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WorksheetsMid Term Exam Review 2018
Total questions: 75
Worksheet time: 51mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
An educated guess that can be tested is
a)
a hyposthesis
b)
speculation
c)
theory
2.
The base unit for volume is the
a)
second
b)
gram
c)
meter
d)
liter
3.
The base unit for length is the
a)
second
b)
gram
c)
meter
d)
liter
4.
Convert 0.25 m to mm
a)
25
b)
2.5
c)
250
d)
0.025
5.
If you see something in the classroom or laboratory that is dangerous, tell the teacher
a)
when you have time.
b)
at once.
c)
after class.
d)
after school
6.
Goggles must be worn when using:
a)
fire.
b)
glassware.
c)
chemicals.
d)
All of the above.
7.
The thinnest layer of the Earth is?
a)
Mantle
b)
Lithosphere
c)
Athenosphere
d)
Crust
8.
What is the name of the layer that contains the uppermost mantle and crust
a)
Asthenosphere
b)
Mesosphere
c)
Lithosphere
d)
Transosphere
9.
Identify layer #20.
a)
mantle
b)
asthenosphere
c)
inner core
d)
outer core
10.
Heat transfer within a fluid takes place by...
a)
convection currents
b)
radiation
c)
conduction
d)
density
11.
Which layer of Earth is made up of tectonic plates?
a)
outer core
b)
inner core
c)
asthenosphere
d)
lithosphere
12.
Geologists' main evidence about the structure of Earth's interior comes from
a)
temperature measurements in deep mines
b)
observations of other planets
c)
exploration of caves
d)
rock samples and seismic waves
13.
Which of the following is where one plate slides under another plate?
a)
submarine zone
b)
divergence zone
c)
subduction zone
d)
lower zone
14.
A giant landmass that existed 200 million years ago
a)
Wegener
b)
Pangaea
c)
Archyopteryx
d)
Ammonite
15.
Why did no one believe Wegener's thoery?
a)
He could not explain HOW the continents moved
b)
He didn't have evidence
c)
His data was wrong
d)
He didn't use the right technology to gather data
16.
Name the boundary
a)
convergent boundary
b)
divergent boundary
c)
transform boundary
d)
sergent boundary
17.
Name the boundary
a)
convergent boundary
b)
divergent boundary
c)
transform boundary
d)
sergent boundary
18.
Name the boundary
a)
convergent boundary
b)
divergent boundary
c)
transform boundary
d)
sergent boundary
19.
A stress that pulls rocks apart making the middle thinner.
a)
Stress
b)
Compression
c)
Shearing
d)
Tension
20.
A stress that squeezes rocks together they fold or break.
a)
Shearing
b)
Compression
c)
Tension
d)
Stress
21.
A stress that pushes rocks in opposite directions.
a)
Shearing
b)
Compression
c)
Tension
d)
Stress
22.
Point beneath Earth's surface where rock breaks under stress and causes an earthquake.
a)
Epicenter
b)
Focus
c)
Earthquake
d)
Tension
23.
The point on Earth's surface directly above an earthquake's focus
a)
Focus
b)
Compressoin
c)
Magnitude
d)
Epicenter
24.
Type of seismic wave that compresses and expands the ground. Arrives first
a)
Primary Wave (P Wave)
b)
Surface Wave (S Wave)
c)
Secondary Wave
d)
Seismic Wave
25.
Type of Seismic wave that moves the ground up, down, and side to side
a)
Primary wave (P Wave)
b)
Secondary wave (S wave)
c)
surface wave
d)
Seismic wave
26.
Type of seismic wave that forms when P waves and S waves reach Earth's surface
a)
Primary wave (P Wave)
b)
Secondary wave (S Wave)
c)
Surface Wave
d)
Seismic Wave
27.
Which type of wave arrives to a point first?
a)
Primary Waves (P-Waves)
b)
Secondary Waves (S-Waves)
c)
Rayleigh Waves
d)
Love Waves
28.
Which classification of wave does the most damage?
a)
Body Waves
b)
Mega Waves
c)
Surface Waves
d)
Love Waves
29.
We use this tool to measure seismic waves during earthquakes
a)
Seismographs
b)
magnitude
c)
actual magnitude
d)
sonograph
30.
This is the type of plate boundary when two plates run into each other or on top of each other
a)
Convergent
b)
Divergent
c)
Transform
31.
This is the type of plate boundary where two tectonic plates move apart
a)
Convergent
b)
Divergent
c)
Transform
32.
This is the type of plate boundary where two plates slip past each other
a)
Convergent
b)
Divergent
c)
Transform
33.
When plates break or slip past each other they form these
a)
mountains
b)
tectonic plates
c)
Fault lines
d)
earthquakes
34.
This is the area beneath the Earth's surface where the earthquake begins
a)
epicenter
b)
focus
c)
fault line
d)
tectonic plate
35.
This is the area above ground where the earthquake starts
a)
focus
b)
epicenter
c)
p waves
d)
plate boundary
36.
The hanging wall slides up and over the footwall is what kind of fault?
a)
strike-slip
b)
normal
c)
reverse
37.
When the hanging wall slips downward below the footwall, what kind of fault is it?
a)
strike-slip
b)
normal
c)
reverse
38.
