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WorksheetsPlate Tectonics and Mountain Building
Total questions: 36
Worksheet time: 19mins
Which type of fault does the image display?
Normal Fault
Reverse Fault
Strike Slip Fault
Fault Block
Which type of fault does the image display?
Normal Fault
Reverse Fault
Strike Slip Fault
Fault Block
The movement of more dense material sinking and less dense material rising within the mantle is known as what?
Lithospheric plates
Circulation
Molten Material
Convection Currents
An earthquake occurs along a fault when
energy in the rock along the fault does not change for a long period of time
stress in the rock along the fault causes magma to rise up through the fault
enough energy builds up in the rock along the fault to cause the rock to break of slip
energy in the rock along the fault is changed to heat
From the image, what can you infer about how the canyon looked a thousand years ago?
The canyon was just as deep but had no water
The canyon was not as deep as it is today.
The canyon was much deeper than it is today
The canyon looked exactly like it does today.
Scientists find a fossil of a fish on top of a mountain. What kind of evidence does the fossil provide scientists about the way this area might have changed over time?
It shows that fish were once able to live without water.
It shows that oceans can change quickly and become land.
It shows that the animals found on the mountain today evolved from fish.
It shows that the mountain may have once been under water and raised up by natural processes.
Scientists have found evidence that suggests that parts of Florida were once underwater. What kind of evidence could suggest this?
fossils found in igneous rock
fossils of marine animals
artifacts of tools once used for fishing
fossils of insects that can be found in Florida today
How is new crust formed on the Earth?
Magma pushes up through a divergent boundary or ocean trench to create sea-floor spreading
Subduction boundaries create slab pull which pulls more crust out of the mantle
When glaciers melt, the layers of rock left behind allow for new crust to be exposed
What happens when subduction occurs?
Parts of the crust are pulled into the mantle
Parts of the crust fall into the core
Parts of the crust uplift into mountains
Parts of the crust form a rift valley
What is the point on the Earth’s surface directly above the energy release point within a earthquake?
Epicenter
Focus
Fault
Tremor
At mid-ocean ridges, magma reaches Earth's surface. When Magma reaches Earth's surface, what is it known as?
silica
lava
lithosphere
mantle
An earthquake occurs along a fault when:
energy in the rock along the fault does not change for a long period of time
stress in the rock along the fault causes magma to rise up through the fault
enough energy builds up in the rock along the fault to cause the rock to break or slip.
energy in the rock along the fault is changed to heat.
At which point on the rock cycle diagram would weathering and erosion occur?
F
B
E
A
At which point in the rock cycle diagram would cementing and compaction occur?
A
B
D
C
A volcano that has steep sides and is formed from explosive eruptions of lava and ash
a shield volcano
a cinder cone volcano
a composite volcano
a caldera volcano
Rock deformation can occur from forces of compression and tension, as well as weathering and erosion. What is an upward bend in layers of sedimentary rock called?
A fault block
A rift valley
Anticline
Syncline
A break or crack in the Earth's crust is called a...
plate
fault
fold
crack
What causes the Earth's magnetic field?
The Earth's orbit around the sun
The metals of the liquid outer core moving around the solid inner core
The convection currents within the mantle
The north pole and south pole are directly aligned through the center of the Earth
A ____________ is the best explanation for a phenomenon with all of the available evidence
Scientific law
Scientific theory
Hypothesis
What type of volcano has a crater shape after its magma chamber has emptied and the top has sunken into itself?
A shield volcano
a composite volcano
a caldera volcano
a lava plateau
The sinking of regions of the earth's crust to lower elevations due to a void caused by the lack of ground water is a process called
uplifting
subsidence
rock deformation
block swelling
What is the order of the mechanical layers of the Earth from outside to inside?
inner core, lithosphere, mesosphere, outer core, asthenosphere
asthenosphere, lithosphere, mesosphere, outer core, inner core
lithosphere, asthenosphere, mesosphere, outer core, inner core
crust, core, mantle
