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WorksheetsScience CA#6 Review
Total questions: 75
Worksheet time: 1hrs 7mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
What is the thickest layer of the Earth?
a)
the crust
b)
the mantle
c)
the outer core
d)
the inner core
2.
What describes the outer core?
a)
solid
b)
liquid
c)
viscous
d)
gas
3.
Which layer of Earth has the GREATEST density?
a)
crust
b)
mantle
c)
outer core
d)
inner core
4.
Which layer of Earth is made up of tectonic plates?
a)
outer core
b)
inner core
c)
asthenosphere
d)
lithosphere
5.
This layer of Earth is solid Iron and Nickel
a)
Outer Core
b)
Mantle
c)
Inner Core
d)
Crust
6.
Which type of plate boundary would cause mountains to form
a)
Transform
b)
Convergent
c)
Divergent
d)
Reform
7.
California, Japan, Chile, Nepal, and India have all experienced earthquakes before. What type of plate boundary must be near
a)
Reform
b)
Divergent
c)
Convergent
d)
Transform
8.
What is the driving force to plate tectonics occurring when warm magma rises and cooler magma sinks?
a)
An oceanic current
b)
A conventional current
c)
A convection current
d)
A magnetic current
9.
What layer of the Earth do convection currents occur in?
a)
crust
b)
mantle
c)
outer core
d)
inner core
10.
What type of boundary occurs when two tectonic plates separate?
a)
divergent
b)
convergent
c)
transform
11.
Which layer of Earth has the property of plasticity?
a)
Mantle
b)
Asthenosphere
c)
Lithosphere
d)
Inner Core
12.
The asthenosphere is a semi-solid. Which of the following is the correct term that defines a solid that moves like a liquid?
a)
Proportionality
b)
Plasticity
c)
Magma
d)
Jelloicity
13.
Which of the following correctly lists the layers of the earth, starting with the center?
a)
inner core, outer core, mantle, asthenosphere, lithosphere, crust
b)
outer core, inner core, mantle, asthenosphere, lithosphere, crust
c)
inner core, outer core, mantle, lithosphere, asthenosphere, crust
d)
outer core, inner core, asthenosphere, lithosphere, mantle, crust
14.
Process in which one layer of the crust goes below another one into the mantle.
a)
Seismic waves
b)
Crust
c)
Subduction
d)
Asthenosphere
15.
When two tectonic plates slide past each other.
a)
transform boundaries
b)
divergent boundaries
c)
convergent boundaries
16.
When plates transform, what is most likely to occur?
a)
mountains are formed
b)
an earthquake
c)
volcanic island is formed
17.
When two plates move away from each other-
a)
convergent boundaries
b)
divergent boundaries
c)
transform boundaries
18.
Where tectonic plates diverge, what land form will most likely form?
a)
beach
b)
rift valley
c)
coral reef
19.
What happens at a convergent tectonic plate boundary?
a)
Two tectonic plates move past each other
b)
One tectonic plate pulls apart into two new plates, forming a ridge
c)
Two tectonic plates pull away from one another
d)
Two tectonic plates collide with one another, causing subduction or mountain building
20.
What happens at a divergent tectonic plate boundary?
a)
Two tectonic plates move past one another, forming fault lines
b)
Two tectonic plates pulls away from one another, forming a rift or ridge
c)
Two tectonic plates collide with one another, causing subduction or mountain building
21.
What happens at a transform tectonic plate boundary?
a)
Two tectonic plates move past each other, forming long fault lines
b)
One tectonic plate pulls apart into two new plate, forming a rift or ridge
c)
Two tectonic plates pull away from one another, decreasing the elastic deformation
d)
Two tectonic plates collide with one another, causing subduction or mountain building
22.
What can form at convergent boundaries?
a)
Mountains
b)
Volcanoes
c)
Rift Valley
d)
Mountains and volcanoes
23.
What occurs at some divergent boundaries?
a)
Sea floor spreading
b)
Mountain building
c)
Subduction
d)
Plates slide past each other
24.
