WorksheetsDynamic Planet
Total questions: 80
Worksheet time: 1hrs 22mins
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Class
Date
1.
What type of fault is the San Andreas?
a)
Convergent
b)
Transform
c)
Optimus Prime
d)
Divergent
2.
The most destructive type of wave is a
a)
P-wave
b)
S-wave
c)
Surface wave
d)
transverse wave
3.
What is the area directly above the spot where the Earthquake actually occurs? (It is on Earth's surface.)
a)
Epicenter
b)
Focus
c)
Fault
d)
Triangulation
4.
The Richter scale measures:
a)
the amount of radon gas released
b)
the movement of plates
c)
the strength of an earthquake
d)
the weight of tectonic plates
5.
An earthquake scored high on the Richter scale but low on the Mercalli scale. Why?
a)
it probably happened in an area with no people
b)
it was a fast earthquake
c)
because it damaged a lot
d)
impossible to tell
6.
Liquefaction is when...
a)
the soil behaves like liquid
b)
the ground becomes liquid
c)
magma rises to the surface
d)
buildings are damaged, crumbling like liquid
7.
An instrument that detects and measures earthquakes is a
a)
seismogram
b)
focus seismic map
c)
focus
d)
seismograph
8.
How much bigger is a magnitude 8 earthquake compared to magnitude 7 one on the Richter Scale?
a)
1 time bigger
b)
10 times bigger
c)
100 times bigger
d)
1000 times bigger
9.
What is a tracing of an earthquake's motion that is created by a seismograph?
a)
Seismograph
b)
Seismogram
c)
Seismologist
d)
Elastic Rebound
10.
What is the beginning point of an earthquake, where the first motion of an earthquake occurs?
a)
Epicenter
b)
Focus
c)
P Waves
d)
Deformation
11.
Which wave can travel through solids, liquids, and gases?
a)
P
b)
S
c)
Surface
d)
Seismic
12.
Also known as shear or secondary wave; a seismic wave that causes particles of rock to move in a side-to- side direction.
a)
P-wave
b)
Seismic wave
c)
Focus
d)
S-wave
13.
What type of fault is this?
a)
Normal
b)
Reverse
c)
Strike-slip
14.
What type of fault is this?
a)
Normal
b)
Reverse
c)
Strike-slip
15.
Which is faster?
a)
p-waves
b)
s-waves
c)
surface waves
16.
What is molten rock that has formed deep within the Earth?
a)
Hot Spot
b)
Magma
c)
Lava
d)
Volcano
17.
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.
18.
The volcanoes on the Hawaiian Islands form due to which of the following?
a)
Divergent Boundary
b)
Hot Spot
c)
Subduction Boundary
d)
Transform Boundary
19.
What type of volcano has steep slopes made of alternating layers of ash and silica rich lava?
a)
Caldera
b)
Cinder Cone
c)
Composite Volcano
d)
Shield Volcano
20.
What type of volcano is made of lava fragments that have been ejected from a volcanic vent?
a)
Caldera
b)
Cinder Cone
c)
Composite Volcano
d)
Shield Volcano
21.
What type of volcano is Kilauea, which is located in Hawaii?
a)
Caldera
b)
Cinder Cone
c)
Composite Volcano
d)
Shield Volcano
22.
Where are most volcanoes found?
a)
Southern Hemisphere
b)
Ring of Fire
c)
Mid-Atlantic Ridge
d)
Hot Spots
23.
What is molten rock that has reached the Earth's surface?
a)
Aa
b)
Lava
c)
Magma
d)
Pahoehoe
24.
What type of volcano is Mount St. Helens?
a)
Caldera
b)
Cinder Cone
c)
Composite Volcano
d)
Shield Volcano
25.
What do you call a large crater formed by the collapse of a volcano?
a)
Caldera
b)
Cinder Cone
c)
Composite Volcano
d)
Shield Volcano
26.
What is the opening in Earth's crust through which molten rock, gases, and ash erupt?
a)
Divergent Boundary
b)
Magma
c)
Subduction Boundary
d)
Volcano
27.
