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WorksheetsConstructive Forces Quiz
Total questions: 79
Worksheet time: 59mins
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Class
Date
1.
What is molten rock that has formed deep within the Earth?
a)
Hot Spot
b)
Magma
c)
Lava
d)
Volcano
2.
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.
3.
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
4.
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
5.
What is the principal ingredient to all types of magma?
a)
Iron
b)
Magnesium
c)
Silica
d)
Water
6.
Which type of magma has the lowest amount of silica content?
a)
Andesitic Magma
b)
Basaltic Magma
c)
Rhyolitic Magma
d)
Viscous Lava
7.
What is the resistance of a liquid, such as lava, to flow?
a)
Elasticity
b)
Pyroclasticity
c)
Silica
d)
Viscosity
8.
What are solid rock fragments that are ejected during a volcanic eruption?
a)
Lahar
b)
Magma
c)
Pyroclastic Material
d)
Silica
9.
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
10.
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
11.
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
12.
What type of volcano is Mount St. Helens?
a)
Caldera
b)
Cinder Cone
c)
Composite Volcano
d)
Shield Volcano
13.
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
14.
The volcanoes along converging oceanic plate boundaries may form
a)
a hot spot
b)
a part of the mid-ocean ridge
c)
an island arc
d)
a subducting plate
15.
Highly explosive volcanoes tend to have what type of magma?
a)
magma with high silica, high viscosity, and higher gas content
b)
magma with low silica, low viscosity, and lower gas content
c)
magma with low silica, high viscosity, and lower gas content
d)
magma with no silica, high viscosity, and no gas content
16.
How thick something is or the ability of a fluid or liquid to flow is its
a)
viscosity
b)
density
c)
velocity
d)
flowability
17.
What are the most explosive types of volcanoes?
a)
Shield
b)
Composite
c)
Cinder Cone
18.
What is a determining factor in which type of eruption will occur?
a)
the composition of the magma
b)
the size of the mountain
c)
the climate around the volcano
d)
the number of people living near the volcano
19.
Why do volcanoes form at convergent boundaries?
a)
Pressure is released making the melting point of the mantle rock lower.
b)
Water lowers the melting point of the mantle rock
c)
The temperature of the rock is increased.
d)
Pressure on the mantle rock is increased.
20.
Why do volcanoes form at divergent boundaries
a)
Water lowers the melting temperature of the mantle rock.
b)
Lowering the pressure lowers the melting point of the mantle rock.
c)
The temperature is increased.
d)
The pressure is increased
21.
Where is the largest Supervolcano in North America?
a)
beneath Mt St Helens
b)
in the Appalachian Mountians
c)
beneath Yellowstone
d)
beneath the Catskills Mountains
22.
Wide gentle sloping mountain from lava pouring out of the vent and hardens on top of previous layers
a)
Earthquake
b)
Cinder cone volcano
c)
Composite volcano
d)
Shield volcano
23.
A type of eruption where magma flows easily, thin runny lava oozes quietly from the vent
a)
Hawaiian eruption
b)
Pilinan eruption
c)
Strombolian eruption
24.
What type of volcanoes are not explosive and have runny lava flows?
a)
Shield
b)
Cinder cone
c)
Stratovolcano
25.
What type of volcano is explosive and violent?
a)
Shield
b)
Cinder cone
c)
Stratovolcano
26.
What type of volcano erupts with a pyroclastic flow?
a)
Shield
b)
Cinder cone
c)
Stratovolcano
27.
Volcanoes form because one plate moves under another, melts, and that magma rises to the Earth's surface. What process is this known as?
a)
Subduction
b)
Conduction
c)
Hot spot
d)
Radiation
28.
Which liquid is MOST viscous?
a)
Water
b)
Corn Syrup
c)
Shampoo
d)
Vegetable Oil
29.
What occurs during folding?
a)
When the rocks change color.
b)
When the rocks form and create a landslide.
c)
When the rock layers combine to create a mountain.
d)
When rock layer bend under stress.
30.
How do Volcanic mountains form?
a)
When rock combines with water to create a tight structure for a mountain.
b)
When lava forms into an island.
c)
When molten rock erupts on earth surface, and creates a mountain structure.
d)
When rock and lava form a beach.
31.
How do Folded Mountains form?
a)
Forms when layers are turned upside down.
b)
Forms when layers are small and begin to grow.
c)
Forms when layers are move downward into the core.
d)
Forms when layers are squeezed and pushed together upward.
32.
What type of stress is this?
a)
compression
b)
shearing
c)
tension
33.
What type of stress is this?
a)
compression
b)
shearing
c)
tension
34.
What type of stress causes these folds?
a)
compression
b)
shearing
c)
tension
35.
forms when a large piece of Earth's crust are tilted. uplifted, or dropped between large faults
a)
fault-block mountains
b)
uplifted mountains
c)
single volcanic peaks
d)
Basin and Range Province
36.
example of uplifted mountains
a)
Basin and Range Province
b)
Mauna Kea, Hawaii
c)
Adirondack Mountains
d)
pillow basalts
37.
Forms when large region of Earth's crust is uplifted as a unit
a)
Adirondack Mountains
b)
pillow basalts
c)
Basin and Range Province
d)
uplifted mountains
38.
example of fault-block mountains
a)
Mauna Kea, Hawaii
b)
pillow basalts
c)
Basin and Range Province
d)
ocean ridge
39.
form when plates move over hot spots in mantle
a)
ocean ridge
b)
single volcanic peaks
c)
Adirondack Mountains
d)
fault-block mountains
40.
example hot spot volcano
a)
Mauna Kea, Hawaii
b)
Basin and Range Province
c)
Adirondack Mountains
d)
fault-block mountains
41.
