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Earth Science Vocab

Total questions: 14

Worksheet time: 7mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What type of plate boundary is shown in this image?

a)

Convergent boundary

b)

Divergent boundary

c)

Transform boundary

2.

What type of plate boundary is shown in this image?

a)

Convergent boundary

b)

Divergent boundary

c)

Transform boundary

3.

What type of plate boundary is shown in this image?

a)

Convergent boundary

b)

Divergent boundary

c)

Transform boundary

4.

Any preserved remains, impression, or trace of any once-living thing.

a)

Meteorite

b)

Isotope

c)

Crystal

d)

Fossil

e)

Magma

5.

Sudden movement and shaking of the earth’s crust.

a)

Convection

b)

Erosion

c)

Earthquake

d)

Hotspot

6.

Determining the age of rocks from the decay of their radioactive elements.

a)

Radiometric dating

b)

Relative dating

c)

Fossilization

d)

Isotopiation

7.

The loss of many species within a relatively short period of time.

a)

Plague

b)

Mass extinction

c)

Subduction

d)

Radioactive decay

8.

The movement of earth’s land masses relative to one another.

a)

Subduction

b)

Convection

c)

Aberration

d)

Continental drift

9.

The amount of time it takes for half of the material of an radioactive isotope to decay.

a)

Absolute age

b)

Isotope Frequency

c)

Half-life

d)

Subduction

10.

A stationary point on the Earth's surface that has experienced active volcanism for a long period of time.

a)

Hotspot

b)

Mid-ocean ridge

c)

Transform boundary

d)

Apocentre

11.

Plate tectonic boundaries where two plates converge, and one plate is pushed beneath the other.

a)

Convection

b)

Subduction

c)

Erosion

d)

Transform boundary

12.

An underwater mountain system formed by a divergent tectonic plate boundary.

a)

Subduction zone

b)

Hot spots

c)

Mid-ocean ridge

d)

Erosion

13.

Determining the approximate age of a rock or fossil based off its location/depth in the ground.

a)

Radiometric dating

b)

Relative dating

c)

Absolute dating

d)

Continental drift

14.

The preserved remains of an organism that is used to date the rocks and fossils around it.

a)

Index fossil

b)

Isotope

c)

Radioactive atom

d)

Hotspot