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Unit 8 Review "Recycling Earth"

Total questions: 50

Worksheet time: 39mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
Which Virginia province is shown on the map? 
a)
Coastal Plain 
b)
Piedmont 
c)
Valley and Ridge 
d)
Blue Ridge 
2.
Which Virginia province is seen on this map? 
a)
Piedmont 
b)
Coastal Plain 
c)
Blue Ridge 
d)
Appalachian Plateau 
3.
In which province is Bituminous coal mined?
a)
Valley and Ridge
b)
Appalachian Plateau
c)
Blue Ridge
d)
Coastal Plain
4.
Most of the gravel and sand deposits in Virginia are found in which region?
a)
Coastal Plain
b)
Piedmont
c)
Valley & Ridge
d)
Blue Ridge
5.
The Fall Line is the natural border between which two regions?
a)
Appalachian Plateau & Valley & Ridge
b)
Blue Ridge & Coastal Plain
c)
Coastal Plain & Piedmont
d)
Blue Ridge & Piedmont
6.
Going in order from EAST to WEST what are the five Virginia Provinces?
a)
Piedmont, Coastal Plain, Appalachian Plateau, Valley and Ridge
b)
Valley and Ridge, Blue Ridge, Appalachian Plateau, Piedmont
c)
Appalachian Plateau, Valley and Ridge, Blue Ridge, Piedmont, Coastal Plain
d)
Coastal Plain, Piedmont, Blue Ridge, Valley and Ridge, Appalachian Plateau
7.
Which of Virginia's Physiographic Provinces has the youngest rocks?
a)
the Blue Ridge
b)
the Piedmont
c)
The Valley and Ridge
d)
The Coastal Plain
8.
What Physiographic Region of Virginia is West of the Coastal Plain and East of  the Blue Ridge
a)
Appalachian Plateau
b)
Valley and Ridge
c)
Piedmont
d)
Coastal Plain
9.

Rifting means.....

a)

to come together

b)

to break apart

c)

to slide past one another

d)

to not move

10.

The fall line is a crack that divides the Piedmont and Coastal plain region, it was created by... (choose all correct answers).

a)

rifting

b)

convergence

c)

divergence

d)

tranverse

11.

Where do we commonly find the newer crust?

a)

near every plate boundary

b)

near coastlines

c)

near mid ocean ridges

d)

on continents

12.

What information can we infer from this map? (choose all that apply)

a)

everywhere there is an earthquake, there is a volcano

b)

everywhere there is a volcano there typically is an earthquake

c)

most earthquakes and volcanoes happen around plate boundaries

d)

volcanoes and earthquakes are evenly spaced on Earth's surface

13.

Which of the following was NOT part of Wegener's evidence for Continental Drift?

a)

continents fit together like puzzle pieces

b)

matching fossils were found on opposite coastlines

c)

geophysical features, like mountain ranges, match up on different continents

d)

the mapping of the abyssal plain on the ocean floor.

14.

Which type of plate boundary would cause mountain folds to form?

a)

Transform

b)

Convergent

c)

Divergent

d)

Reform

15.
This layer of Earth is solid Iron and Nickel
a)
Outer Core
b)
Mantle
c)
Inner Core
d)
Crust
16.
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
17.
This layer of Earth is the thickest part
a)
crust
b)
outer core
c)
mantle
d)
inner core
18.

Where is the "ring of fire" located?

a)

near the east coast of virginia

b)

along the coastlines that border the Pacific Ocean

c)

the areas that surround the Indian Ocean

d)

a location in the Mid-Atlantic Ridge

19.
Which layer has convection currents?
a)
Inner Core
b)
Outer Core
c)
Mantle
d)
Crust
20.

subduction zones in the ocean can create which features?

