WorksheetsGeology APES
Total questions: 16
Worksheet time: 8mins
In the Geologic Time Scale, where did we see the first amphibians?
Jurassic
Triassic
Cretaceous
What Epoch are we currently living in now?
Paleocene
Miocene
Holocene
Oligocene
Tectonic Plates move in certain directions. Transform Plates ____ and form _____
Move away; valleys
Move towards; subduction
Move together; mountains
Slide past each other; earthquakes
Convergent has three different ways it could move. One of those is subduction, this is when an ____ plate and a ____ plate come together and can form a volcano.
Continental; continental
oceanic; continental
oceanic; oceanic
Continental crust is made of gneiss.
True
False
Earth's layers are organized by which of these characteristics?
Composition
Density
Temperature
Thickness
Oceanic Crust is made of Basalt
True
False
How do we know the interior of Earth?
Digging tools
Volcanoes
Subduction Zones
Seismic Waves
Three Types of Volcanoes are (check all that apply)
Dome
Shield
Cinder
Composite
Stratus
These volcanoes are known for their steep side, and explosive eruptions
Cindercone
Composite
Shield
Stratus
Earthquakes have three types of waves that come with them. P, S, and surface waves. Which are the waves to arrive at a seismograph station first, and travel through solid and liquid?
Primary
Secondary
Surface
Asthenosphere has a ____ like viscosity that lets the plates flow.
Water
Toothpaste
Low
What event in the mantle allows the plates to move?
Subduction
Convection Currents
Density
Faults
Transform plate boundaries typically have what feature found at them ?
Rifts
Faults
Volcanoes
Hanging walls
How does an igneous rock transform into a metamorphic rock?
Melting & Cooling
Heat & Pressure
Weathering & erosion
None of these
The rock cycle can only travel one way?
True
False