Which of these boundaries/stresses/faults all correctly go together? Choose all that apply.
a)
normal, divergent, tension
b)
reverse, convergent, shearing
c)
strike-slip, transform, compression
39.
A type of fault where rocks on either side move past each other sideways is called:
a)
normal fault
b)
reverse fault
c)
strike-slip fault
40.
How does a reverse fault form?
a)
The hanging wall moves upward relative to the footwall.
b)
Compression thrusts the fault into reverse.
c)
Blocks slide past each other.
d)
The hanging wall moves downward relative to the footwall.
41.
a)
normal fault
b)
reverse fault
c)
strike-slip fault
42.
a)
normal fault
b)
reverse fault
c)
strike-slip fault
43.
a)
normal fault
b)
reverse fault
c)
strike-slip fault
44.
The cat is standing on the...
a)
foot wall
b)
hanging wall
c)
left
d)
weirdest elevator ever
45.
Magnitude is a measure of
a)
how much magma is released from a volcano
b)
how much energy is released from an earthquake
c)
the distance from the midpoint to the crest of a wave
d)
the thickness of a layer in Earth
46.
Two tectonic plates collide at a ___ plate boundary.
a)
convergent
b)
divergent
c)
transform
d)
transformer
47.
A place where two plates slide past each other, moving in opposite directions, is known as a
a)
transform boundary
b)
divergent boundary
c)
convergent boundary
d)
rift valley
48.
The process by which the ocean floor sinks beneath a deep ocean trench and back into the mantle at a convergent boundary
a)
convection
b)
continental drift
c)
subduction
d)
conduction
49.
A rift valley forms at a
a)
convergent plate boundary
b)
divergent plate boundary
c)
transform boundary
d)
deep ocean trench
50.
What do scientists believe is the force behind plate movement?
a)
gravity
b)
inertia
c)
convection currents
d)
magnetic pole reversals
51.
What occurs when two plates come together and the denser one is forced under back into the mantle?
a)
reduction
b)
conduction
c)
subduction
d)
convection
52.
What forms when two continental plates diverge?
a)
mountain
b)
rift valley
c)
mid-ocean ridge
d)
deep-ocean trench
53.
A break or crack in the Earth's crust is called a...
a)
plate
b)
fault
c)
fold
d)
crack
54.
This layer of Earth is solid Iron and Nickel
a)
Outer Core
b)
Mantle
c)
Inner Core
d)
Crust
55.
This layer of Earth is the thickest part
a)
crust
b)
outer core
c)
mantle
d)
inner core
56.
What are the two types of crust
a)
continental and oceanic
b)
ocean and upper
c)
lower and upper
d)
pizza and subway
57.
Which layer has convection currents?
a)
Inner Core
b)
Outer Core
c)
Mantle
d)
Crust
58.
Which type of plate boundary occurs at B?
a)
convergent
b)
divergent
c)
transform
d)
country
59.
The feature labeled C represents some of the deepest spots on the ocean floor. These areas are called ___.
a)
mid-ocean ridge
b)
trenches
c)
deep-sea vent
d)
abyssal plain
60.
The feature labeled D is part of the continuous underwater mountain range that circles Earth. It is called ___.
a)
mid-ocean ridge
b)
trenches
c)
deep-sea vent
d)
abyssal plain
61.
_________ currents carry heat from the hot inner core to the cooler outer mantle and back again.
a)
River
b)
Radiation
c)
Convection
d)
Conduction
62.
The layer of caramel-like consistency that flows and moves the plates of the Earth is called the ________.
a)
mantle
b)
lithosphere
c)
crust
d)
asthenosphere
63.
An undersea mountain chain where new ocean floor is produced
a)
Pangaea
b)
Deep Ocean Trench
c)
Mid-Ocean Ridge
d)
Sea Floor Spreading
64.
What layer is a semisolid and acts like a plastic?
a)
Lithosphere
b)
Mantle
c)
Asthenosphere
65.
The thinnest layer of the Earth is?
a)
Mantle
b)
Lithosphere
c)
Athenosphere
d)
Crust
66.
The lithosphere combines what two layers?
a)
Athenosphere & Crust
b)
Crust & Upper Mantel
c)
Mantel & Athenosphere
67.
The asthenosphere makes up the?
a)
Upper portion of the mantel
b)
The lower portion of the crust
c)
Just the Athenosphere
68.
What happens to pressure as we move from the crust to the inner core?
a)
Pressure Decreases
b)
Pressure Increases
c)
Nothing
69.
What happens to temperature as we move from the crust to the inner core?
a)
Decreases
b)
Increases
70.
This layer of Earth is solid Iron and Nickel
a)
Outer Core
b)
Mantle
c)
Inner Core
d)
Crust
71.
Less dense materials rise to the top.
a)
True
b)
False
72.
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
73.
Which layer of Earth has the GREATEST density?
a)
crust
b)
mantle
c)
outer core
d)
inner core
74.
Heat transfer within a fluid takes place by...
a)
convection currents
b)
radiation
c)
conduction
d)
density
75.
Earth's magnetic field results from movements in the
a)
mantle
b)
outer core
c)
inner core
d)
crust
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