsCausey Tectonics
Total questions: 44
Worksheet time: 28mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
What can cause a rock to change from one type to another?
a)
Heat and Pressure, weathering and deposition
b)
fire and smoke
c)
rain and snow
d)
metamorphism and heat
2.
What layer of the Earth is covered in broken plates?
a)
Core
b)
Mantle
c)
Crust
d)
Inner core
3.
The changing of rocks from one type to another is called the _____________.
a)
Water cycle
b)
Carbon Cycle
c)
Tricycle
d)
Rock cycle
4.
Which layer of the Earth is thought to be liquid?
a)
Crust
b)
Outer core
c)
Inner Core
d)
Mantle
5.
What are the 3 types of rocks?
a)
Malleable, stiff, and coarse
b)
Tuft, grainy, Smooth
c)
Igneous, marble, granite
d)
sedimentary, igneous, Metamorphic
6.
Which type of fault has two plates that slide past each other?
a)
Strike-Slip
b)
Reverse
c)
Normal
d)
Monocline
7.
Which processes typically cause metamorphic rock to become sedimentary rock?
a)
heat and pressure
b)
weathering and compaction
c)
erosion and deposition
d)
pressure and compaction
8.
What can you determine by relative dating but not absolute dating?
a)
Fossils
b)
soil type
c)
rock layers
d)
breaks
9.
Limestone that was buried deep underground changed over time due to heat and pressure. Which type of rock did it become?
a)
Metamorphic
b)
Sedimentary
c)
Igneous
d)
Granite
10.
when hot magma flows into areas of preexisting rock, the mineral structure of the original rock often changes and becomes irregular due to the intense heat. The resulting rock could be classified as?
a)
Foliated sedimentary
b)
Non-foliated igneous
c)
Regular Igneous
d)
Non-foliated metamorphic rock
11.
What supports the theory of Continental Drift?
a)
Amadeus
b)
Wegener
c)
The continents are still moving
d)
Relative dating
12.
When two tectonic plates collide, they can produce a mountain range called what?
a)
folded
b)
flat
c)
volcanic
d)
fault-block
13.
Fossils of the same plants and animals have been found on different continents. For the fossils of these plants and animals to provide evidence for continental drift, what must be true?
a)
they could all swim
b)
used land bridges to migrate
c)
spread over a continuous landmass
d)
migrated using stepping stone islands
14.
What is true of all seismic waves?
a)
P waves are directional
b)
S waves move through air
c)
P waves travel more quickly than S waves
d)
S Waves are faster than P waves
15.
Which theory states that all the world's landmasses were at one time joined to form the supercontinent Pangea?
a)
Continental Drift
b)
Gap hypothesis
c)
Seismic tools
d)
Pan's theory
16.
What is the type of plate boundary where 2 plates move toward each other?
a)
Divergent
b)
Strike slip
c)
Convergent
d)
normal
17.
What is the name of the Super continent that use to be Earth's only landmass millions of years ago?
a)
Trifalga
b)
Pangea
c)
Panthalassa
d)
Tripoli
18.
Which term correctly describes an area where 2 crustal plates are moving apart?
a)
Convergent
b)
Divergent
c)
Transform
d)
normal
19.
According to the theory of plate tectonics, what causes the Earth's tectonic plates to move?
a)
fluid mantle
b)
magnetic field
c)
reflective light
d)
density
20.
According to the theory of plate tectonics, which factor does not contribute to the movement of the earth's plates?
a)
gravity
b)
pressure
c)
convection currents
d)
Earth's magnetic field
21.
What would most likely cause a Tsunami to occur?
a)
Underwater earthquake
b)
hurricane
c)
Typhoon
d)
Whirlpool
22.
What would provide the best model for a sedimentary rock?
a)
Pie
b)
Boiled egg
c)
Peanut M + M
d)
Cake with many layers
23.
During the rock cycle _________ may melt rocks around it, or it may cool down and become rock itself.
a)
lava
b)
water
c)
magma
d)
Talc
24.
Which rock type is formed by cooling lava and magma?
a)
Igneous
b)
Metamorphic
c)
Sedimentary
d)
Malfic
25.
What is a property of all rocks?
a)
luster
b)
magnetism
c)
radioactivity
d)
color
26.
Talc is a very soft mineral that is used to make chalk. If a rock has Talc in it, which would most likely be true about the rock?
a)
It is hard to break
b)
Would leave a mark on a sidewalk
c)
it is magnetic
d)
it has cleavage
27.
When using the scientific method, what must you do before making a prediction?
a)
find a solution
b)
Gather data
c)
make observations
d)
Observe the problem
28.
What is a very gently sloping volcano that is formed by successive lava flows that layer on top of each other called?
a)
Cinder cone
b)
Stratovolcano
c)
Shield
d)
seamount
29.
How does a shield volcano differ from a composite volcano?
a)
more violent eruptions
b)
mixed lava
c)
longer life
d)
Magma flow
30.
Jeremy's school has a brick wall in the front. What might be evidence that the brick wall is weathering?
a)
Paint
b)
cracks in the brick
c)
weight
d)
color
31.
Oceans, and other bodies of water, are found on which layer of Earth?
a)
Outer core
b)
Mantle
c)
Inner core
d)
Crust
32.
The interaction of tectonic plate boundaries is associated with which of the following events?
a)
Hurricanes
b)
Tropical storms
c)
Earthquakes
d)
Tornadoes
33.
The materials available to make a model of Earth are shown. To make the most accurate model, which of the materials would best represent the asthenosphere?
a)
Modeling clay
b)
Ping pong ball
c)
Ball bearing
d)
Water
34.
How do we call this?
a)
Convergent
b)
Divergent
c)
Transform
35.
What is this a picture of?
a)
plate tectonics
b)
continental drift
c)
pangea
d)
glacier scaring
36.
Look at the drawing shown. What likely happens when two continental plates collide?
a)
An ocean trench forms.
b)
Earthquakes occur.
c)
Sea-floor spreading occurs
d)
Folded mountains form.
37.
The movement of plates at a divergent boundary
a)
move towards each other
b)
slide past each other
c)
move up and down
d)
move away from each other
38.
This is an example of -
a)
convergent
b)
divergent
c)
transform
39.
Sand Andreas Fault formed at this type of boundary-
a)
Transform Boundary
b)
Convergent Boundary
c)
Divergent Boundary
d)
Hot Spot
40.
5. This image is of....
a)
Convergent Boundary
b)
Transform Boundary
c)
Divergent Boundary
41.
This is the theory that states that all the continents started as a single massive continent and have been MOVING apart for over 200 million years and the man that proposed it.
a)
The Big Bang Theory, Einstein
b)
The Pangea Theory, Hutton
c)
The Tectonic Plate Theory, Darwin
d)
The Continental Drift Theory, Wegner
42.
This is the driving force behind the movement of tectonic plates.
a)
Mantle convection currents
b)
Oceanic convection currents
c)
Atmospheric convection currents
d)
Solar convection currents
43.
What special force is found in the asthenosphere?
a)
Wind
b)
Convection currents
c)
Tides
d)
Lava
44.
The rocks closer to the mid-oceanic ridge are younger than the rocks further away from the mid-oceanic ridge.
a)
True
b)
False
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