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Total questions: 77
Worksheet time: 45mins
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Class
Date
1.
Why was the hypothesis of Continental Drift rejected?
a)
there was no known mechanism to explain how the continents move
b)
the occurrence of earthquakes and volcanoes could not be explained
c)
the fit of North America and Europe was not a very good one
d)
no one really liked Wegener because he was a crazy little man
2.
Plates move towards each other at
a)
divergent plate boundaries
b)
convergent plate boundaries
c)
transform fault boundaries
d)
all of the above
3.
New crust forms at
a)
divergent plate boundaries
b)
convergent plate boundaries
c)
transform fault boundaries
d)
all of the above
4.
Oceanic crust is destroyed along
a)
divergent plate boundaries
b)
convergent plate boundaries
c)
transform fault boundaries
d)
all of the above
5.
The _______________ Ocean is growing larger while the _______________ Ocean is shrinking.
a)
Atlantic, Pacific
b)
Atlantic, Indian
c)
Pacific, Atlantic
d)
Indian, Arctic
6.
All of the following were known to Alfred Wegener as support for his Hypothesis of Continental Drift EXCEPT
a)
fossils found on different continents
b)
fit of the continents
c)
rock type similarities
d)
weather patterns in Greenland
7.
Which ocean is surrounded by the "Ring of Fire"?
a)
Atlantic
b)
Pacific
c)
Indian
d)
Antartic
8.
Where would you expect to find a deep-sea trench?
a)
divergent boundary
b)
convergent boundary
c)
transform fault boundary
9.
The location of an earthquake INSIDE the earth where the energy is released is the
a)
epicenter
b)
richter
c)
focus
d)
fault
10.
The place on the surface of the Earth above where the earthquake occurs is the
a)
seismograph
b)
epicenter
c)
richter
d)
focus
11.
The asthenosphere is part of this liquid layer of flowing rock
a)
mantle
b)
inner core
c)
outer core
d)
crust
12.
If one could go from the surface of the Earth to the center one could observe that
a)
temperature increases with depth
b)
pressure increases with depth
c)
density increases with depth
d)
all of the above
13.
Which type of plate boundary would cause mountains to form?
a)
Transform
b)
Convergent
c)
Divergent
d)
Reform
14.
The Great Rift Valley in Africa and the Mid-Ocean Ridge were all created by this boundary
a)
Divergent
b)
Convergent
c)
Reform
d)
Transform
15.
This layer of Earth is the thickest part
a)
crust
b)
outer core
c)
mantle
d)
inner core
16.
What are the two types of crust
a)
continental and oceanic
b)
ocean and upper
c)
lower and upper
d)
pizza and subway
17.
subduction zones in the ocean can create which features?
a)
islands
b)
volcanoes
c)
earthquakes
d)
all of the above
18.
Earthquakes and volcanoes are most likely found in which locations?
a)
At plate boundaries
b)
in oceans
c)
in the middle of continents
d)
in the middle of plates
19.
When one plate sides under neath another, it _________ and the magma _________.
a)
hardens, sinks
b)
melts, sinks
c)
hardens, rises
d)
melts, rises
20.
Transform boundaries are most likely to produce what phenomenon?
a)
volcanoes
b)
deep sea trenches
c)
underwater mountain ranges
d)
earthquakes
21.
When an oceanic plate and a continental plate collide, which one will subduct?
a)
oceanic
b)
continental
c)
neither
22.
Which of the following is NOT a tectonic boundary?
a)
Convergent
b)
Divergent
c)
Sedergent
d)
Transform
23.
What is this image...
a)
Revolving boundary
b)
San Andreas (Transform)
c)
Convergent
24.
Two tectonic plates collide at a _______ plate boundary.
a)
convergent
b)
divergent
c)
transform
25.
The area where two tectonic plates meet.
a)
mantle
b)
focus
c)
plate boundary
d)
convection
26.
Most volcanoes and earthquakes occur...
a)
along the coast
b)
along tectonic plate boundaries
c)
in the Arctic
d)
in the ocean
27.
