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Geologic Processes

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 10mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
Which way do convergent plates move in relation to each other?
a)
Come together
b)
Move apart
c)
Slide next to each other
d)
Bend each other
2.
Which way to divergent boundaries move in relation to each other?
a)
Come together
b)
Move apart
c)
Slide next to each other
d)
Bend each other
3.
Which way to transform boundaries move in relation to each other?
a)
Come together
b)
Move apart
c)
Slide next to each other
d)
Bend each other
4.
What rock type is made from compacting and cementing?
a)
Sedimentary
b)
Igneous
c)
Metamorphic
5.
What rock type is made from extreme heat and pressure?
a)
Sedimentary
b)
Igenous
c)
Metamorphic
6.
What rock type is made from cooling lava?
a)
Sedimentary
b)
Igenous
c)
Metamorphic
7.
What term refers to breaking down rocks?
a)
Weathering
b)
Erosion
c)
Deposition
8.
What term refers to moving weathered materials?
a)
Weathering
b)
Erosion
c)
Deposition
9.
What term refers to where eroded materials end up?
a)
Weathering 
b)
Erosion
c)
Deposition
10.
What is the outermost layer of the Earth?
a)
Crust
b)
Inner core
c)
Outer core
d)
Mantle
11.
What layer would you find magma in?
a)
Inner core
b)
Outer core
c)
Mantle
d)
Crust
12.
Which of the following is NOT a type of rock?
a)
Sedimentary
b)
Igneous
c)
Metamorphic
d)
Metamorphous
13.
What is the scientific meaning or "organic"?
a)
Never living
b)
Once living
c)
Healthier
d)
Processed
14.
Weathering occurs due to different types of weather.
a)
True
b)
False
15.
Which of the following eras came first?
a)
Cenozoic
b)
Mesozoic
c)
Paleozoic
16.
Which of the following eras are we currently in?
a)
Paleozoic
b)
Mesozoic
c)
Cenozoic
17.
Which of the following is NOT a fossil type?
a)
Molds
b)
Casts
c)
Trace
d)
Compact
18.
Which of the following terms relates to the idea of new ocean floor being created?
a)
Sea floor spreading
b)
Transform boundary
c)
Fault line
d)
Fossil record
19.
What do scientists use as evidence of continental drift?
a)
Sea floor spreading
b)
Fossil record
c)
Coastline shapes
d)
All of these options
20.
Which interaction likely formed Mt. Everest?
a)
Continental vs. Continental convergence
b)
Oceanic vs. Continental convergence
c)
Oceanic vs. Oceanic convergence
d)
Transform boundary