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WorksheetsTectonics, Rocks and Erosion
Total questions: 25
Worksheet time: 19mins
Which of the following does not cause erosion?
Sun
Water
Wind
What are precious metals?
Silver
Gold
Aluminum
Cadbury
What is another name for the upper mantel and crust?
lithoshpere
ionosphere
outersphere
lithium
What being created in this picture?
mountain
rift
hydrothermic venting
space
What is the name given to this type of plate movement?
Subduction
Subtraction
Infrastructure
Tension
What is the name of the flexible/liquid rock that Earth's crust sits upon?
the mantle
the core
the outer core
the crust
Where are creatures like tubeworms and zeti crabs designed to survive?
near volcanos
on glaciers
around hydrothermal vents
What metals make up the earth's core?
silver and gold
platnum and zinc
iron and nickle
The earth has three layers. What are they?
the crust , mantle and the core
the troposphere, stratoshpere and the mesosphere
surface layer, thermocline and deep ocean
How are igneous rocks formed?
by thermo vents
by the cooling of magma
by changes in heat and pressure
What is the term given to rock that is formed through changes in heat and pressure?
metamorphic
putty
sedimentary
The creation of mountains and earthquakes are best explained through which theory?
Plate Tectonics
Mantle Movements
Lithosphere Liquidity
What makes up 90% ofthe earth's mantle
Rocks
Water
Minerals
What type of energy comes from the earth's core?
Negative
Postive
Magnetic
Heat
How much of our planet remains unexplored?
50%
90%
75%
99%
What two factors stop any possible exploration of the earth's core?
distance and heat
heat and pressure
pressure and water
ice and snow
What was the name given to the original continent?
Pan Am
Pantegonia
Pangea
Canada
When continental plates push together, what is created?
Mountains
Waterfalls
Trench
Rifts
What happens to the Oceanic Plates when it is forced under the Continental Plate?
It crumbles in the mantle
It melts in the mantle
They form hydrothermal vents
What os created when a Continental Plate and a Oceanic Plate collide?
Rift
Vent
Trench
Canyon
What is unique about Oceanic plates?
Thinner and heavier
Fatter and lighter
Thin and crispy
What gas is present at hydrothermal vents?
carbon
oxygen
sulphur
What sea creature feeds off of the sulphur bacteria in hydrothermal vents?
Sharks
plakton
shrimp
yeti crab