This landform can occur at a divergent plate boundary.
a)
ocean trench
b)
mid-ocean ridge
c)
tall mountains
d)
transform fault
28.
What is the name of the layer that contains the uppermost mantle and crust
a)
Asthenosphere
b)
Mesosphere
c)
Lithosphere
d)
Transosphere
29.
Scientists determine what Earth’s interior looks like by using:
a)
Volcanoes
b)
Seismic Waves
c)
Continental Drift
d)
Convection Currents
30.
What observation can we make about Earth’s lithosphere AND asthenosphere?
a)
The asthenosphere floats on top of the lithosphere.
b)
The crust and the core make up the lithosphere.
c)
The crust and mantle make up the asthenosphere.
d)
The lithosphere floats on top of the asthenosphere
31.
Which layer of Earth is the thinnest?
a)
Crust
b)
Mantle
c)
Inner Core
d)
Outer Core
32.
The Law of Superposition helps scientists to determine what?
a)
The absolute age of rock layers
b)
The relative age of rock layers
33.
Which rock layer in the diagram seems to be the oldest?
a)
F
b)
E
c)
B
d)
A
34.
Which type of dating method can be used on rock layers by applying the Law of Superposition?
a)
relative dating
b)
absolute dating
c)
radioactive dating
d)
radiometric dating
35.
Some remains of living things can become "fossilized".
a)
True
b)
False
36.
Erosion is a part of uniformatarianism.
a)
True
b)
False
37.
What type of rock are fossils commonly found?
a)
Sedimentary
b)
Igneous
c)
Metamorphic
d)
Petrified
38.
The boundary between two plates that move toward each other is:
a)
divergent plate boundary
b)
Transverse (transform) plate boundary
c)
convergent plate boundary
d)
Mid-ocean ridge
39.
A location where volcanoes form far from plate boundaries is:
a)
Fault
b)
hot spot
c)
Ring of Fire
d)
Earthquake
40.
Magma that erupts onto Earth's surface is:
a)
Lava
b)
Convection
c)
Volcano
d)
Hot spot
41.
The theory that Earth's surface is broken into large, rigid pieces that move with respect to each other is:
a)
Uniformitarianism
b)
seafloor spreading
c)
Continental drift
d)
plate tectonics
42.
The process that occurs when one plate moves under another tectonic plate is:
a)
convection
b)
subduction
c)
lithification
d)
seafloor spreading
43.
Hypothesis that suggested that continents are in constant motion of the surface of the Earth is:
a)
Plate tectonics
b)
uniformitarianism
c)
continental drift
d)
Global warmi
44.
A principle stating that geologic processes that occur today are similar to those that occurred in the past is:
a)
Continental drift
b)
Global warming
c)
Seafloor spreading
d)
Uniformitarianism
45.
A vent in Earth's crust through which molten rock flows is:
a)
volcano
b)
fault
c)
lava
d)
tectonic plate
46.
The boundary between two plates that slide past each other is:
a)
Convergent plate boundary
b)
Divergent plate boundary
c)
Transverse(transform) plate boundary
d)
Mid-ocean ridge
47.
Represents an area of earthquake and volcanic activity that surrounds the Pacific Ocean is the
a)
mid-ocean ridge
b)
Ring of Fire
c)
lithosphere
d)
plate tectonics
48.
The movement of fluids in a cycle because of convection is
a)
lithification
b)
plate tectonics
c)
convection current
d)
volcanoe
49.
A crack or fracture in Earth's lithosphere along which movement occurs is a/an:
a)
earthquake
b)
volcanoe
c)
hot spot
d)
fault
50.
Long, narrow mountain range on the ocean floor; formed by magma at divergent plate boundaries.
a)
mid-ocean ridge
b)
seafloor spreading
c)
lithification
d)
fault
51.
The boundary between two plates that move away from each other
a)
transverse (transform) plate boundary
b)
convergent plate boundary
c)
divergent plate boundary
d)
Mid ocean ridge
52.
