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Unit 5 Test

Total questions: 11

Worksheet time: 21mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Place the numbers in order from oldest to youngest.

a)

5,4,3,6,2,1

b)

1,2,3,4,5,6

c)

5,4,3,2,6,1

d)

I can't make order from oldest to youngest!

2.

Scientists determine relative dating of the black bands in the core samples pictured below?

a)

True

b)

False

3.

Knowing that this lizard fossil is found on two different continents separated by water, provides evidence for what?

a)

Lizard is died in past

b)

Tectonic plate movement

c)

Earthquake

d)

Sea-floor Spreading

4.

The areas highlighted in yellow are a mountain range. What might explain how they were separated?

a)

The mid-ocean ridge slowly pulled them

apart through a process called

sea-floor spreading.

b)

The sea-floor spreading slowly pulled them

apart through a process called mid-ocean ridge.

c)

The sea-floor spreading slowly pulled them

apart through a process called

earthquake.

d)

I don't know

5.

What kind of boundary is primarily dominant in the Atlantic Ocean, where the seafloor is spreading?

a)

Convergent Boundaries

b)

Divergent Boundaries

c)

Transform Boundaries

6.

The glaciers on the continents pictured below provide evidence for what?

a)

The continents were once connected

near the north pole.

b)

The continents were once disconnected

near the south pole.

c)

The continents were once connected

near the south pole.

d)

The continents were once disconnected

near the north pole.

7.

What tool can be used to predict volcanic eruptions, landslides, earthquakes and tsunamis?

a)

Seismometer

b)

Seismograph

c)

Old radio

d)

I don't know

8.

What kind of information can help predict future eruptions? One way scientists monitor volcanoes is by using a tool, called a seismometer, on the volcano that measures the strength of earthquakes. In addition, visual observations are frequently made.

a)

TRUE!

b)

FALSE!

9.

Where are landslides most likely to occur? _____ coastal regions near the _____.

a)

hilly

b)

volcano

c)

ocean

d)

earthquakes

e)

I don't know

10.

Where might we install technology to detect tsunami threats?

a)

Sets of buoys located at various distances from the shoreline that measure changes in water level after an earthquake

b)

Sets of India located at various distances from the shoreline that measure changes in Mount Everest after an earthquake

c)

Sets of water located at various distances from the shoreline that measure changes in buoys level after an earthquake

d)

I don't know

11.

Bonus Question: Do you believe in yourself for a test that you would pass the test?

a)

Yes!

b)

No!