a)

island arcs

b)

volcanoes

c)

trenches

d)

mountains

e)

all of the above

21.
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
22.
When one plate sides under neath another, it _________ and the magma _________.
a)
hardens, sinks
b)
melts, sinks
c)
hardens, rises
d)
melts, rises
23.
This landform can occur at a divergent plate boundary.
a)
ocean trench
b)
mid-ocean ridge
c)
tall mountains
d)
transform fault
24.
A continental rift valley can be formed from stretching continental crust at...
a)
transform plate boundaries
b)
convergent plate boundaries
c)
divergent plate boundaries
d)
all plate boundaries
25.
What is the name of the plate boundary that slides past each other?
a)
Divergent
b)
Convergent
c)
Transform
d)
Mr. C the Slide Man
26.
Transform boundaries are most likely to produce what phenomenon?
a)
volcanoes
b)
deep sea trenches
c)
underwater mountain ranges
d)
earthquakes
27.
Which of the following occurs because of convection currents?
a)
Tectonic plates on the crust move.
b)
The mantle increases in size.
c)
Pressure in the crust increases.
d)
Pressure in the crust decreases.
28.
Scientists think that convection currents that move the plates flow in Earth's
a)
Continental crust
b)
Oceanic crust
c)
Asthenosphere
d)
Lithosphere
29.
The mantle of Earth is made partly of magma. When magma rises and sinks, this is called ______________. 
a)
a conduction current
b)
a hot spot
c)
a volcanic eruption
d)
a convection current
30.
Which type of wave arrives to a point first?
a)
Primary Waves (P-Waves)
b)
Secondary Waves (S-Waves)
c)
Rayleigh Waves
d)
Love Waves
31.

Which classification of wave does the most damage?

a)

P Waves

b)

S Waves

c)

Surface Waves

d)

Love Waves

32.
We use this tool to measure seismic waves during earthquakes
a)
Seismographs
b)
magnitude
c)
actual magnitude
d)
sonograph
33.
This is the area beneath the Earth's surface where the earthquake begins
a)
epicenter
b)
focus
c)
fault line
d)
tectonic plate
34.
This is the area above ground where the earthquake starts
a)
focus
b)
epicenter
c)
p waves
d)
plate boundary
35.
S Waves travel through...
a)
Soilds
b)
Liquids
c)
Both
36.
P Waves travel through...
a)
Solids
b)
Liquids
c)
Both
37.
The volcanoes on the Hawaiian Islands form due to which of the following?
a)
Divergent Boundary
b)
Hot Spot
c)
Subduction Boundary
d)
Transform Boundary
38.
What type of volcano has steep slopes made of alternating layers of ash and silica rich lava?
a)
Caldera
b)
Cinder Cone
c)
Composite Volcano
d)

Shield Volcano

39.
What type of volcano is Kilauea, which is located in Hawaii?
a)
Caldera
b)
Cinder Cone
c)
Composite Volcano
d)
Shield Volcano
40.
Where are most volcanoes found?
a)
Southern Hemisphere
b)
Ring of Fire
c)
Mid-Atlantic Ridge
d)
Hot Spots
41.
Where do volcanoes come from?
a)
Places where plates move apart
b)
Places where plates are moving together
c)
Hot Spots
d)
All of these options
42.
Which layer of the Earth is the only liquid layer?
a)
Outer Core
b)
Inner Core
c)
Mantle
d)
Lithosphere
43.
What are the two type of crust?
a)
Continental and Landforms
b)
Oceanic and Mountains
c)
Mountains and Landforms
d)
Oceanic and Continental
44.
How are scientist able to estimate the thickness of each layer of the Earth?By studying __________
a)
 radio waves
b)
sonar waves
c)
laser waves
d)
seismic waves
45.
What type of fault is this?
a)
Normal Fault
b)
Reverse Fault
c)
Strike-Slip Fault
46.
Stretching rock so it becomes thinner in the middle is what kind of stress?
a)
tension
b)
compression
c)
shearing
47.
Which of these boundaries/stresses/faults all correctly go together?  Choose all that apply.
a)
normal, divergent, tension
b)
reverse, convergent, shearing
c)
strike-slip, transform, compression
48.
The type of stress that squeezes and shortens a body is __
a)
compression.
b)
tension.
c)
shear.
d)
deposition.
49.
a)
normal fault
b)
reverse fault
c)
strike-slip fault
50.
The surface along which rock break and slide past each other is called a:
a)
fracture
b)
fault
c)
joint

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