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Total questions: 67
Worksheet time: 38mins
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1.
In sea-floor spreading, molten material rises from the mantle and erupts
a)
along the edges of all the continents
b)
along mid ocean ridges
c)
in deep ocean trenches
d)
at the north and south poles
2.
Most geologists think that the movement of Earth's plates is caused by
a)
conduction
b)
earthquakes
c)
convection currents in the mantle
d)
Earth's magnetic field.
3.
The presence of the same ________ on several continents supports the idea of continental drift.
a)
rocks
b)
fossils
c)
both fossils and rocks
d)
neither fossils nor rocks
4.
The youngest material of the ocean floor is found at mid-ocean _________.
a)
ridges
b)
trenches
c)
basins
d)
rifts
5.
Matching ________ on different continents are evidence for continental drift.
a)
weather systems
b)
river systems
c)
rock structures
d)
wind systems
6.
What is the correct order (starting from the surface) of Earth’s layers?
a)
mantle, outer core, inner core, crust
b)
crust, mantle, outer core, inner core
c)
outer core, inner core, crust, mantle
d)
crust, outer core, inner core, mantle
7.
At a convergent boundary, how can you determine which plate will be subducted under the other?
a)
the denser plate is subducted under the less dense plate
b)
the younger plate is subducted under the older plate
c)
the plate nearest the poles is subducted under the plate nearer the equator
d)
the plate with greater magnetic properties will be subducted under the less magnetic plate
8.
This is a picture of glacier scars found in Africa. What are these evidence for?
a)
Africa has always been near the equator
b)
Africa was once in an area of the Earth that had a very cold climate
c)
The continents have not moved
d)
sea floor spreading
9.
What occurs when an oceanic plate meets a continental plate
a)
Subduction
b)
Mountains Form
c)
Seafloor Spreading
d)
Convection Currents
10.
What is an example of divergent boundary movement?
a)
Volcanoes
b)
Mountains
c)
Trenches & Rift Valleys
d)
Faults
11.
The collision of which two plates form mountain ranges?
a)
Oceanic-Continental
b)
Continental-Continental
c)
Oceanic-Oceanic
d)
Continental-Oceanic
12.
Which part is the soft layer of the mantle where convection currents occur?
a)
Asthenosphere
b)
Convectosphere
c)
Lithosphere
d)
Mantle
13.
Which type of crust is more dense?
a)
Oceanic Crust
b)
Lithospheric Crust
c)
Continental Crust
d)
Convection Crust
14.
Which is the thickest layer found between the crust and the core?
a)
Lithosphere
b)
Crust
c)
Outer Core
d)
Mantle
15.
Name the boundary
a)
Divergent
b)
Convergent
c)
Transform
16.
This area is responsible for 90% of all earthquakes in the world and contains numerous faults:
a)
Indian Ocean
b)
English Canal
c)
The Ring of Fire
d)
Mid-Atlantic Ridge
17.
What are the "waves" called that come from an earthquake?
a)
Thunder
b)
Seismic
c)
Hang 10
d)
Lava
18.
The huge pieces of the earth's crust are called ____________________________.
a)
crust
b)
plates
c)
directions
d)
seismos
19.
Many earthquakes happen along the borders of...
a)
Countries
b)
Tetonic Plates
c)
Climate Zones
d)
None of the above.
20.
Why do scientists expect earthquakes at the San Andreas fault?
a)
It is located at a transform boundary
b)
It is located near the ocean
c)
tacos
d)
turtles
21.
How do active volcanoes create more land?
a)
The lava cools and melts
b)
The lava heats and hardens
c)
The lava cools and hardens
d)
The volcanoes shoot through the ocean
22.
When rocks break and the energy that was stored in the rock is suddenly released
a)
volcano
b)
earthquake
c)
continental drift
d)
plate tectonics plate tectonics
23.
What seismic waves are first to arrive and can travel through anything?
a)
S
b)
L
c)
R
d)
P
24.
What seismic waves are last to arrive and are most destructive?
a)
L
b)
P
c)
S
d)
Q
25.
What do two convergent continental plates form?
a)
Mountains
b)
Rift valleys
c)
Deep ocean trench
d)
Subduction zone
26.
A sudden movement in part of the earth's crust is called what?
a)
friction
b)
plates
c)
earthquake
d)
tremors
27.
What is the name of the earth's outermost layer of solid rock?
a)
crust
b)
center
c)
mantle
d)
epicenter
28.
What does sensitive mean?
a)
able to pick up small changes or movements
b)
rubbing together
c)
the process of becoming liquid
d)
small quakes after the main one
29.
The layer of Earth between the crust and core is called what?
a)
molten
b)
plates
c)
mantle
d)
epicenter
30.
What are plates?
a)
sudden movements
b)
quivers
c)
sections of the Earth's crust that float aboce the mantle
d)
scientific instruments
31.
The rubbing of one thing against another is called what?
a)
liquefaction
b)
aftershocks
c)
tremors
d)
friction
32.
Where is the epicenter located?
a)
between the crust and mantle
b)
in the core of Earth
c)
directly over where an earthquake began, on the surface
d)
in the outermost layer of the Earth
33.
What is a crater?
a)
a bulge in the side of a volcano
b)
a change in weather patterns
c)
a dent in something
d)
an explosion
34.
