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WorksheetsGeologic Processes 2
Total questions: 17
Worksheet time: 9mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
Which of the following eras are we currently in?
a)
Cenozoic
b)
Mesozoic
c)
Paleozoic
d)
Precambrian
2.
Which of the following eras is the oldest?
a)
Paleozoic
b)
Mesozoic
c)
Cenozoic
d)
Mrs. Shilvock
3.
What word below refers to "having lived or currently living"?
a)
Organic
b)
Non-organic
c)
Natural
d)
Unnatural
4.
Which of the following is a type of fossil?
a)
Carbonization
b)
Inorganic
c)
Metamorphic
d)
Sedimentary
5.
What refers specifically to "creating more ocean floor"?
a)
Seafloor spreading
b)
Divergent boundary
c)
Oceanic crust
d)
Continental drift
6.
About 4.6 billion years is how old which of the following is?
a)
Creation of Earth
b)
Dinosaur extinction
c)
Creation of Pangaea
d)
First photosynthetic organism
7.
Extreme heat and pressure creates which type of rock?
a)
Metamorphic
b)
Igneous
c)
Sedimentary
d)
Fossil
8.
If a rock is heated so much it melts, what type of rock will it become when it cools?
a)
Igenous
b)
Metamorphic
c)
Sedimentary
d)
Fossil
9.
What type of rock is made from sediment?
a)
Sedimentary
b)
Igenous
c)
Metamorphic
d)
Fossil
10.
Where would a rock have to go to melt?
a)
In the ocean
b)
In the mantle
c)
In the crust
d)
Into space
11.
Which of the following is NOT a layer of the Earth?
a)
Crust
b)
Mantle
c)
Core
d)
Magma
12.
Why do scientists think the continents were once connected?
a)
Coastline shapes match
b)
The same fossils were found on different continents
c)
Mountain ranges line up
d)
All of these
13.
What does the fossil record help tell us?
a)
How old the Earth is
b)
When major events happened on Earth
c)
That continental drift probably happened
d)
All of these
14.
Which of the following layers is found in the center of the Earth?
a)
Inner core
b)
Outer core
c)
Mantle
d)
Crust
15.
What does a paleontologist study?
a)
Fossils
b)
Asteroids
c)
Volcanic eruptions
d)
Humans
16.
What determines which plate will go under the other in a convergent boundary?
a)
Density
b)
Chance
c)
Speed
d)
Thickness
17.
What makes tectonic plates move?
a)
Convection currents
b)
Volcanic eruptions
c)
Earthquakes
d)
Tsunamis
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