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WorksheetsUnit 4: Vocabulary 1
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 10mins
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Class
Date
1.
What are lines of LONGITUDE?
a)
Imaginary lines around Earth that tell you how deep into the Earth you are.
b)
Imaginary lines around Earth from Pole to Pole.
c)
Imaginary flat lines around the Earth.
d)
Painted lines on the Earth that help you know where to go.
2.
What are lines of LATITUDE?
a)
Imaginary lines around Earth that tell you how deep into the Earth you are.
b)
Imaginary lines around Earth from Pole to Pole.
c)
Imaginary flat lines around the Earth that indicate how far North or South your location is.
d)
Painted lines on the Earth that help you know where to go.
3.
Which coordinates best match point C?
a)
0, 140W
b)
0, 140E
c)
140N, 0E
d)
140 N, 0W
4.
Which coordinates best match point F?
a)
20S, 40E
b)
20N, 20W
c)
20S, 20E
d)
140 N, 0W
5.
Which coordinates best match point E?
a)
45S, 60W
b)
40N, 100E
c)
40N, 60E
d)
45 N, 100E
6.
Trilobite fossils have been found all around the world. What is a fossil?
a)
Old animal bones that have been buried.
b)
The remains or impression of prehistoric organisms.
c)
Rocks that resemble the remains of plant species.
d)
Ancient human remains that have been layered under rock and soil.
7.
On what continents have Cynognathus fossils been found?
a)
South America, North America
b)
Antarctica, Australia, Africa, and South America
c)
Africa and South America
d)
India, Africa, and Antarctica
8.
On what continents have Lystrosaurus fossils been found?
a)
South America, North America
b)
Antarctica, Australia, Africa, and South America
c)
Africa and South America
d)
India, Africa, and Antarctica
9.
What is the theory of Continental Drift?
a)
The continents move quickly over Earth's surface to rearrange.
b)
The continents have changed position over time.
c)
The seafloor expands each year, causing the Earth to grow.
d)
Continents are immovable.
10.
Alfred Wegener proposed the theory of Continental Drift. Which was NOT one of his pieces of evidence?
a)
Fossils found across different continents.
b)
Glacial evidence found on continents that are currently warm.
c)
Matching rock formations that seem to link certain continents together.
d)
Humans have noticed the continents moving over their lifespan.
11.
Why was Wegener not believed at first?
a)
His evidence was totally untrue.
b)
He could not explain HOW the continents were moving.
c)
Nobody liked him, so he was not believed.
d)
He had no credibility because he was not a scientist.
12.
From INNER MOST to OUTER MOST, what are the layers of the Earth?
a)
Core, Crust, Mantle
b)
Mantle, Crust, Core
c)
Core, Mantle, Crust
13.
The LITHOSPHERE is made up of the ___ and upper ___.
a)
Crust, Core
b)
Mantle, Crust
c)
Crust, Mantle
d)
Core, Mantle
14.
The LITHOSPHERE is broken into large pieces called:
a)
Dinner Plates
b)
Tectonic Pieces
c)
Crust Fragments
d)
Tectonic Plates
15.
Tectonic plates are pieces of the lithosphere. They move over the ___.
a)
Core
b)
Crust
c)
Mantle
d)
Hydrosphere
16.
When tectonic plates come TOGETHER, this is a ____ Boundary.
a)
Convergent
b)
Divergent
c)
Transform
17.
When tectonic plates come APART, this is a ____ Boundary.
a)
Convergent
b)
Divergent
c)
Transform
18.
When tectonic plates come PAST each other, this is a ____ Boundary.
a)
Convergent
b)
Divergent
c)
Transform
19.
Divergent means to come apart. What is found at a DIVERGENT boundary?
a)
Mid-Ocean ridges
b)
Trenches
c)
Mountains
d)
Submarines
20.
Seafloor spreading means...
a)
that the ocean gets larger each year.
b)
that due to climate change, the seas are warming, which causes them to rise.
c)
that the seafloor creates new ocean crust at mid-ocean ridges.
d)
that the continents are turning into sea.
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