WorksheetsEarth Science
Total questions: 17
Worksheet time: 10mins
what is a super continent?
A large land mass made up of all of the continents.
A land mass that is about the the size of Eurasia.
A continent the is completely surrounded by another continent.
A continent that is broken up around the world.(Example; USA has Alaska and Hawaii.)
What gas takes up about 78% of the air we breathe?
Pollution
Oxygen
Nitrogen
Carbon Dioxide
What is Meteorology?
The study of Meteors.
The study of the entire atmosphere.
The study of rocks.
The study of organisms.
What is Geology?
The study of geography.
The study of rocks.
The study of weather.
The study of the solid Earth.
What is Astronomy?
The study of astrological signs.
The study of Earth.
It's space science.
The study of all physical things beyond Earth.
What is oceanography?
The study of dolphins.
The study of the ocean.
The study of jellyfish.
The study of waves.
What type of fault is the San Andreas in California?
Convergent
Transform
Optimus Prime
Divergent
How do convergent plates move?
They pull away from each other.
They slide by each other.
They move to connect to each other.
It depends, sometimes they move close to each other, sometimes they move far apart.
It's easy to outrun a tsunami so you don't get hurt.
Huge pieces of lithosphere that slowly move on the asthenosphere and consist of the crust and the rigid, uppermost part of the mantle
tectonic plates
North American Plate
Eurasian Plate
African Plate
Events in which molten rock spews out from the mantle to the surface of Earth as ash, lava and gases; major geological events that occur when a dense plate subducts below a less dense plate
Mountain Building
Convergent boundary
Divergent boundary
Volcanic eruptions
Occurs when two tectonic plates slide past each other
Transform Boundary
Ocean Basin
Divergent Boundary
Spreading ridges
Describe the most likely relationship between these mountains and nearby tectonic plates.
The mountains are probably formed by earthquakes
The mountains are probably formed by the movement of glaciers
The mountains are probably located near the edge of 2 tectonic plates.
The mountains are probably formed by running water.
Who is smartest?
Jordan
A rock