The type of plate boundary where two plates come together is a .....
a)
Convergent Boundary
b)
Divergent Boundary
c)
Transform Boundary
d)
Plate Boundary
28.
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
29.
What type of plate boundary is this?
a)
Plate
b)
Divergent
c)
Convergent
d)
Transform
30.
What type of event will occur at this boundary?
a)
Earthquake
b)
Volcano Eruption
c)
Tornado
d)
Mountain Building
31.
A divergent boundary occurs when plates ....
a)
Pull apart
b)
Come together
c)
Slide past each other
d)
subducting
32.
What type of plate boundary is this?
a)
Transform
b)
Convergent
c)
Divergent
d)
Plate
33.
The theory that says Earth's continents once made up an ancient supercontinent, and have been drifting apart ever since, is called the theory of...
a)
Pangea
b)
Plate Tectonics
c)
Natural Selection
d)
Gravity
34.
Oceanic Trenches are formed by _______ plate boundaries
a)
Convergent
b)
Transform
c)
Plate
d)
Divergent
35.
Where would the oldest rock be found?
a)
L
b)
M
c)
N
d)
O
36.
How is it possible for new crust to be formed without increasing the surface area of the Earth?
a)
Crust is destroyed at the same time it is created
b)
New crust is underwater where it sinks
c)
New crust breaks more easily than old crust
37.
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
38.
What type of plate boundary causes sea floor spreading?
a)
convergent
b)
divergent
c)
transform
d)
compression
39.
The stress caused by a transform plate boundary is
a)
compression
b)
tension
c)
shearing
d)
subduction
40.
What stress is associated with a convergent plate boundary?
a)
compression
b)
tension
c)
shearing
d)
sea floor spreading
41.
The super continent that existed millions of years ago is called
a)
Wegener
b)
Pangea
c)
Jurassic World
d)
Eurasia
42.
What would you be most likely to find at a transform boundary?
a)
Earthquakes
b)
Volcanoes
c)
Mountains
d)
Rift
43.
What would you be most likely to find at a convergent boundary between two pieces of oceanic crust?
a)
Mountains
b)
Rift
c)
Mid-Ocean Ridge
d)
Island Arc
44.
What would you be most likely to find at a divergent boundary between two pieces of oceanic crust?
a)
Rift
b)
Mid-Ocean Ridge
c)
Island Arc
d)
Flat land
45.
What would you be most likely to find at a divergent boundary between two pieces of continental crust?
a)
Mid-Ocean Ridge
b)
Mountain
c)
Rift
d)
Island Arc
46.
What would you be most likely to find at a convergent boundary between two pieces of continental crust?
a)
Volcano
b)
Mountain
c)
Rift
d)
Island Arc
47.
A subduction zone is formed...
a)
when one tectonic plate sinks below another
b)
at every type of convergent plate boundary
c)
at every type of divergent plate boundary
d)
at transform boundaries
48.
When molten material is heated in the mantle it becomes
a)
more dense
b)
less dense
49.
When molten material is cooled in the mantle it becomes
a)
more dense
b)
less dense
50.
A type of rock that forms from the cooling of molten rock at or below the surface of the earth
a)
Igneous Rock
b)
Metamorphic Rock
c)
Sedimentary Rock
d)
chemical Rock
51.
Igneous rock that forms from lava on Earth's surface
a)
Organic Rock
b)
Intrusive Rock
c)
Clastic Rock
d)
Extrusive Rock
52.
What does it mean for a rock to be extrusive
a)
formed from magma
b)
Have Rounded Edges formed from heat and pressure
c)
Form from Lava
d)
Form By Sediment
53.
A natural mixture of minerals.
a)
erosion
b)
magma
c)
alloys
d)
rock
54.
The process by which igneous rocks are formed...
a)
heat and pressure deep underneath earth's surface
b)
melting and cooling of magma
c)
compaction and cementation of sediments
55.
Is lava above or below ground
a)
below
b)
above
56.
