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Earth Science Revision

Total questions: 17

Worksheet time: 9mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What is it?

a)

a transform boundary

b)

a dip-slip fault

c)

Gondwana splitting up

d)

the asthenosphere

2.

What is it?

a)

Pangaea

b)

a dip-slip fault

c)

Gondwana splitting up

d)

fossil distribution

3.

Area 1 stays solid mainly due to

a)

its composition

b)

its temperature

c)

its density

d)

pressure

4.

Area 3 is the

a)

inner mantle

b)

crust

c)

lithosphere

d)

outer core

5.

The

a)

geosphere

b)

magnetosphere

c)

lithosphere

d)

hydrosphere

6.
a)

s wave

b)

surface wave

c)

p wave

d)

tidal wave

7.

Most accurately depicted;

a)

mid-oceanic ridge

b)

rift valley

c)

trench

d)

subduction zone

8.

Magnitude 9 earthquake is this many times bigger than a magnitude 6;

a)

1,000

b)

10,000

c)

100,000

d)

1,000,000

9.

Wegener was a

a)

dude

b)

meteorologist

c)

geologist

d)

campanologist

10.

Height most directly due to;

a)

depth of sea

b)

closeness of the shore

c)

size of the earthquake

d)

closeness to the earthquake

11.

Earth's approximate diameter;

a)

1300 km

b)

13,000 km

c)

26,000 km

d)

2600 km

12.

Land bridges

a)

provided support for the theory of continental drift

b)

were used as evidence against the theory of continental drift

c)

provided a way in which fossil species could move from one continent to another

d)

were used to justify why Wegener was wrong

13.

New crust forms

a)

where plates collide

b)

where subduction occurs

c)

at divergent plate boundaries

d)

on fault lines

14.

If a region of the Earth's crust is moving at 3cm/year, how far it will it have moved by the year 5919?

a)

12 km

b)

1200 km

c)

12,000 km

d)

120,000 km

15.

Whales, koalas and eucalyptus trees are all

a)

species caused by Australia's drift northwards

b)

the result of changes accompanying Australia's drift northwards

c)

related to warm currents flowing down Australia's east coast

d)

uniquely Australian

16.

The construction of dams is known to cause earthquakes because

a)

soil removed to make space for the dam lightens the crust on one side of a fault

b)

heavy machinery can upset fault lines

c)

the extra water seeps down into faults, destabilising them

d)

added water makes the ground on side of a fault more likely to slip

17.

In the faults shown, the "hanging walls" are labelled

a)

A and C

b)

B and C

c)

A and D

d)

B and D