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5.4 Earth Cycles Review

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 5hrs 0mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What are the three types of rock?

a)

Igneous, Sediment, Metamorphic

b)

Igneous, Sedimentary, Metamorphic

c)

Magma, Sediment, Lava

d)

Igneous, Sedimentary, Magma

2.

How are metamorphic rocks created?

a)

Melting

b)

Heat and Pressure

c)

Compaction (Pressure)

d)

Weathering and Erosion

3.

How are igneous rocks created?

a)

Heat and Pressure

b)

Weathering and Erosion

c)

Melting and Cooling

d)

Compaction (Pressure)

4.

How are sedimentary rocks created?

a)

Compaction (Pressure)

b)

Heat and Pressure

c)

Weathering and Erosion

d)

Melting

5.

Which vocabulary word means "to wear away or break down"

a)

Melting

b)

Weathering

c)

Compaction

d)

Frogs

6.

What causes a rock to become magma

a)

Weathering and Erosion

b)

Erosion

c)

Melting

d)

Heat

7.

What causes a rock to become sediment?

a)

Pressure

b)

Heat and Pressure

c)

Rain

d)

Weathering and Erosion

8.

What are the three types of plate tectonic boundaries?

a)

Convergent, Division, Sliding

b)

Convergent, Divergent, Transform

c)

Convergent, Divergent, Training

9.

What type of plate boundary cause volcanoes?

a)

Convergent

b)

Transform

c)

Divergent

d)

Training

10.

What is the hot liquid from a volcano called?

a)

Magma

b)

Lava

c)

While still inside the earth it's called Magma, but once outside of the earth it's called Lava

d)

While still inside the earth it's called Lava, but once outside of the earth it's called Magma

11.

Volcanoes errupt because of _____________.

a)

Magma

b)

Pressure

c)

Bananas

d)

Weathering and Erosion

12.

Earthquakes usually occur at ______________ boundaries.

a)

Transform

b)

Divergent

c)

Convergent

d)

None of the above

13.

Earthquakes often happen at ____________.

a)

random places

b)

fault lines

c)

hot places

d)

none of the above

14.

What type of rock are fossils found in?

(HINT: Think about how each type of rock is made)

a)

Metamorphic

b)

Sedimentary

c)

Igneous

d)

Fossils are not real

15.

Which type of fossil is the oldest?

a)

Dinosaurs

b)

Armored Fish

c)

Trilobites

d)

Early Horses

16.

What does this fossil tell us about the land it was found in?

a)

This fossil tells us that when this animal was alive the land was probably a desert.

b)

This fossils tells us that when this animal was alive the land was probably an ocean or body of water.

c)

This fossil tells us nothing about the land the animal lived in.

d)

This fossils tells us that when this animal was alive there were probably lots of tall trees to eat from.

17.

Which is a convergent boundary?

a)

Two plates coming together

b)

Two plates seperating

c)

Two plates sliding against one another

18.

Which is a divergent boundary?

a)

Plates coming together

b)

Plates seperating from each other

c)

Plates sliding against each other

19.

Which is a transform boundary?

a)

Two plates seperating from each other

b)

Two plates coming together

c)

Two plates sliding against each other

d)

There is no such thing as a transform boundary

20.

Convergent boundaries can result in ________________


(HINT: There are two answers)

a)

Earthquakes

b)

Mountains

c)

Hurricans

d)

Subduction (one plate going under another plate)