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Geology APES

Total questions: 16

Worksheet time: 8mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

In the Geologic Time Scale, where did we see the first amphibians?

a)

Jurassic

b)

Triassic

c)

Cretaceous

2.

What Epoch are we currently living in now?

a)

Paleocene

b)

Miocene

c)

Holocene

d)

Oligocene

3.

Tectonic Plates move in certain directions. Transform Plates ____ and form _____

a)

Move away; valleys

b)

Move towards; subduction

c)

Move together; mountains

d)

Slide past each other; earthquakes

4.

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.

a)

Continental; continental

b)

oceanic; continental

c)

oceanic; oceanic

5.

Continental crust is made of gneiss.

a)

True

b)

False

6.

Earth's layers are organized by which of these characteristics?

a)

Composition

b)

Density

c)

Temperature

d)

Thickness

7.

Oceanic Crust is made of Basalt

a)

True

b)

False

8.

How do we know the interior of Earth?

a)

Digging tools

b)

Volcanoes

c)

Subduction Zones

d)

Seismic Waves

9.

Three Types of Volcanoes are (check all that apply)

a)

Dome

b)

Shield

c)

Cinder

d)

Composite

e)

Stratus

10.

These volcanoes are known for their steep side, and explosive eruptions

a)

Cindercone

b)

Composite

c)

Shield

d)

Stratus

11.

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?

a)

Primary

b)

Secondary

c)

Surface

12.

Asthenosphere has a ____ like viscosity that lets the plates flow.

a)

Water

b)

Toothpaste

c)

Low

13.

What event in the mantle allows the plates to move?

a)

Subduction

b)

Convection Currents

c)

Density

d)

Faults

14.

Transform plate boundaries typically have what feature found at them ?

a)

Rifts

b)

Faults

c)

Volcanoes

d)

Hanging walls

15.

How does an igneous rock transform into a metamorphic rock?

a)

Melting & Cooling

b)

Heat & Pressure

c)

Weathering & erosion

d)

None of these

16.

The rock cycle can only travel one way?

a)

True

b)

False