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WorksheetsJones 2021 Unit 5 Review Game
Total questions: 45
Worksheet time: 23mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
What is the region around a magnet that is susceptible to a magnetic force?
a)
magnetic ridge
b)
compass point
c)
magnetic field
d)
magnetic reversal
e)
Star Wars Force
2.
What is the theory that Earth's crust is broken into large sections, known as plates?
a)
plate tectonics
b)
continental drift
c)
radiometric dating
d)
seafloor spreading
e)
superposition
3.
What is the suggestion that continents are in constant motion on the surface of Earth?
a)
continental drift
b)
plate tectonics
c)
radiometric dating
d)
seafloor spreading
e)
superposition
4.
What are the mountain ranges in the middle of the oceans?
a)
hotspots
b)
mid-ocean ridges
c)
seamounts
d)
rift valleys
e)
Atlantis Rift Zone
5.
What is the movement of hot less dense material rising and cooler, denser material sinking ?
a)
convection currents
b)
seafloor currents
c)
tectonic currents
d)
continental currents
e)
polarity
6.
What is the formation of new seafloor at ridges pushing the ocean floor away from the ridge?
a)
plate tectonics
b)
radiometric dating
c)
continental drift
d)
seafloor spreading
e)
superposition
7.
What is the area where oceanic crust is pushed under continental crust?
a)
seafloor spreading
b)
mid-ocean ridges
c)
rift valleys
d)
subduction
e)
sublimation
8.
A fresh water reptile fossil that helps support the theory of continental drift is ____.
a)
Pangaea
b)
Mesosaurus
c)
Glossopteris
d)
Kannemeyerid
e)
Tyrannosaurus Rex
9.
The result of plate movement can be seen at hotspots within the plates and ____.
a)
abyssal plains
b)
plate boundaries
c)
ocean margins
d)
plate centers
e)
formation of the moon
10.
Bands of rock on the seafloor showing alternating magnetic orientation indicate Earth's magnetic field has changed. What do we call this change?
a)
magnetic weakening
b)
pole strengthing
c)
magnetic reversals
d)
compass directions
e)
superposition
11.
What do we call polarity of today (north)?
a)
weakened
b)
stronger
c)
normal
d)
reversed
e)
weird
12.
Scientists have observed that the continents move apart or come together at speeds of a few centimeters per ____.
a)
century
b)
year
c)
day
d)
minute
e)
second
13.
A plant fossil that helps support the theory of continental drift is ____.
a)
Pangaea
b)
Glossopteris
c)
Mesosaurus
d)
Kannemeyerid
e)
Tyrannosaurus Rex
14.
What type of plate boundary occurs between the North American Plate and the Eurasian Plate at the Mid-Atlantic Ridge?
a)
convergent oceanic-continental plate boundary
b)
convergent oceanic-oceanic plate boundary
c)
divergent boundary
d)
transform boundary
e)
convergent continental-continental plate boundary
15.
What type of plate boundary occurs between the Nazca Plate and the South American Plate if it shows a subduction zone and trench?
a)
hotspots
b)
transform boundary
c)
convergent oceanic-continental plate boundary
d)
divergent
e)
convergent continental-continental plate boundary
16.
What are the area on the seafloor above the subduction zones?
a)
mid ocean ridges
b)
ocean trenches
c)
mountains or rift valleys
d)
seamounts
e)
hotspots
17.
What causes convection currents?
a)
weight differences
b)
mass differences
c)
density and temperature differences
d)
rates of change
e)
age differences
18.
What are the areas below the seafloor where oceanic crust is pushed under continental crust?
a)
convection zones
b)
subway zones
c)
conduction zones
d)
subduction zones
e)
hotspots
19.
Where are the youngest rocks on the ocean floor located?
a)
at mid-ocean ridges
b)
far from mid-ocean ridges
c)
near continents
d)
on the continents
e)
in the mantle
20.
Where are the oldest part of the ocean floor?
a)
where Earth’s magnetic field changes polarity
b)
near ocean ridges
c)
along deep sea trenches near the continents
d)
on top of the mid-ocean ridges
e)
in the mantle
21.
What is the name Alfred Wegener proposed for all the continents once being part of a supercontinent?
a)
Glossopteris
b)
Pangaea
c)
Wegener
d)
Kannemeyerid
e)
Hess
22.
Continental drift was developed because of all the following characteristics EXCEPT which one?
a)
various fossils on continents
b)
similar rocks and mountains on continents
c)
the puzzle-like fit of the continents
d)
glacial clues throughout the world
e)
painting on Egyptain pyramids
23.
