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EES 2.1.1

Total questions: 27

Worksheet time: 29mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

How many major types of rock are there?

a)

1

b)

2

c)

3

d)

4

2.

Which of the following is NOT a type of rock?

a)

Sedimentary

b)

Igneous

c)

Erosionary

d)

Metamorphic

3.

Which process creates sedimentary rock?

a)

Deposition, Burial, & Lithification of sediments

b)

Uplift, Weathering, & Erosion of rocks.

c)

Melting, Cooling, & Crystallization of magma.

d)

Change caused by Heat & Pressure

4.

Which process creates igneous rock?

a)

Deposition, Burial, & Lithification of sediments

b)

Uplift, Weathering, & Erosion of rocks.

c)

Melting, Cooling, & Crystallization of magma.

d)

Change caused by Heat & Pressure

5.

Which process creates metamorphic rock?

a)

Deposition, Burial, & Lithification of sediments

b)

Uplift, Weathering, & Erosion of rocks.

c)

Melting, Cooling, & Crystallization of magma.

d)

Change caused by Heat & Pressure

6.

How do rocks become sediments?

a)

melting

b)

weathering

c)

cooling

d)

pressure

7.

How do rocks become magma?

a)

cooling

b)

melting

c)

pressure

d)

deposition

8.

How do rocks return to Earth's surface?

a)

weathering

b)

uplift

c)

pressure

d)

deposition

9.
What is the lithosphere?
a)
A layer of solid brittle rock that comprises the outer 100 km of Earth.
b)
The layer where storms occur
c)
The layer where the  magnetic field interacts with solar wind.
10.
The thinnest layer of the Earth is the ___________.
a)
mantle
b)
crust
c)
core
11.
What is the thickest layer of the Earth?
a)
the crust
b)
the mantle
c)
the outer core
d)
the inner core
12.
What layer is a semisolid and has the tectonic plates floating on it?
a)
Lithosphere
b)
Mantle
c)
Asthenosphere
d)
crust
13.
Which layer of Earth is made up of tectonic plates?
a)
outer core
b)
inner core
c)
asthenosphere
d)
lithosphere
14.

This was the super continent, where all of the Earth’s continents were connected together

a)

Beringia

b)

Pantheon

c)

Pangaea

d)

Continentia

15.

Wegener observed scratches from glaciers in Africa and India where it is currently too hot for glaciers to form. This is considered...

a)

Fossil Evidence

b)

Rock Formation Evidence

c)

Climate Evidence

d)

Objective Evidence

16.

Wegener noticed that the Appalachian Mountains and Caledonian Mountains line up and are made of the same rock types. This was a type of ....

a)

Fossil Evidence

b)

Rock Formation Evidence

c)

Climate Evidence

d)

Objective Evidence

17.

What was the name of Alfred Wegeners Theory?

a)

Seafloor Spreading Theory

b)

Pangaea Theory

c)

Plate Tectonics Theory

d)

Continental Drift Theory

18.
Which type of plate boundary would cause folded mountains to form? 
a)
transform
b)
convergent
c)
divergent
d)
subduction
19.
The Great Rift Valley in Africa and the Mid-Atlantic Ridge were both created by this type of plate boundary. 
a)
divergent
b)
convergent
c)
transform
d)
subduction
20.
What are the two types of crust?
a)
continental and oceanic
b)
ocean and basin
c)
lower and upper
d)
thick and thin
21.
What drives tectonic plate movement? 
a)
gravity
b)
coriolis effect
c)
convection currents
d)
the earth's magnetic core
22.
When one plate slides underneath another, it ____ and the magma _____. 
a)
hardens; sinks
b)
melts; sinks
c)
hardens; rises
d)
melts; rises
23.
Transform boundaries are most likely to produce what phenomenon?
a)
volcanoes
b)
deep sea trenches
c)
underwater mountain ranges
d)
earthquakes
24.
When an oceanic plate and a continental plate collide, which one will subduct? 
a)
oceanic
b)
continental
c)
neither
d)
both
25.
Two tectonic plates collide at a ___ plate boundary.
a)
convergent
b)
divergent
c)
transform
d)
transformer
26.
This land form can occur at a divergent plate boundary.
a)
trench
b)
mid-ocean ridge
c)
folded mountains
d)
fault
27.
How did scientists discover that rocks farther away from mid-ocean ridges were older than those near it?
a)
by observing eruptions of molten material on the seafloor
b)
by mapping rocks on the sea floor using sonar
c)
by determining the age or rock samples obtained by drilling on the seafloor
d)
by measuring how fast seafloor spreading occurs

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