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WorksheetsRock Cycle and Plate Tectonics
Total questions: 50
Worksheet time: 50mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
Which boundary creates mountains?
a)
Convergent boundary
b)
divergent boundary
c)
transforming bounday
d)
mid ocean ridges
2.
Which layer of the earth holds our tectonic plates?
a)
the asthenosphere
b)
the mantle
c)
the lithosphere
d)
the inner core
3.
what is the rock cycle?
a)
sedimentary rock
b)
metamorphic rock
c)
the circle of life
d)
the process that rocks go through to be formed, and transformed.
4.
what is a convergent boundary?
a)
when two tectonic plates collide, causing a mountain range or a volcano to form.
b)
when two plates slide against eachother causing a earthquake to happen.
c)
when two plates move in opposite directions of each other.
5.
Which earth's layer has convection currents located inside of it.
a)
the inner core
b)
the mantle
c)
the continental crust
d)
the oceanic crust
6.
what causes fault lines in the earths surface?
a)
convergent boundaries
b)
transforming boundaries
c)
boundaries
d)
earths boundaries
7.
How are metamorphic rocks formed?
a)
through compaction and cementation
b)
through heat and melting
c)
through heat and pressure
d)
through cemntation and pressure.
8.
How are igneous rocks formed?
a)
through melting and hardening
b)
through heat and pressure
c)
through compaction and cementation
d)
through melting and pressure
9.
which layer of the earth is the thickest?
a)
the inner core
b)
the crust
c)
the outer core
d)
the mantle.
10.
what is magma?
a)
magma is the molten rock that is outside the volcano
b)
magma is the molten rock that has erupted
c)
magma is the molten rock inside a volcano
d)
magma is cooled lava
11.
What causes our plates to move?
a)
hurricane winds
b)
water currents
c)
geothermal waves
d)
convection currents.
12.
Extreme Heat and Pressure creates a _________ rock.
a)
Igneous
b)
Metamorphic
c)
Sedimentary
d)
Mineral
13.
The three groups of rocks are classified by
a)
How they form
b)
Color
c)
Grain size
d)
Chemical Composition
14.
A rock was found near the mouth of a volcano. What type of rock is this?
a)
Sedimentary
b)
Igneous
c)
Metamorphic
15.
Rock made from existing rock that is changed by heat and pressure.
a)
Intrusive
b)
Metamorphic
c)
Igneous
d)
Extrusive
16.
When rocks are broken down into small pieces, like sand and gravel, the pieces are known as_____.
a)
magma
b)
sediment
c)
sedimentary rocks
d)
compaction
17.
A rock at the Earth’s surface is primarily affected by forces of _____
a)
heat and pressure
b)
pressure only
c)
weathering and erosion
d)
heat only
18.
A never ending process by which rocks are changed from one type to another.
a)
weathering and erosion
b)
rock cycle
c)
heat and pressure
d)
pressing and cementing
19.
What are the 3 major types of rocks?
a)
Igneous, Metamorphic, Sedimentary
b)
Metamorphic, Igneous, Cementation
c)
Brown, Red, Gray
d)
Streak, Hardness, Breakage
20.
What are the two types of weathering?
a)
chemical & physical
b)
crystallization & erosion
c)
erosion
d)
chemical & erosion
21.
A rock undergoes__________when natural processes change its composition
a)
Convergent Change
b)
Foliation
c)
Chemical Weathering
d)
Physical Weathering
22.
The flowing portion of the upper mantle where plates float is the ___________
a)
Asthenosphere
b)
Crust
c)
Lithosphere
d)
Core
23.
When weathered sediments and soil are carried away, ____________ occurs
a)
Erosion
b)
Weathering
c)
Evaporation
d)
Riparian Buffer
24.
The theory that explains how large pieces of the lithosphere move.
a)
Plate tectonics
b)
Continental drift
c)
Sea-floor spreading
d)
Accretion
25.