A geologist studies what?
a)
the ocean
b)
outerspace
c)
the earth
d)
all living things
35.
Which of the following is NOT a cause of an earthquake?
a)
Collapse of Cavern
b)
Eruption of Volcano
c)
Lightning Strikes
d)
Moving Tectonic Plates
36.
What is a break in the lithosphere along which movement in an earthquake has first occurred?
a)
Earthquake
b)
Epicenter
c)
Fault
d)
Focus
37.
Where is the point at which the first movement occurs during an earthquake?
a)
Epicenter
b)
Focus
c)
Fault
d)
Plate
38.
Where is the point on the Earth’s surface directly above the focus of an earthquake?
a)
Epicenter
b)
Fault
c)
Hypocenter
d)
Tremor
39.
Which body wave squeezes and stretches rock materials as they pass through the Earth?
a)
Body Waves
b)
P Waves
c)
S Waves
d)
Surface Waves
40.
Which body waves cause particles of rock material to move at right angles to the direction in which the waves are traveling?
a)
Body Waves
b)
P Waves
c)
S Waves
d)
Surface Waves
41.
What is another term for P Wave?
a)
Compression Wave
b)
Principal Wave
c)
Shear Wave
d)
Secondary Wave
42.
S Waves can move through which of the following?
a)
Gas
b)
Liquid
c)
Solid
d)
All of these
43.
P Waves can move through which of the following?
a)
Gas
b)
Liquid
c)
Solid
d)
All of these
44.
What is an instrument that detects and records waves produced by earthquakes? (This piece of equipment can measure the magnitude of an earthquake.)
a)
Epicenter
b)
Fault
c)
Seismogram
d)
Seismograph
45.
What is the measure of the amount of energy released in an earthquake?
a)
Earthquake
b)
Epicenter
c)
Magnitude
d)
Seismogram
46.
Which scale rates earthquakes based on the amount of damage done?
a)
Mercalli Scale
b)
Richter Scale
c)
Seismogram Scale
d)
Bernoulli Scale
47.
Which scale measures the intensity of the ground movement?
a)
Mercalli Scale
b)
Richter Scale
c)
Seismogram Scale
d)
Bernoulli Scale
48.
What is the temporary state in which loose soil and rock materials take on the property of a liquid?
a)
Aftershock
b)
Liquefaction
c)
Seismic Gap
d)
Tsunami
49.
What is a smaller earthquake that follows a larger earthquake?
a)
Aftershock
b)
Liquefaction
c)
Seismic Gap
d)
Tsunami
50.
What is a large ocean wave that results from an underwater earthquake, landslide, or volcanic eruption?
a)
Aftershock
b)
Liquefaction
c)
Seismic Gap
d)
Tsunami
51.
What is an area along a seismically active fault where no earthquake activity has occurred over a long period of time?
a)
Aftershock
b)
Liquefaction
c)
Seismic Gap
d)
Tsunami
52.
What is the opening in Earth's crust through which molten rock, gases, and ash erupt?
a)
Divergent Boundary
b)
Magma
c)
Subduction Boundary
d)
Volcano
53.
What is molten rock that has formed deep within the Earth?
a)
Hot Spot
b)
Magma
c)
Lava
d)
Volcano
54.
Why does magma tend to rise to the surface?
a)
It has large amounts of silica.
b)
It contains very little silica.
c)
It is denser than the surrounding material.
d)
It is less dense than the surrounding material.
55.
The formation of magma depends on which set of conditions?
a)
Pressure, Density, and Water Content
b)
Temperature, Density, and Pressure
c)
Temperature, Density, and Water Content
d)
Temperature, Pressure, and Water Content
56.
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
57.
What is the principal ingredient to all types of magma?
a)
Iron
b)
Magnesium
c)
Silica
d)
Water
58.
What is the resistance of a liquid, such as lava, to flow?
a)
Elasticity
b)
Pyroclasticity
c)
Silica
d)
Viscosity
59.
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
60.
What type of volcano is made of lava fragments that have been ejected from a volcanic vent?
a)
Caldera
b)
Cinder Cone
c)
Composite Volcano
d)
Shield Volcano
61.
Where are most volcanoes found?
a)
Southern Hemisphere
b)
Ring of Fire
c)
Mid-Atlantic Ridge
d)
Hot Spots
62.
What is molten rock that has reached the Earth's surface?
a)
Aa
b)
Lava
c)
Magma
d)
Pahoehoe
63.
What kind of magma produces violent volcanic eruptions?
a)
Magma low in silica
b)
Magma that is fluid, and runny
c)
Magma that is high in gas content
d)
Magma rich in iron
64.
What do you call a large crater formed by the collapse of a volcano?
a)
Caldera
b)
Cinder Cone
c)
Composite Volcano
d)
Shield Volcano
65.
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
66.
What factor(s) determine(s) whether an eruption will be explosive?
a)
The amount of gases in the magma
b)
The amount of silica in the magma
c)
The amount of gas and silica in the magma
d)
None of these affect the explosiveness of the volcano
67.
Which volcanic eruption was an example of pyroclastic flow?
a)
Mount Vesuvius buried the Roman city of Pompeii.
b)
Kilauea is currently forming the Hawaiian Islands.
c)
The Columbia Plateau was formed in parts of Washington, Oregon, and Hawaii.
d)
Mauna Loa is a shield volcano that was formed on Hawaii.
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