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WorksheetsUnit 3 Test
Total questions: 75
Worksheet time: 59mins
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Class
Date
1.
What is the correct order (starting from the surface) of Earth's layers?
a)
crust, outer core, inner core, mantle
b)
mantle, outer core, inner core, crust
c)
crust, mantle, outer core, inner core
d)
outer core, inner core, crust, mantle
2.
Earth's inner core is...
a)
a dense ball of solid iron and nickel.
b)
a layer of molten iron and nickel.
c)
a layer of hot rock.
d)
a layer of rock that forms Earth's outer skin.
3.
Earth's mantle is
a)
a layer of molten metal.
b)
a layer of hot rock.
c)
a dense ball of solid metal.
d)
a layer of rock that forms Earth's outer skin.
4.
What are the two kinds of crust?
a)
lithospheric and asthenospheric
b)
silicon based and iron based
c)
continental and oceanic
d)
outer and inner
5.
The asthenosphere is part of which layer of Earth?
a)
crust
b)
mantle
c)
outer core
d)
inner core
6.
Name the three types of heat transfer.
a)
conduction, convection, radiation
b)
lithosphere, conduction, x-rays
c)
ROY G BIV
d)
waves, sunlight, heat
7.
The soft layer of the mantle on which pieces of lithosphere move is called
a)
mesosphere
b)
lithosphere
c)
asthenosphere
d)
outer core
8.
The type of plate boundary where two plates come together is a .....
a)
Convergent Boundary
b)
Divergent Boundary
c)
Transform Boundary
d)
Plate Boundary
9.
Which of the following causes Earth's tectonic plates to move?
a)
Energy from the Sun
b)
Magnetic Pole Reversal
c)
Convection currents in the mantle
d)
Faults in Mountain Ranges
10.
What type of plate boundary is this?
a)
Plate
b)
Divergent
c)
Convergent
d)
Transform
11.
What type of event will occur at this boundary?
a)
Earthquake
b)
Volcano Eruption
c)
Tornado
d)
Mountain Building
12.
Which of the following is the name of the ancient supercontinent formed 28 Million Years ago.
a)
Pangea
b)
Gondwanda
c)
Laurasia
d)
Neverland
13.
A divergent boundary occurs when plates ....
a)
Pull apart
b)
Come together
c)
Slide past each other
d)
subducting
14.
Which of the following is NOT evidence to support the theory of plate tectonics?
a)
Fossils
b)
Mountains
c)
Glaciers
d)
Sand Erosion
15.
What type of plate boundary is this?
a)
Transform
b)
Convergent
c)
Divergent
d)
Plate
16.
Oceanic Trenches are formed by _______ plate boundaries
a)
Convergent
b)
Transform
c)
Plate
d)
Divergent
17.
Islands can from from magma which is pushed up at a __________ plate boundary
a)
Divergent
b)
Convergent
c)
Transform
18.
Mountains are created when....
a)
Two continental plates collide
b)
Two oceanic plates pull apart
c)
An Oceanic plate subducts under a Continental Plate
d)
Two continental plates pull apart
19.
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
20.
What are the two types of crust
a)
continental and oceanic
b)
ocean and upper
c)
lower and upper
d)
pizza and subway
21.
Which layer has convection currents?
a)
Inner Core
b)
Outer Core
c)
Mantle
d)
Crust
22.
Earthquakes and volcanoes are most likely found in which locations?
a)
At plate boundaries
b)
in oceans
c)
in the middle of continents
d)
in the middle of plates
23.
When one plate sides under neath another, it _________ and the magma _________.
a)
hardens, sinks
b)
melts, sinks
c)
hardens, rises
d)
melts, rises
24.
The Himalayas in Asia are an example of what type of plate boundary?
a)
divergent
b)
continent-to-continent convergent
c)
ocean-to-continent convergent
d)
transform
25.
When an oceanic plate and a continental plate collide, which one will subduct?
a)
oceanic
b)
continental
c)
neither
26.
Which of these events can ONLY happen on a DIVERGENT BOUNDARY?
a)
Rift Valley
b)
Mountain
c)
A peninsula
d)
An Insanely complex, long answer that you will click out of instinct.
27.
The mantle of Earth is made partly of magma. When magma rises and sinks, this is called ______________.
a)
a conduction current
b)
a hot spot
c)
a volcanic eruption
d)
a convection current
28.
As you travel from the inner core to the crust, how would temperature, pressure and density of the material change?
a)
They would all increase
b)
They would all decrease.
c)
They would stay the same.
d)
Temperature would decrease, but pressure and density would increase.
29.
During sea floor spreading, molten material rises up from the mantle...
a)
along the continents
b)
at the mid ocean ridges
c)
deep ocean trenches
d)
at north and south poles
30.
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
31.
What was the name given to all the continents when they were joined as one super continent?
a)
Supreme Continent
b)
Eurasia
c)
Plate tectonics
d)
Pangea
32.
Geologists obtain indirect evidence about Earth's interior by...
a)
measuring pressure at the surface
b)
studying seismic waves
c)
drilling through each layer
d)
estimation of temperature in the layers
33.
Which of the following is where one plate slides under another plate?
a)
submarine zone
b)
divergence zone
c)
subduction zone
d)
lower zone
34.
What is a break in the lithosphere along which movement in an earthquake has first occurred?
a)
Earthquake
b)
Epicenter
c)
Fault
d)
Focus
35.
Where is the point at which the first movement occurs during an earthquake?
a)
Epicenter
b)
Focus
c)
Fault
d)
Plate
36.
Where is the point on the Earth’s surface directly above the focus of an earthquake?
a)
Epicenter
b)
Fault
c)
Hypocenter
d)
Tremor
37.
