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Earth Systems

Total questions: 19

Worksheet time: 16mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
Which of these geoscience process takes the longest amount of time?
a)
tornado
b)
landslide
c)
flash flood
d)
delta formation
2.

Natural processes that happen on Earth are called ____ processes.

a)

slow

b)

historic

c)

landmark

d)

Geoscience

3.
The continuous movement of the continents.
a)
geoscience
b)
rain
c)
wind
d)
plate tectonics
4.
What force is responsible for erosion and deposition in landslides?
a)
gravity
b)
ice
c)
wind
d)
temperature
5.
The process by which water, ice, wind, and gravity remove and transport sediments from one place to another.
a)
erosion
b)
weathering
6.
Caves being formed by acid rain dissolving underground limestone.
a)
weathering
b)
erosion
c)
deposition
7.
Which of the following is a large scale geoscience process?
a)
landslides
b)
tectonic plate movement
c)
river erosion
d)
formation of caves
8.

Which term matches the definition below? "events that occur over a short period of time and/or affect a relatively small area?

a)

small scale geoscience processes

b)

large scale geoscience processes

c)

gradual geoscience processes with sudden catastrophic events

9.

A landslide is an example of ___________.

a)

a small scale processes

b)

a large scale process

c)

a gradual process with sudden catastrophic event

10.

Who came up with the theory of continental drift?

a)

Alfred Wegener

b)

Harry Hess

c)

Albert Einstein

11.

What is the name of the super continent that occured 225 million years ago?

a)

Pangaea

b)

Wegener

c)

Plate tectonics

d)

continental crust

12.

Which boundary is most likely to build mountains?

a)

convergent

b)

divergent

c)

transform

13.

What type of boundary is also called a sliding boundary?

a)

convergent

b)

divergent

c)

transform

14.

Where is a rift valley formed?

a)

Diverging continental crust

b)

Converging continental crust

c)

Converging continental and oceanic crust

d)

Transform boundary

15.

all continents were once connected in a single landmass that broke apart about 200 million years ago and drifted slowly to their current positions

a)

continental drift

b)

seafloor spreading

c)

converge

d)

Pangaea

16.

Hess' theory that new seafloor is formed when magma is forced upward toward the surface at mid-ocean ridge

a)

seafloor spreading

b)

continental drift

c)

diverge

d)

Pangaea

17.

Which is the remains, traces, or imprint of an ancient living thing preserved in rock?

a)

glacier

b)

Pangaea

c)

fossil

d)

Ice Age

18.
Which piece of evidence did Wegener use to prove continental drift?
a)
The shape of the continents
b)
Similar fossils found on separate continents
c)
Tree fossils found in odd places
d)
All of the above
19.

Why was the Mesosaurus (Alligator looking dinosaurs) found on different continents?

a)

They are good swimmers

b)

Mesosaurus live in warm places

c)

Africa and south america were once connected

d)

They were already on their own continents from the beginning