What type of mountain results from oceanic to oceanic convergence?
a)
spreading ridges
b)
uplifted mountains
c)
island arc complexes
d)
super volcano
42.
The Mid-Atlantic Ridge is ______________.
a)
a long chain of mountains
b)
single small mountains
c)
mountains extremely steep slopes
d)
made of granite
43.
The roots of mountains are __________.
a)
always as deep as the mountain is high
b)
often shallower than mountains height
c)
often many times deeper than the mountain is high
d)
always the same
44.
Which image best describes tensional stress?
a)
b)
c)
d)
45.
Folded mountains form ___.
a)
when a state of isostasy occurs
b)
when continents collide
c)
when continents diverge
d)
after huge earthquakes
46.
Intrusive Igneous rocks will be
a)
coarse grain
b)
fine grain
47.
What is the most common Extrusive igneous rock?
a)
Granite
b)
Basalt
c)
Pumice
d)
Scorie
48.
If an Igneous rock is dark-colored, what is the amount of silica?
a)
high
b)
low
c)
doesn't matter
49.
Is Granite high or low in Silica?
a)
high
b)
low
50.
High or Low Silica?
a)
high
b)
low
51.
Coarse or Fine?
a)
coarse
b)
fine
52.
How do Intrusive Igneous rocks cool?
a)
quickly
b)
slowly
c)
really fast
53.
Where can we find Basalt?
a)
mountains
b)
valleys
c)
deserts
d)
ocean floor
54.
Coarse or Fine
a)
coarse
b)
fine
55.
High or Low Silica?
a)
high
b)
low
56.
A slow cooling igneous rock will have _____ crystals
a)
large
b)
small
c)
average
d)
black
57.
Which igneous rock is an extrusive rock?
a)
porphyry
b)
rhyolite
c)
pegmatite
d)
granite
58.
This rock cooled on the outside of a volcano and contained air bubbles when it was forming. What type of texture is this?
a)
glassy
b)
vesicular
c)
coarse
d)
porphyritic
59.
According to the Bowen's reaction series, which mineral crystallizes at the hottest temperature?
a)
Olivine
b)
Pyroxene
c)
Sodium Feldpar
d)
Quartz
60.
According to the Bowen's Reaction Series, which mineral crystallize at the coolest temperature?
a)
Olivine
b)
Pyroxene
c)
Sodium Feldar
d)
Quartz
61.
What is the name of a mafic, intrusive igneous rock?
a)
Granite
b)
Rhyolite
c)
Gabbro
d)
Basalt
62.
Which of the following is a metamorphic rock?
a)
schist
b)
basalt
c)
limestone
d)
shale
63.
Which of the following is a non-foliated metamorphic rock?
a)
Slate
b)
marble
c)
gneiss
d)
sandstone
64.
Which of the following is not a metamorphic rock?
a)
quartzite
b)
shale
c)
gneiss
d)
marble
65.
When high grade metamorphic rocks are formed, the extreme heat and pressure is usually caused by the _______.
a)
contact metamorphism
b)
regional metamorphism
c)
both
d)
neither
66.
When non-foliated metamorphic rocks are formed, the extreme heat is usually caused by the _______ metamorphism.
a)
regional
b)
both
c)
conatct
d)
neither
67.
Metamorphic rocks are formed by ___.
a)
existing rocks are baked and squeezed by pressure
b)
small pieces of rock are compacted and cemented together
c)
magma or lava cools and hardens
d)
igneous rocks are broken into pieces
68.
Metamorphic rocks form from ___.
a)
igneous rocks
b)
other metamorphic rocks
c)
sedimentary rocks
d)
all types of rocks
69.
Metamorphic rocks change their size, shape, color and/or texture by doing all of the following EXCEPT ____.
a)
changing their chemical composition
b)
melting to form a new rock
c)
changing their mineral composition
d)
changing their crystal structure
70.
__________ metamorphic rocks have mineral grains that are not arranged in distinct bands.
a)
Conglomerate
b)
Non-foliated
c)
Foliated
d)
Permeated
71.
__________ metamorphism occurs when rock formations in the crust collide and build pressure
a)
Regional
b)
Forced
c)
Igneotrophic
d)
Contact
72.
__________ metamorphism occurs when magma heats the surrounding rock and changes it.
a)
Regional
b)
Forced
c)
Igneotrophic
d)
Contact
73.
How do metamorphic rocks form?
a)
Heat and Pressure
b)
Compaction & Cementation
c)
Cooling of Magma
d)
Sediments & Glue
74.
Which texture best describes the rock above?
a)
porphyritic
b)
nonfoliated
c)
foliated
d)
clastic
75.
What sedimentary rock is changed into quartzite during metamorphism?
a)
Shale
b)
Sandstone
c)
Limestone
d)
Conglomerate
76.
What sedimentary rock is changed into slate during metamorphism?
a)
Shale
b)
Limestone
c)
Sandstone
d)
Breccia
77.
Where do we usually find regional metamorphism?
a)
ocean floor
b)
mountain
c)
plate boundaries
d)
deserts
78.
Which is true of this image?
a)
All minerals form from magma at the same time.
b)
As minerals form, the composition of magma changes.
c)
As more magma is crystallized the number of atoms in magma remains constant.
d)
Igneous rocks form from precipitation in water.
79.
Which is true according to this image?
a)
Igneous rocks are formed from only one mineral type.
b)
More minerals form in magma as it heats up.
c)
The composition of magma is unchanged as it cools.
d)
Different minerals form as the magma cools through time.
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