Which type of wave is the first to arrive after an earthquake occurs?
a)
P Wave
b)
Rayleigh Wave
c)
S Wave
d)
Shear Wave
38.
Which body wave squeezes and stretches rock materials as they pass through the Earth?
a)
Body Waves
b)
P Waves
c)
S Waves
d)
Surface Waves
39.
Which body waves cause particles of rock material to move at right angles to the direction in which the waves are traveling?
a)
Body Waves
b)
P Waves
c)
S Waves
d)
Surface Waves
40.
P Waves can move through which of the following?
a)
Gas
b)
Liquid
c)
Solid
d)
All of these
41.
S Waves can move through which of the following?
a)
Gas
b)
Liquid
c)
Solid
d)
All of these
42.
What is an instrument that detects and records waves produced by earthquakes? (This piece of equipment can measure the magnitude of an earthquake.)
a)
Epicenter
b)
Fault
c)
Seismogram
d)
Seismograph
43.
What is the measure of the amount of energy released in an earthquake?
a)
Earthquake
b)
Epicenter
c)
Magnitude
d)
Seismogram
44.
What is a large ocean wave that results from an underwater earthquake, landslide, or volcanic eruption?
a)
Aftershock
b)
Liquefaction
c)
Seismic Gap
d)
Tsunami
45.
What is the shaking of the Earth’s crust caused by a release of energy?
a)
Earthquake
b)
Epicenter
c)
Fault
d)
Plate
46.
What is molten rock that has formed deep within the Earth?
a)
Hot Spot
b)
Magma
c)
Lava
d)
Volcano
47.
Why does magma tend to rise to the surface?
a)
It has large amounts of silica.
b)
It contains very little silica.
c)
It is denser than the surrounding material.
d)
It is less dense than the surrounding material.
48.
The huge pieces of the earth's crust are called ____________________________.
a)
crust
b)
plates
c)
directions
d)
seismos
49.
The motion caused by earthquakes travels outward from the focus in the form of
a)
Electromagnetic waves
b)
Seismic waves
c)
Gravity waves
d)
Chemical energy
50.
1. What is a fault?
a)
A type of earthquake.
b)
A break in a tectonic plate.
c)
A type of wave
51.
A type of seismic wave that cause particles of rock to move in a side to side direction
a)
seismic wave
b)
P wave
c)
S wave
52.
A type of seismic wave that causes particles of rock to move in a back and forth direction
a)
seismic
b)
P wave
c)
S wave
53.
When rocks are broken down into smaller pieces
a)
erosion
b)
weathering
c)
sediment
54.
When water, ice and wind move particles of rock and soil from one place to another
a)
sediment
b)
weathering
c)
erosion
55.
A mass of ice that covers a large area and moves slowly
a)
gravity
b)
glacier
c)
sediment
56.
Erosion occurs when water, ice wind and gravity move __________________ of rock and soil from one place to another
a)
water
b)
waves
c)
particles
57.
Rain washing away soil from a hillside
a)
Weathering
b)
Erosion
58.
Water getting into cracks, freezing, and breaking the rocks or pavement apart
a)
Weathering
b)
Erosion
59.
What is sediment?
a)
the process of rocks being broken down and carried away
b)
bits of rock and sand caused by the weathering of rocks
c)
the top layer of the soil
d)
decaying plant or animal material
60.
How does freezing water cause the weathering of rocks? The freezing water—
a)
keeps the rocks in place
b)
makes the rocks last longer
c)
expands cracks and breaks rocks
d)
causes rocks to fall in landslides
61.
What is mechanical weathering?
a)
Process through which rocks are physically broken into smaller pieces.
b)
Rocks are broken down through chemical changes.
c)
Rocks are worn away from acid in plant roots.
d)
Rocks broken down by machinery.
62.
How do plants weather rocks?
a)
during photosynthesis
b)
when roots grow into cracks of rocks and expand the rock
c)
when the plant moves water from the roots to the leaves
63.
What kind of weathering causes the mineral composition of rocks to change?
a)
mechanical weathering
b)
permeable weathering
c)
chemical weathering
d)
physical weathering
64.
Extreme Heat and Pressure creates a _________ rock.
a)
Igneous
b)
Metamorphic
c)
Sedimentary
d)
Mineral
65.
True or False: Once a rock is sedimentary, it cannot become an igneous rock.
a)
True
b)
False
66.
This rock started as lava that cooled and then was heated and put under pressure over time. What type of rock is this?
a)
Sedimentar
b)
Igneous
c)
Metamorphic
67.
This rock was molten magma that slowly cooled under the ground. What type of rock is this?
a)
Sedimentary
b)
Igneous
c)
Metamorphic
68.
The three groups of rocks are classified by
a)
How they form
b)
Color
c)
Grain size
d)
Chemical Composition
69.
Fossils are only found in
a)
Sedimentary rocks
b)
Foliated Metamorphic rocks
c)
Igneous Rocks
d)
Nonfoliated Metamorphic rocks
70.
When sediments are pressed together tightly, this is called ____________.
a)
Compaction
b)
Cementation
c)
Weathering
d)
Erosion
71.
The process in which dissolved minerals crystallize and glue sediment together.
a)
compaction
b)
deposition
c)
organic rock
d)
cementation
72.
Sedimentary rock is formed through the process of
a)
Cementation
b)
Stratification
c)
Erosion
d)
Foliation
73.
process in which sediment is dropped and comes to rest
a)
deposition
b)
erosion
c)
rock
d)
rock cyle
74.
process by which new rock is made from old rock
a)
rock
b)
texture
c)
rock cycle
d)
composition
75.
process in which layers in sedimentary rock are formed
a)
stratification
b)
non-foliated
c)
extrusive igneous rock
d)
strata
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