There is a new student at your school from California. She explains that they had earthquake drills at their school. Why do you think California schools have these drills?
a)
Earthquakes can happen anywhere... including California.
b)
California is at a divergent boundary.
c)
The San Andres fault is in California. It is a transform boundary.
d)
California just likes to be on the safe side!
25.
What layer do tectonic plates float on?
a)
Lithosphere
b)
Mesosphere
c)
Inner core
d)
Asthenosphere
26.
Sand Andreas Fault formed at this type of boundary-
a)
Transform Boundary
b)
Convergent Boundary
c)
Divergent Boundary
d)
Hot Spot
27.
This image is of...
a)
Transform Boundary
b)
Convergent Boundary
c)
Divergent Boundary
28.
The circular pattern of heating, rising, cooling, sinking of magma in the mantle causing tectonic plates to move.
a)
Plate Tectonics
b)
Convection Currents
c)
Pangaea
d)
Subduction
29.
Volcanoes are most often formed at this boundary.
a)
Divergent
b)
Convergent
c)
Normal
d)
Transform
30.
The Mid-Atlantic Ridge is formed at this boundary.
a)
Divergent
b)
Convergent
c)
Normal
d)
Transform
31.
Volcanoes form with at type of boundary-
a)
convergent continent to continent
b)
divergent continental
c)
convergent continent to ocean
d)
transform
32.
Islands form with at type of boundary-
a)
convergent ocean to ocean
b)
convergent continental to continental
c)
convergent ocean to continental
d)
transform
33.
Himilayan Mountains
a)
converging continent to continent
b)
earthquake in subduction zone
c)
converging ocean to continent
d)
transformational
34.
What causes the tectonic plates to move?
a)
convection of magma
b)
the earth's magnetic field
c)
the earth spinning
d)
earth's gravitational pull
35.
10
a)
African Plate
b)
South American Plate
c)
North American Plate
d)
Australian Plate
36.
11
a)
Pacific Plate
b)
South American Plate
c)
Australian Plate
d)
North American Plate
37.
12
a)
North American Plate
b)
Pacific Plate
c)
South American Plate
d)
African Plate
38.
13
a)
African Plate
b)
Pacific Plate
c)
North American Plate
d)
Australian Plate
39.
14
a)
African Plate
b)
Indo-Australian Plate
c)
South American Plate
d)
North American Plate
40.
What causes the tectonic plates to move?
a)
Conduction from the mantle
b)
Convection from the mantle
c)
Radiation from the mantle
41.
What process causes new oceanic crust?
a)
Continental drift
b)
Sea floor spreading
c)
Earthquakes
d)
Radiation
42.
Sea floor spreading happens at what type of boundary
a)
Divergent
b)
Convergent
c)
Transform
d)
Mountainous
43.
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
44.
Marble is formed when intense heat and pressure is applied to limestone. What type of rock is marble?
a)
A) metamorphic
b)
B) sedimentary
c)
C) extrusive igneous
d)
D) intrusive igneous
45.
This rock was formed by smaller pieces of rock that settled at the bottom of a lake millions of years ago. What type of rock is this?
a)
Sedimentary
b)
Igneous
c)
Metamorphic
46.
This rock was molten lava that cooled quickly as it came out of a volcano. What type of rock is this?
a)
Sedimentary
b)
Igneous
c)
Metamorphic
47.
In order for a metamorphic rock to form, _______ is needed.
a)
Pressure
b)
Heat
c)
Heat and Pressure
d)
Weathering
48.
Which type of rock forms from extreme heat and pressure?
a)
Igneous
b)
Sedimentary
c)
Organic
d)
Metamorphic
49.
Which type of rock results from melting and cooling of magma?
a)
Igneous
b)
Metamorphic
c)
Sedimentary
d)
Extrusive
50.
A metamorphic rock changes into an igneous rock by what two processes?
a)
Melting and cooling
b)
Extreme heat and pressure
c)
Compaction and cementation
d)
Weathering and erosion
51.
