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WorksheetsPlate Tectonics and the Rock Cycle Test Prep. review game
Total questions: 40
Worksheet time: 34mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
What are the three types of Rocks?
a)
Igneous, Metamorphic, Sedimentary
b)
Weathering, Erosion, and Sediments
c)
Heat, Pressure, and Melting
d)
Igneous, Melting and Cooling
2.
What rock is caused by heat and pressure?
a)
Sedimentary
b)
Metamorphic
c)
Igneous
d)
Sediments
3.
What rock is caused by sediments being compacted together?
a)
Sedimentary
b)
Metamorphic
c)
Igneous
d)
Magma
4.
What rock is caused by cooling magma?
a)
Sedimentary
b)
Metamorphic
c)
Igneous
d)
Magma
5.
Glass is made of _______________, which is broken down rocks.
a)
Paper
b)
Sand
c)
Glass
d)
Magma
6.
Only ____________________ will cut a diamond.
a)
Sedimentary Rock
b)
Glass
c)
A Diamond
d)
Magma
7.
Metamorphic means its______________________.
a)
Sedimentary Rock
b)
Glass
c)
Transformed
d)
Magma
8.
What rock family does granite and basalt belong to?
a)
Sedimentary Rock
b)
Igneous Rock
c)
Magma
d)
Metamorphic Rock
9.
If the Earth's were like an egg, what would the shell be?
a)
Sedimentary Rock
b)
The Crust
c)
White
d)
The Ocean
10.
What does Pangea mean?
a)
Sedimentary Rock
b)
The Crust
c)
Whole Earth
d)
Land
11.
What causes earthquakes?
a)
Sedimentary Rock
b)
The Crust
c)
Plate Movement
d)
Land
12.
What are the three layers of the Earth?
a)
Sedimentary, Metamorphic, and Igneous
b)
Crust, Mantle, and the Core.
c)
Land, Ocean, Earth
d)
Sediment, Magma, Cooling
13.
What scientist first documented the theory of continental drift?
a)
Laurel Bolger
b)
Neil Degrasse Tyson
c)
Isaac Newton
d)
Alfred Wegener
14.
Which plate boundary moves apart?
a)
Transform
b)
Convergent
c)
Divergent
15.
Which plate boundary slides past each other?
a)
Transform
b)
Convergent
c)
Divergent
16.
Which plate boundary collide into each other?
a)
Transform
b)
Convergent
c)
Divergent
17.
The Mid-Atlantic Ridge is an example of what type of plate boundary?
a)
Transform
b)
Convergent
c)
Divergent
18.
The San Andres Fault is an example of what type of plate boundary?
a)
Transform
b)
Convergent
c)
Divergent
19.
The Himalayan Mountains are the result of what type of plate boundary?
a)
Transform
b)
Convergent
c)
Divergent
20.
In a convergent plate boundary where oceanic and continental plates collide, which plate will subduct under the other.
a)
continental (less dense)
b)
oceanic (more dense)
21.
Which volcano erupted in 1980 in the Pacific Northwest?
a)
Mount Saint Helens
b)
Mount Hood
c)
Lassen Peak
d)
Mount Vesuvius
22.
If a volcano has not erupted in 200 hundred years, what is it called?
a)
extinct
b)
asleep
c)
dormant
d)
active
23.
What do we call the tool that is used to measure earthquakes?
a)
earthquakemeter
b)
seismometer
c)
seismoradio
d)
earthquakegraph
24.
The cracks on the Earth's crust are called:
a)
shells
b)
splits
c)
faults
d)
epicenter
25.
What causes the plates to move?
a)
wind
b)
water
c)
Convection currents
d)
Volcanic eruptions
26.
If Sediment is compacted from water and pressure__________________ rock is made.
a)
Sedimentary
b)
Metamorphic
c)
Igneous
d)
Sediment
27.
What powers Convection currents?
a)
Different temperatures in the Earth's layers
b)
Volcanic eruptions
c)
Different elements in Earth's layers
d)
Earthquakes
28.
Where does most of the heat come from in the Earth's interior?
a)
The Core
b)
The Mantle
c)
The Crust
d)
The Sun
29.
If Magma cools it becomes___________ rock.
a)
Sedimentary
b)
Metamorphic
c)
Igneous
d)
Sediment
30.
If sediment hardens through compaction, __________ rock is formed.
a)
Sedimentary
b)
Metamorphic
c)
Igneous
d)
Sediment
31.
If Igneous rock breaks down from Weathering and Erosion___________ is formed.
a)
Sedimentary
b)
Metamorphic
c)
Igneous
d)
Sediment
32.
If heat and pressure are applied to Igneous rock, _______________ rock forms.
a)
Sedimentary
b)
Metamorphic
c)
Igneous
d)
Sediment
33.
If metamorphic rock melts it turns to ___________.
a)
Igneous rock
b)
Sedimentary rock
c)
Magma
d)
Sediment
34.
If Metamorphic rock breaks down from weathering and erosion, it turns to_____________.
a)
Igneous rock
b)
Sedimentary rock
c)
Magma
d)
Sediment
35.
What was Alfred Wegner's evidence of Continental Drift? ( choose the best answer)
a)
Continent's fit together like a puzzle.
b)
Same fossils found on different continents
c)
Similar land forms on different continents
d)
All of the above
36.
What is molten rock found above the crust called?
a)
magma
b)
pepples
c)
lava
d)
sand
37.
What is it called when Magma rises to the surface and solidifies, causing new crust to form.
a)
Convergent boundaries
b)
Transform boundaries
c)
Sea Floor Spreading
d)
Continental Drift
38.
When did Continental Drift first occur?
a)
10 years ago
b)
100 years ago
c)
250 million years ago
d)
1,000 years ago
39.
What is causing a new ocean to form near Africa?
a)
The Great Rift
b)
The Western Rift Valley
c)
The Eastern Rift Valley
d)
The Afar Rift Valley
40.
Which layer in the Earth's interior is liquid?
a)
Inner Core
b)
Mantel
c)
Outer Core
d)
Crust
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