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Interactions in the Physical Environment

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 8mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Which of the following is NOT a type of plate boundary?

a)

Convergent

b)

Transform

c)

Resurgent

d)

Divergent

2.

Which of the following is NOT one of the four main types of volcanoes?

a)

Shield

b)

Cinder Cone

c)

Pyroclastic

d)

Strato

3.

We use this to measure the explosiveness of a volcanic eruption

a)

Geiger Counter

b)

Seismograph

c)

Richter Scale

d)

Volcanic Explosivity Index (VEI)

4.

Select the image that best exemplifies a destructive plate boundary

a)
b)
c)
d)
5.

This usually occurs when two plates share a transform boundary

a)

volcanic activity

b)

earthquakes

c)

mountains ranges

d)

massive flooding

6.

Which of the following are NOT associated with volcanic hazards?

a)

liquifaction

b)

pyroclastic flows

c)

lahars

d)

Lava Bombs

7.

Earthquakes are measured by all of these EXCEPT this

a)

magnitude

b)

moment magnitude

c)

aftershock

d)

intensity

8.

This is NOT one of the three main types of rocks

a)

pourous

b)

igneous

c)

sedimentary

d)

metamorphic

9.

The process that forms sedimentary rocks when layers of small sediments are compressed by the weight of the layers above.

a)

lithification

b)

compaction

c)

cementation

d)

stratification

10.

The factors that affect climate regions include all of these EXCEPT

a)

ocean currents

b)

relief or changes in elevation

c)

cloud cover

d)

latitude

11.

Which one is NOT a landform region of Canada

a)

The Everglades

b)

Hudson Bay & Arctic Lowlands

c)

Western Cordillera

d)

Interior Plains

12.

We can find evidence of global warming in which of these examples

a)

land and sea ice

b)

CO2 levels in the atmosphere

c)

ocean temperatures

d)

sea levels

e)

All of the above

13.

Most of the Earth's crust is made up of this type of rock

a)

sedimentary

b)

metamorphic

c)

igneous

d)

porous

14.

The Earth's crust is divided into _____ major plates

a)

8

b)

10

c)

12

d)

14

15.

The supercontinent from 225 million years ago was called _______.

a)

Nirvana

b)

Pangaea

c)

Wakanda

d)

Gaia