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Earths Processes

Total questions: 16

Worksheet time: 12mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What are the Mechanical Layers?

a)

Core

b)

Lithosphere

c)

Asthenosphere

d)

Mantle

e)

Crust

2.

What are the Compositional Layers?

a)

core

b)

lithosphere

c)

asthenosphere

d)

mantle

e)

crust

3.

How are metamorphic rocks formed?

a)

Heat

b)

Pressure

c)

Cementation

d)

Heat and Pressure

4.

_______ is the process of weathered sediments being moved from one place to another.

a)

Mechanical weathering

b)

Sedimenting

c)

Erosion

d)

Chemical Weathering

5.

All the continents were once one; they were a single supercontinent called _______

a)

Laurasia

b)

Austrailia

c)

Gondwana

d)

Pangaea

6.

Plate tectonics are caused by __________________.

a)

Rotation of the core

b)

Magnetism

c)

Convection Currents

d)

Magic

7.

How are sedimentary rocks formed?

a)

Cementation and compaction

b)

Heat and pressure

c)

Erosion

d)

Weathering

8.

Intrusive igneous rock cools ______ while ______ the earth.

a)

quickly, outside

b)

quickly, inside

c)

slowly, outside

d)

slowly, inside

9.

Where do earthquakes occur?

a)

Divergent boundaries

b)

Convergent boundaries

c)

transform boundaries

d)

all of these

10.

Molten rock inside the earth is called _____

a)

Magma

b)

Lava

11.

Molten rock outside the earth is called ____

a)

Lava

b)

Magma

12.

The inner core is _____, and the outer core is _____.

a)

Liquid, Solid

b)

Solid, Liquid

c)

Liquid, Liquid

d)

Solid, Solid

13.

The core is mostly ____ and ______.

a)

Zircon and Morganite

b)

Magnesium and Iron

c)

Iron and Nickel

d)

Silicon and Oxygen

14.

The crust has a large amount of _______ and ______.

a)

dirt and rock

b)

Silicon and oxygen

c)

Aluminum and Morganite

d)

Beryllium and Krypton

15.

A useful tool for identifying minerals is a _____________

a)

Dichotomous key

b)

Plesiousous key

c)

Dichitimous key

d)

Flow chart

16.

What is the chemical formula for abenakiite?

a)

Na4(Ce3)6SiO(PO4)6(CO)2SO5

b)

Na26Ce6(SiO3)6(PO4)6(CO3)6(S42O2)0

c)

Abenakiite doesn't exist

d)

SiO4