The circulation of particles within a material caused by differences in thermal energy
a)
convection
b)
radiation
c)
lithification
d)
subduction
53.
Vibrations caused by the rupture and sudden movement of rocks along a break or a crack in Earth's crust is:
a)
convergent plate boundary
b)
earthquake
c)
volcanoe
d)
plate tectonics
54.
The rigid outermost layer of Earth that includes the uppermost mantle and crust is:
a)
lithosphere
b)
earthquake
c)
subduction
d)
volcanoe
55.
The boundary between two plates that move toward each other is:
a)
divergent plate boundary
b)
Transverse (transform) plate boundary
c)
convergent plate boundary
d)
Mid-ocean ridge
56.
The magnetic pattern of ocean-floor rocks on one side of an ocean ridge is_____________.
a)
a mirror image of that other side
b)
younger than otherside
c)
much different pattern
d)
at right angles to the ridge
57.
Each cycle of spreading and intrusion of magma during seafloor spreading results in ______.
a)
subduction
b)
magnetic reversals
c)
new ocean crust
58.
Subduction results in the formation of_____.
a)
magnetic reversal
b)
a rift valley
c)
a deep-sea trench
d)
new continental crust
59.
Continental to continental plate collisions produce ________.
a)
island arcs
b)
rift valleys
c)
very tall mountain ranges
d)
deep-sea trenches
60.
In which of the following boundaries is crust neither destroyed or formed
a)
magnetic
b)
convergent
c)
transform
d)
divergent
61.
Earth's tectonic plates driving force is related to convection currents in the ________.
a)
crust
b)
inner core
c)
mantle
d)
outer core
62.
Oceanic crust is made mostly of ____________.
a)
granite
b)
basalt
c)
limestone
d)
water
63.
Places where tectonic plates move apart are called________.
a)
convergent boundaries
b)
transform boundaries
c)
subduction zones
d)
divergent boundaries
64.
_________________ are vast, underwater mountain chains.
a)
Deep-sea trenches
b)
Mid-ocean ridges
c)
Faults
d)
Trasnform bounderies
65.
_______________is a process that occurs at convergent boundaries
a)
slab pull
b)
paleomagnetism
c)
ridge push
d)
transform boundaries
66.
Wegener's hypothesis that Earth's continents once was one landmass
a)
ridge push
b)
continental drift
c)
paleomagnetism
d)
convection
67.
The Theory___________ of states that Earth's crust and mantle are broken into slabs
a)
plate tectonics
b)
slab pull
c)
magnetic reversal
d)
seafloor spreading
68.
The place where plates slide horizontally past each other
a)
subduction
b)
divergent boundary
c)
transform boundaries
d)
ridge push
69.
the weight of an uplifted ocean ridge pushes an oceanic plate
a)
slab pull
b)
ridge push
c)
continental drift
d)
Pangaea
70.
the transfer of thermal energy by movement of heated matter is called?
a)
slab pull
b)
subduction
c)
ridge push
d)
convection
71.
The place where plates move apart is called
a)
transform boundary
b)
divergent boundary
c)
convergent boundary
72.
when one tectonic plate goes beneath another plate
a)
continental drift
b)
Pangaea
c)
ridge push
d)
subduction
73.
name of the single landmass
a)
Pangaea
b)
convergent boundary
c)
magnetic reversal
d)
subduction
74.
explains how new ocean crust is created at ridges and destroyed at deep-sea-trenches
a)
seafloor spreading
b)
divergent boundary
75.
where plates come together
a)
magnetic reversal
b)
divergent boundary
c)
convergent boundary
d)
subduction
76.
a change in Earth' s magnetic field
a)
magnetic reversal
b)
subduction
c)
paleomagnetism
d)
slab pull
77.
Earthquakes and volcanoes result from geologic events that take place in the mantle, what is this heat transfer called?
a)
conduction
b)
convection
c)
radiation
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