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WorksheetsThree Types of Rocks and Plate Tectonics Test Review
Total questions: 17
Worksheet time: 9mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
This type of volcano is typically not active and has long slopes, covering a large area.
a)
Composite volcano
b)
Cinder cone volcano
c)
Shield volcano
2.
This type of volcano is the most explosive and is a hybrid of the two other types.
a)
Cinder cone
b)
Composite volcano
c)
Shield volcano
3.
What type of rock is formed from heat and pressure and create wavy bands like the rock in the picture?
a)
Igneous
b)
Metamorphic
c)
Sedimentary
4.
What type of rock is formed through the process of erosion, deposition, and cementation? (Hint: small particles of rock coming together to form this type of rock)
a)
Sedimentary
b)
Metamorphic
c)
Igneous
5.
What type of rock is form through volcanic activity (melting and cooling)?
a)
Igneous
b)
Metamorphic
c)
Sedimentary
6.
The picture is an example of a convergent boundary. According to this picture, what is the area called in which one tectonic plate is pushed beneath the other tectonic plate?
a)
Mantle
b)
Hot spot
c)
Rift valley
d)
Subduction zone
7.
What type of plate boundary involves the tectonic plates sliding past one another?
a)
Convergent
b)
Divergent
c)
Transform
8.
What type of boundary involves the tectonic plates pulling apart?
a)
Transform
b)
Convergent
c)
Divergent
9.
Where would you typically find a divergent boundary?
a)
Convergent boundary
b)
Divergent boundary
c)
Transform boundary
10.
According to the picture, what is another name for an area in which the tectonic plates pull apart, allowing magma to flow out from the crust?
a)
Rift zone
b)
Glacier zone
c)
Subduction zone
d)
Mantle plume
11.
Which type of rock makes up the highest percentage of the Earth's crust?
a)
Igneous
b)
Sedimentary
c)
Metamorphic
12.
When super hot magma travels up through the mantle from the core on to the crust, this is known as what kind of area? (Think of Hawaii)
a)
Rift zone
b)
Mantle plume
c)
Subduction zone
d)
Mid-ocean ridge
13.
There are two kinds of igneous rock. Which term indicates that the rock cooled on the inside of the Earth's crust?
a)
Intrusive
b)
Extrusive
c)
Sedimentary
d)
Metamorphic
14.
What is the term for molten rock material found under the Earth?
a)
Lava
b)
Magma
c)
Soil
d)
Sedimentary rocks
15.
Which of the following plate boundaries would you be most likely to find a volcano?
a)
Convergent boundary
b)
Transform boundary
c)
Divergent boundary
16.
If you were out in nature and found a rock that had layer on top of layer, it would most likely be what kind of rock?
a)
Sedimentary
b)
Metamorphic
c)
Igneous
17.
What is the name of the continent that was around billions of years ago, much like the picture here?
a)
Africa
b)
Panthalassa
c)
Pangaea
d)
Antarctica
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