Igneous rock that forms when magma hardens beneath Earth's surface
a)
intrusive Rock
b)
compaction
c)
Chemical Rock
d)
Clastic Rock
57.
The mantle in the Earth continually heats up and cools down using convection currents.
a)
True
b)
False
58.
The heat from the Sun reaches Earth through convection.
a)
True
b)
False
59.
Where is magma?
a)
inside
b)
outside
60.
The diagram represents the movement of the mantle under the earth's crust. Which process is represented by the diagram?
a)
rotation
b)
conduction
c)
radiation
d)
convection
61.
The diagram shows a rift valley formed by the movement of tectonic plates.Which movement of tectonic plates caused the rift valley to form?
a)
Two tectonic plates separated from each other.
b)
Two tectonic plates collided with each other.
c)
One tectonic plate slid under another.
d)
One tectonic plate slid past another.
62.
What is the heat source for convection in the mantle?
a)
the Crust
b)
the Mantle
c)
the Core
63.
______________ is the process by which sediments get pressed together.
a)
Cementation
b)
Weathering
64.
Sand grains, pebbles, mud, shells, and leaves are all examples of __________________.
a)
Sediment
b)
Compaction
65.
Which is the process that breaks up rock on Earth's surface?
a)
Weathering
b)
Erosion
66.
The seismic waves that move fastest are _________
a)
P waves
b)
S waves
c)
Surface waves
67.
What are seismic waves?
a)
Energy released by an earthquake in waves or vibrations
b)
The point beneath Earth’s surface at which rock under stress breaks and triggers an earthquake
c)
The point on the surface directly above the point at which an earthquake occurs
d)
The strength of an earthquake
68.
In what order do the three types of seismic waves arrive at a seismograph?
a)
S wave, P wave, Surface wave
b)
Surface wave, P wave and S wave
c)
P wave, S wave and Surface wave
d)
P wave, Surface wave and S wave
69.
Which type of seismic wave produces the most severe ground movement?
a)
P wave
b)
S wave
c)
Surface wave
d)
None of the above
70.
How do geologists locate the epicenter of an earthquake?
a)
They measure the difference between seismic waves on three or more seismographs. The epicenter is where the circles intercept.
b)
They measure the difference between seismic waves on the first seismograph to receive the wave.
c)
They measure the largest surface wave to hit the surface.
d)
They add the total damage of the p wave, s wave and surface wave.
71.
_____________ records ground movements caused by seismic waves as they
move through Earth
move through Earth
a)
Focus
b)
Epicenter
c)
Surface Waves
d)
Seismograph
72.
________ are the slowest seismic waves.
a)
P waves
b)
S waves
c)
Surface waves
d)
Epicenter
73.
___________ is the point beneath Earth’s surface at which rock under stress breaks and triggers an earthquake.
a)
Focus
b)
Epicenter
c)
Surface waves
d)
Seismograph
74.
__________ is the point on the surface directly above the point at which an earthquake occurs.
a)
Focus
b)
Epicenter
c)
Surface waves
d)
Seismograph
75.
The volcanoes on the Hawaiian Islands form due to which of the following?
a)
Divergent Boundary
b)
Hot Spot
c)
Subduction Boundary
d)
Transform Boundary
76.
What are solid rock fragments that are ejected during a volcanic eruption?
a)
Lahar
b)
Magma
c)
Pyroclastic Material
d)
Silica
77.
What type of volcano is made of lava fragments that have been ejected from a volcanic vent?
a)
Caldera
b)
Cinder Cone
c)
Composite Volcano
d)
Shield Volcano
78.
What type of volcano is Kilauea, which is located in Hawaii?
a)
Caldera
b)
Cinder Cone
c)
Composite Volcano
d)
Shield Volcano
79.
Where are most volcanoes found?
a)
Southern Hemisphere
b)
Ring of Fire
c)
Mid-Atlantic Ridge
d)
Hot Spots
80.
What is molten rock that has reached the Earth's surface?
a)
Aa
b)
Lava
c)
Magma
d)
Pahoehoe
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