Region along a plate boundary where one plate moves under another plate.
a)
Deep-ocean trench
b)
Subduction zone
c)
Mid-ocean ridge
d)
Rift
26.
What type(s) of crust can be on a tectonic plate?
a)
Neither oceanic or continental
b)
Both oceanic and continental
c)
Only oceanic
d)
Only continental
27.
What is the Pacific Ring of Fire
a)
A group of igneous rocks
b)
A group of metamorphic rocks
c)
A zone of active volcanoes
d)
A group of sedimentary rocks
28.
Wind, water, and ice breaking down rock is called
a)
Erosion
b)
Deposition
c)
Compaction
d)
Weathering
29.
Fossils are often found in ____________ because it is formed from the remains of once living things.
a)
metamorphic
b)
magma
c)
igneous
d)
sedimentary
30.
What is a sediment
a)
small bits of rock, pebble and sand
b)
liquid rock
c)
boulders and caves
31.
What happens when weathering and erosion work together?
a)
New Mountains are formed
b)
The climate changes overtime
c)
Metal pieces become rusty
d)
They change the Earth's surface
32.
the theory that the continents were once joined and then slowly drifted apart.
a)
Magma
b)
Continental Drift
c)
Mantle
d)
Continental Shelf
33.
a crack or break in the earth’s crust.
a)
Fold
b)
Fault
c)
Weathering
d)
Erosion
34.
The process by which sediment is moved from one place to another. Can be caused by water, wind, ice, and gravity.
a)
Rock Cycle
b)
Uplift
c)
Deposition
d)
Erosion
35.
What happens to pressure as we move from the crust to the inner core?
a)
Pressure Decreases
b)
Pressure Increases
c)
Nothing
36.
What happens to temperature as we move from the crust to the inner core?
a)
Decreases
b)
Increases
37.
What are the two types of crust
a)
continental and oceanic
b)
ocean and upper
c)
lower and upper
d)
pizza and subway
38.
What is the correct order (starting from the surface) of Earth's layers?
a)
crust, outer core, inner core, mantle
b)
mantle, outer core, inner core, crust
c)
crust, mantle, outer core, inner core
d)
outer core, inner core, crust, mantle
39.
The cycle that powers the ocean currents, weather, and tectonic plates it called
a)
conduction current
b)
radiation
c)
condition current
d)
convection current
40.
In convection, WARM air
a)
Rises
b)
Sinks
41.
Supporting Evidence: discovery of Mid-Atlantic Ridge, core rock samples showing older rocks the farther that you get from the mid ocean ridge
a)
Continental Drift
b)
Seafloor Spreading
c)
Plate Tectonics
42.
Name this plate boundary.
a)
divergent
b)
convergent
c)
transform
d)
allegiant
43.
Name this plate boundary.
a)
divergent
b)
convergent
c)
transform
d)
transformers
44.
Name this plate boundary.
a)
divergent
b)
convergent
c)
transform
d)
insurgent
45.
200-300 million years ago, the continents were joined in a single land mass called...
a)
Pan America
b)
Pangaea
c)
Pan Acean
d)
'Murica
46.
Who is known as the "Father of Continental Drift"?
a)
Harry Hess
b)
Abraham Ortelius
c)
Alfred Wegner
d)
John Tuzo Wilson
47.
This type of weathering occurs when rock is physically broken down into smaller pieces of rock.
a)
mechanical weathering
b)
chemical weathering
c)
erosion weathering
d)
deposition
48.
This type of weathering occurs when rocks weaken then break down due to chemical changes in the composition of the rock.
a)
mechanical weathering
b)
chemical weathering
c)
erosion weathering
d)
deposition
49.
What is the major cause of weathering and erosion?
a)
wind
b)
ice
c)
glaciers
d)
moving water
50.
This famous transform fault is located in the western United States creates significant earthquake activity for California
a)
New Madrid
b)
Denali Fault
c)
Ramapo Seismic Zone
d)
San Andreas
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