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WorksheetsMid-Semester Review
Total questions: 35
Worksheet time: 1hrs 16mins
What was the name of Wegener's supercontinent?
Africa
Pangaea
Eurasia
Australia
What process continually adds new material to the ocean floor?
Sea-floor Spreading
Continental Drift
Tectonic Plates
Subduction
Which type of rock's age cannot be determined via radioactive dating?
Igneous
Metamorphic
Sedimentary
Fossil
The amount of time it takes for half of a material to decay is known as a half-life.
True
False
Plant roots provide which gas in soil?
Carbon Dioxide
Helium
Hydrogen
Oxygen
Who proposed the Theory of Plate Tectonics?
Harry Hess
J. Tuzo Wilson
Alfred Wegener
Harry Wegener
Miss Richardson had a wild weekend camping. She decided to warm up by putting her hands directly in the fire. What type of heat transfer is this?
Radiation
Convection
Conduction
Subduction
Which one of the United States formed via a hot spot in the Pacific Ocean?
Michigan
Alaska
Hawaii
California
What process formed the Great Lakes?
Glacial Erosion
Gravity
Water Erosion
Mass Movement
What two things form as a result of an oceanic plate subducting beneath a continental plate?
Volcanoes
Hurricanes
Wildfires
Earthquakes
Measure the volume in the image provided.
24 mL
25 mL
25 L
28 mL
What is the volume of the bolt? The ring?
12 mL: 8 mL
8 mL: 12 mL
4 mL: 10 mL
10 mL: 4 mL
What is the mass shown?
480.5 g
480.5 mL
481 g
380.5 g
What is the mass in the image provided?
310.3 mL
310.5 g
310.3 lbs
310.3 g
What is the correct order of layers, starting from the middle and moving outward?
Crust, mantle, outer core, inner core
Mantle, crust, outer core, inner core
Inner core, outer core, mantle, crust
Inner core, outer core, crust, mantle
Alfred Wegener helped Harry Hess's theory become accepted by others.
True
False
Glaciers dropping rock and sand to form a moraine is an example of ______________.
Weathering
Erosion
Deposition
None of the above
The movement of sediment by wind, water, ice, or gravity is known as ____________.
Erosion
Weathering
Deposition
Mass Movement
Inorganic materials are those that are not made from living materials and/or their remains.
False
True
A triple balance beam measures what?
Weight
Mass
Volume
Density
Label the layers of rock in order from youngest to oldest.
F, E, D, C, B, A
A, B, C, E, F, D
F, E, C, D, B, A
A, B, C, D, E, F
Label the rock layers from oldest to youngest.
Fault, L, Z, A, Q, D
L, Z, Fault, A, Q, D
D, Q, Fault, A, Z, L
L, Z, A, Fault, Q, D
Which law of geology tells me that layer A is older than layer B?
Law of Original Horizontality
Law of really old dirt
Law of cross cutting relationship
Law of Superposition
What is the half-life of the radioactive nuclide?
300 days
300 years
250 days
600 days
What percent of the parent atoms remain after two half-lives?
50%
12.5%
25%
0%
Select the following pieces of evidence, if any, that support the Theory of Continental Drift.
Bodies of water
Mountain ranges
Climate
Fossils
Magnetic stripes
This image shows the Great Rift Valley from space. What continent is this valley found on?
Africa
Australia
Pangaea
Europe
When igneous rock cools _________, the crystal size is _________.
Slowly, Small
Immediately, Small
Quickly, Large
Slowly, Large
When reading a measurement of volume in a graduated cylinder, you read the line at the top of the meniscus.
False
True
Using the provided image, where are the Cascades located?
Southern border
Middle of the U.S.
East Coast
West Coast
What type of boundary is seen in the image?
Divergent
Convergent
Transform
Subduction
Which layer of Earth is entirely liquid metal?
Inner Core
Outer Core
Crust
Mantle
Select the following pieces of evidence, if any, that support the Theory of Sea-floor Spreading.
Mountains
Magnetic stripes
Shape of continents
Fossils
Drilling samples
Which type of volcano is considered the most violent?
Shield
Composite
Cinder
Hot Spot
Which of the following is not required to create a convection current?
Temperature change within a fluid
Change in a fluid's density
Gravity
Direct contact
