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Geology Core Review

Total questions: 12

Worksheet time: 6mins

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1.

Which list of layers are the compositional layers?

a)

Crust, Mantle, Outer Core, Inner Core

b)

Lithosphere, Asthenosphere, Core

c)

Crust, Mantle, Core

d)

Lithosphere, Mantle, Outer Core, Inner Core

2.

Which of the following causes magma inside the Earth to rise toward the surface.

a)

The magma is becoming cooler and less dense

b)

The magma is becoming cooler and denser

c)

The magma is becoming warmer and denser

d)

The magma is becoming warmer and less dense

3.

The convection currents that drive the plate motion are found primarily in which layer of the Earth?

a)

Asthenosphere

b)

Crust

c)

Inner Core

d)

Lithosphere

4.

Why wasn't Wegener's Continental Drift hypothesis accepted.

a)

continental landmasses were too big to move slowly over Earth’s surface

b)

magnetic and sonar data proved that Wegener’s hypothesis was incorrect

c)

mantle convection currents weren’t in motion at that time

d)

Wegener couldn’t explain why or how the continents moved

5.

Which of the following best describes the value of studying geology?

a)

Geology isn’t as important as the other types of science, like astronomy.

b)

Rocks have stories to tell. By learning more about the rocks, we can learn more about Earth’s history.

c)

There is no value because rocks change so frequently that we can’t really understand them.

d)

Understanding rocks will really impress your friends.

6.

As rock moves away from the mid ocean ridge it gets __________ than the rock being produced at the ridge.

a)

Older

b)

Younger

c)

Magnetic

7.

Which theory combined the theories of Wegener, Hess, and others.

a)

Continental Drift

b)

Sea Floor Spreading

c)

Ridge Push and Slab Pull

d)

Plate Tectonics

8.

Which explanation is correct about hot spots.

a)

Hot spots move under a stationary lithospheric plate

b)

Hot spots remain stationary

c)

Hot spots do not move but melt through a non moving lithospheric plate

d)

Hot spots do not move but repeatedly melt through a moving lithospheric plate.

9.

Why are so many Earthquakes and Volcanoes found at convergent plate boundaries.

a)

Because energy is escaping from inside the earth through the middle of the tectonic plates.

b)

Because energy is escaping from inside the earth around the edges of the tectonic plates.

c)

The earth is absorbing energy at those locations.

d)

Because scientists knew that that is where the tectonic plates are so they just wanted to outline each of the plates.

10.

Which plate is plate E?

a)

South American Plate

b)

Pacific Plate

c)

North American Plate

d)

Juan De Fuca Plate

11.

Which plate is plate B?

a)

South American Plate

b)

Pacific Plate

c)

North American Plate

d)

Juan De Fuca Plate

12.

Which of the following would you expect to form at a convergent boundary between two pieces of oceanic lithosphere.

a)

Inland Volcanoes

b)

Volcanic Island Arcs

c)

Mid-ocean Ridges

d)

Massive mountain ranges without any volcanoes