Worksheets6th Grade Spring ACP Review Part 2
Total questions: 25
Worksheet time: 13mins
A geologist is investigating changes that occur during the rock cycle. Which of the following takes place when an igneous rock turns into sedimentary rock?
Weathering
Deformation
Pressure increase
Temperature decrease
A geologist is investigating changes that occur during the rock cycle. Which of the following takes place when magma turns into igneous rock?
Heating
Cooling
Uplifting
Weathering
A volcanic eruption took place about 2 billion years ago and released lava onto Earth's surface. The lava cooled to form basalt. Which statement is true about basalt?
It's sedimentary
It's magma
It's igneous
It's metamorphic
The formation of igneous rock is related to magma. How is magma different from lava?
Lava is magma that erupts onto Earth's surface.
Lava is hot, liquid rock and magma is solidified lava.
Lava forms intrusive rocks and magma forms extrusive rocks.
Lava forms foliated rocks and magma forms nonfoliated rocks.
A scientist is conducting an experiment to investigate samples of metamorphic rock. Which best describes how all of the samples are formed?
Existing rocks were melted.
Molten rock was cooled slowly over time.
Other kinds of rocks were broken into pieces.
The molecules in existing rocks were rearranged.
Which of the major tectonic plates is composed mainly of oceanic lithosphere?
Pacific
African
Eurasian
South American
Which of the major tectonic plates is composed mainly of continental lithosphere?
Pacific
African
Eurasian
South American
Earth's lithosphere is separated into several, major tectonic plates. Which list contains only the names of major tectonic plates?
Pacific, Atlantic, Indian, Arctic, Southern
Antarctica, Africa, Europe, Australia, North America
lithosphere, asthenosphere, mesosphere, mantle, crust
North American, South American, Indo-Australian, Pacific, Eurasian
Which two plates on the diagram show a divergent boundary?
The Eurasian and Pacific plates
The South American and African plates
The North American and Pacific plates
The South American and Nazca Plates
Which tectonic plate is located south of the African Plate?
Eurasian
Cocos
Nazca
Antartic
Based on the direction of the Cocos Plate, what type of plate boundary likely exists between the Cocos Plate and the Caribbean Plate?
Transform
Divergent
Convection
Convergent
Most divergent plate boundaries lie under the world's oceans. Which of the following is a process that occurs at divergent boundaries?
magnetic reversals
recycling of crust material
formation of continental crust
formation of mid-ocean ridges
The figure above shows the process of subduction.
What processes are happening at the plate boundary shown in this figure?
The two tectonic plates are sliding past each other horizontally along Earth's surface.
The two tectonic plates are moving apart to create a mid-ocean ridge on the sea floor.
The two tectonic plates are converging so that a mountain range forms on the continent.
The two tectonic plates are diverging causing the continental plate to buckle and form mountains.
What happens at a divergent tectonic plate boundary?
Two tectonic plates move horizontally past one another.
Two tectonic plates pull away from one another, forming a rift valley or mid-ocean ridge.
Two tectonic plates come together to form a subduction zone and volcanic islands.
Two tectonic plates collide and cause mountains to form.
Which of the following geologic events is caused by the movement of tectonic plates?
Tides
Eclipse
Earthquake
Thunderstorm
Which is the main difference between inner planets and an outer planets?
Outer planets do not have moons.
Outer planets have shorter orbits around the sun.
Inner planets are made of dense rock.
Inner planets have asteroid belts that orbit around them
The arrow in the diagram of our solar system shown below is pointing to the location where many rock bodies orbit the sun between Mars and Jupiter.
These rock bodies are called ________
Comets
Asteroids
Meteors
Planets
Which of the following is the primary reason Venus is the hottest planet in the solar system?
The atmosphere of Venus reflects sunlight back into space.
The surface of Venus absorbs solar radiation from the sun.
The rotation of Venus affects how the sun's rays penetrate its atmosphere.
The atmosphere of Venus radiates heat back down to the surface of the planet.
Which of the following statements best describes the characteristics of the terrestrial planets?
small, dense, rocky surfaces
large, planetary rings; many moons
rocky cores; close to sun; surface craters
made up of hydrogen and helium; small; close to sun
How long does it take Neptune to complete one full revolution in Earth years?
82.4 years
164.8 years
329.6 years
659.2 years
Which of the following forces maintains the moon in orbit around Earth?
Magnetism
Gravity
Nuclear
Friction
Based on their surface gravities, which terrestrial planets would have the thickest atmospheres?
Mars and Venus
Earth and Venus
Mars and Mercury
Earth and Mercury
Based on their surface gravities, which terrestrial planets would have atmospheres that are the least thick?
Mars and Venus
Earth and Venus
Mars and Mercury
Earth and Mercury
The diagram above was drawn during a study of the relationship between gravitational attraction and distance.
Which statement best describes the diagram?
As objects are moved closer together, gravitational attraction increases.
The distance between objects does not affect gravitational attraction.
Gravitational attraction causes objects to move farther apart.
As objects are moved closer together, gravitational attraction decreases.
The solar system includes the planets, the moons of those planets, and the sun. Which of the following is true about the solar system?
The gravity of the sun does not affect the moons of the planets.
No gravity exists between Earth and the other planets or their moons.
Gravity exists between all parts of the solar system and holds it together.
Other planets exert gravity on Earth but do not exert gravity on Earth's moon.