What are two (2) examples of hotspots?
a)
San Andreas Fault and earthquakes
b)
Mid-Atlantic Ridge and resulting subduction
c)
Hawaiian Islands and Yellowstone
d)
India and Mt. Everest
e)
South America and Africa
24.
What boundary formed the Himalayan mountain range of India?
a)
transform boundary
b)
divergent boundary
c)
convergent boundary
d)
hotspot
e)
trench
25.
What boundary is located where two tectonic plates come together or combine?
a)
stable
b)
divergent
c)
convergent
d)
transform
e)
unstable
26.
Evidence for plate tectonics is found in ____.
a)
mountains, earthquakes, and volcanoes
b)
tidal waves
c)
climate change
d)
tree cores
e)
ice cores
27.
What boundary occurs where two tectonic plates spread apart?
a)
divergent
b)
stable
c)
convergent
d)
transform
e)
hotspot
28.
What boundary is most likely to form active volcanoes?
a)
convergent oceanic–continental boundaries
b)
convergent continental–continental boundaries
c)
transform boundaries
d)
seamounts away from a hotspot
e)
in the core
29.
Which boundary is a transform boundary?
a)
Appalachian Mountains
b)
San Andreas Fault
c)
Mid-Atlantic Ridge
d)
Hawaiian Islands
e)
Mariana Trench
30.
What features are found at divergent plate boundaries?
a)
deep-sea trenches
b)
crumpled mountains
c)
mid-ocean ridges
d)
hotspot volcanoes
e)
very old rocks
31.
What boundary contains two plates sliding past one another?
a)
subduction zones
b)
divergent boundaries
c)
transform boundaries
d)
hotspots
e)
convergent
32.
Who is the scientist who developed the hypothesis of continental drift?
a)
Albert Einstein
b)
Harry Hess
c)
Alfred Wegener
d)
Charles Richter
e)
Stephen Hawking
33.
What are formed when two continental plates collide?
a)
rift valleys
b)
mountain ranges
c)
strike-slip faults
d)
ocean trenches
e)
hotspots
34.
Evidence to support seafloor spreading can be found in ____.
a)
the age of rocks on the seafloor- nothing else
b)
the magnetic polarity reversals shown on the seafloor-nothing else
c)
nothing- it is just a guess
d)
both the age and polarity of the seafloor
e)
superposition
35.
The East African Rift is an example of a ____.
a)
convergent boundary
b)
mid-ocean ridge
c)
continental rift/divergent boundary
d)
hotspot
e)
convection
36.
Who is the scientist who developed the theory of seafloor spreading?
a)
Albert Einstein
b)
Harry Hess
c)
Alfred Wegener
d)
Charles Richter
e)
Stephen Hawking
37.
What part of the structure of Earth can be categorized as continental or oceanic?
a)
crust
b)
mantle
c)
outer core
d)
inner core
e)
asthenosphere
38.
What part of the structure of Earth is said to be plasticlike?
a)
crust
b)
mantle
c)
outer core
d)
inner core
e)
lithosphere
39.
What is true about the North Pole?
a)
It is fixed and in one exact location.
b)
It wanders over time and there are several different types of North Pole.
c)
It moves but always points north and never south
d)
It actually points west.
e)
It actually points east.
40.
What part of the structure of Earth is the only liquid layer?
a)
crust
b)
mantle
c)
outer core
d)
inner core
e)
asthenosphere
41.
Prior to a tsunami making landfall, what is one of the warning signs?
a)
The overall ocean level drops, like an odd low tide.
b)
The overall ocean level rises, like an odd high tide.
c)
The normal ocean waves stop.
d)
The land and sea breezes of the area reverse.
e)
The wind stops and there is an eery quiet.
42.
Which of the following are body waves of an earthquake?
a)
primary waves
b)
secondary waves
c)
both primary waves and secondary waves
d)
Love waves
e)
Lehigh waves
43.
How are primary (P-waves) and second (S-waves) different.
a)
Primary are faster, but only go through liquids.
b)
Secondary are faster, but only go through liquids.
c)
Primary are faster, and go through solid and liquids.
d)
Secondary are faster, and go through solid and liquids.
e)
They are the same speed, but only primary waves can go through liquids.
44.
What is the point inside Earth where an earthquake occurs through a release of energy?
a)
focus
b)
epicenter
c)
primary spot
d)
secondary spot
e)
subduction
45.
What is the point on the surface of Earth directly above the focus?
a)
the eye
b)
epicenter
c)
primary spot
d)
secondary spot
e)
rift valley
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