When sediments are pressed together tightly, this is called ____________.
a)
Compaction
b)
Cementation
c)
Weathering
d)
Erosion
52.
This rock started as lava that cooled and then was heated and put under pressure over time. What type of rock is this?
a)
Sedimentar
b)
Igneous
c)
Metamorphic
53.
This rock is made from tiny pieces of other rocks that settled to the bottom of a valley millions of years ago. What type of rock is this?
a)
Sedimentary
b)
Igneous
c)
Metamorphic
54.
This rock was molten magma that slowly cooled under the ground. What type of rock is this?
a)
Sedimentar
b)
Igneous
c)
Metamorphic
55.
Each rock type can follow only one pathway of the rock cycle.
a)
True
b)
False
56.
This rock was formed by lots of fossils that settled on top of each other over time. What type of rock is this?
a)
Sedimentary
b)
Igneous
c)
Metamorphic
57.
A metamorphic rock changes into an igneous rock by what two processes?
a)
Melting and cooling
b)
Extreme heat and pressure
c)
Compaction and cementation
d)
Weathering and erosion
58.
Igneous and metamorphic rocks go through ____________________________ to become sediment.
a)
weathering and erosion
b)
heat and pressure
c)
melting and cooling
d)
compacting and cementing
59.
Which type of rock belongs in position 2?
a)
Sedimentary Rock
b)
Igneous Rock
c)
Metamorphic Rock
60.
Which type of rock belongs in position 1?
a)
Sedimentary Rock
b)
Igneous Rock
c)
Metamorphic Rock
61.
How should rock type 1 be labeled?
a)
sedimentary
b)
metamorphic
c)
igneous
62.
How should rock type 2 be labeled?
a)
sedimentary
b)
metamorphic
c)
igneous
63.
This property describes the color of the mineral in powder form.
a)
Color
b)
Streak
c)
Cleavage
d)
Fluorscence
64.
Which property can be a different color from the mineral.
a)
Streak
b)
Color
c)
Crystal
d)
Fracture
65.
Which property describes how a mineral refelcts light?
a)
Fracture
b)
Color
c)
Streak
d)
Luster
66.
Which property describes a minerals resistance to being scratched?
a)
Fracture
b)
Hardness
c)
Cleavage
d)
Luster
67.
What is the name of the scale that test the hardness of a mineral?
a)
Mah's scale
b)
Moh's scale
c)
Mineral scale
d)
Mike's scale
68.
Why should the property of color not be used alone to identify a mineral?
a)
People are color blind and can't see the different colors.
b)
Minerals occur in a range of colors.
c)
Minerals are colorless
d)
Color is the best way to identify a mineral
69.
A mineral is made up of one or more of the following...
a)
ores
b)
rocks
c)
compounds
d)
elements
70.
Which of the following is one way to tell which of two minerals is harder?
a)
The harder mineral will mark a penny.
b)
The harder mineral will attract a magnet
c)
The harder mineral will scratch the softer one.
d)
The harder mineral cannot be scratched by steel.
71.
A mineral with the hardness of 5 can do which of the following?
a)
scratch every mineral with a higher hardness
b)
scratch a steel nail
c)
only scratch another 5
d)
scratch anything with a hardness of 5 or less.
72.
What are the two types of luster?
a)
Metallic and Metallic
b)
Nonmetallic and Shiny
c)
Metallic and Nonmetallic
d)
Shiny and Dull
73.
Using this scale, which mineral can scratch fluorite?
a)
Talc
b)
Gypsum
c)
Apatite
d)
Calcite
74.
Can a penny scratch fluorite?
a)
Yes
b)
No
75.
Refer to the Mohs Hardness Scale. A mineral with a hardness of 7 can scratch -
a)
orthoclase feldspar, but cannot scratch talc
b)
calcite, but cannot scratch apatite.
c)
topaz, but cannot scratch fluorite
d)
gypsum, but cannot scratch corundum
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