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Mid-Semester Review

Total questions: 35

Worksheet time: 1hrs 16mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What was the name of Wegener's supercontinent?

a)

Africa

b)

Pangaea

c)

Eurasia

d)

Australia

2.

What process continually adds new material to the ocean floor?

a)

Sea-floor Spreading

b)

Continental Drift

c)

Tectonic Plates

d)

Subduction

3.

Which type of rock's age cannot be determined via radioactive dating?

a)

Igneous

b)

Metamorphic

c)

Sedimentary

d)

Fossil

4.

The amount of time it takes for half of a material to decay is known as a half-life.

a)

True

b)

False

5.

Plant roots provide which gas in soil?

a)

Carbon Dioxide

b)

Helium

c)

Hydrogen

d)

Oxygen

6.

Who proposed the Theory of Plate Tectonics?

a)

Harry Hess

b)

J. Tuzo Wilson

c)

Alfred Wegener

d)

Harry Wegener

7.

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?

a)

Radiation

b)

Convection

c)

Conduction

d)

Subduction

8.

Which one of the United States formed via a hot spot in the Pacific Ocean?

a)

Michigan

b)

Alaska

c)

Hawaii

d)

California

9.

What process formed the Great Lakes?

a)

Glacial Erosion

b)

Gravity

c)

Water Erosion

d)

Mass Movement

10.

What two things form as a result of an oceanic plate subducting beneath a continental plate?

a)

Volcanoes

b)

Hurricanes

c)

Wildfires

d)

Earthquakes

11.

Measure the volume in the image provided.

a)

24 mL

b)

25 mL

c)

25 L

d)

28 mL

12.

What is the volume of the bolt? The ring?

a)

12 mL: 8 mL

b)

8 mL: 12 mL

c)

4 mL: 10 mL

d)

10 mL: 4 mL

13.

What is the mass shown?

a)

480.5 g

b)

480.5 mL

c)

481 g

d)

380.5 g

14.

What is the mass in the image provided?

a)

310.3 mL

b)

310.5 g

c)

310.3 lbs

d)

310.3 g

15.

What is the correct order of layers, starting from the middle and moving outward?

a)

Crust, mantle, outer core, inner core

b)

Mantle, crust, outer core, inner core

c)

Inner core, outer core, mantle, crust

d)

Inner core, outer core, crust, mantle

16.

Alfred Wegener helped Harry Hess's theory become accepted by others.

a)

True

b)

False

17.

Glaciers dropping rock and sand to form a moraine is an example of ______________.

a)

Weathering

b)

Erosion

c)

Deposition

d)

None of the above

18.

The movement of sediment by wind, water, ice, or gravity is known as ____________.

a)

Erosion

b)

Weathering

c)

Deposition

d)

Mass Movement

19.

Inorganic materials are those that are not made from living materials and/or their remains.

a)

False

b)

True

20.

A triple balance beam measures what?

a)

Weight

b)

Mass

c)

Volume

d)

Density

21.

Label the layers of rock in order from youngest to oldest.

a)

F, E, D, C, B, A

b)

A, B, C, E, F, D

c)

F, E, C, D, B, A

d)

A, B, C, D, E, F

22.

Label the rock layers from oldest to youngest.

a)

Fault, L, Z, A, Q, D

b)

L, Z, Fault, A, Q, D

c)

D, Q, Fault, A, Z, L

d)

L, Z, A, Fault, Q, D

23.

Which law of geology tells me that layer A is older than layer B?

a)

Law of Original Horizontality

b)

Law of really old dirt

c)

Law of cross cutting relationship

d)

Law of Superposition

24.

What is the half-life of the radioactive nuclide?

a)

300 days

b)

300 years

c)

250 days

d)

600 days

25.

What percent of the parent atoms remain after two half-lives?

a)

50%

b)

12.5%

c)

25%

d)

0%

26.

Select the following pieces of evidence, if any, that support the Theory of Continental Drift.

a)

Bodies of water

b)

Mountain ranges

c)

Climate

d)

Fossils

e)

Magnetic stripes

27.

This image shows the Great Rift Valley from space. What continent is this valley found on?

a)

Africa

b)

Australia

c)

Pangaea

d)

Europe

28.

When igneous rock cools _________, the crystal size is _________.

a)

Slowly, Small

b)

Immediately, Small

c)

Quickly, Large

d)

Slowly, Large

29.

When reading a measurement of volume in a graduated cylinder, you read the line at the top of the meniscus.

a)

False

b)

True

30.

Using the provided image, where are the Cascades located?

a)

Southern border

b)

Middle of the U.S.

c)

East Coast

d)

West Coast

31.

What type of boundary is seen in the image?

a)

Divergent

b)

Convergent

c)

Transform

d)

Subduction

32.

Which layer of Earth is entirely liquid metal?

a)

Inner Core

b)

Outer Core

c)

Crust

d)

Mantle

33.

Select the following pieces of evidence, if any, that support the Theory of Sea-floor Spreading.

a)

Mountains

b)

Magnetic stripes

c)

Shape of continents

d)

Fossils

e)

Drilling samples

34.

Which type of volcano is considered the most violent?

a)

Shield

b)

Composite

c)

Cinder

d)

Hot Spot

35.

Which of the following is not required to create a convection current?

a)

Temperature change within a fluid

b)

Change in a fluid's density

c)

Gravity

d)

Direct contact