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Tectonics, Rocks and Erosion

Total questions: 25

Worksheet time: 19mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
Which process moves rocks and minerals from one location to another?
a)
Weathering
b)
Erosion
c)
Deposition
2.

Which of the following does not cause erosion?

a)

Sun

b)

Water

c)

Wind

3.
Which tectonic plate do we live on?
a)
South American Plate
b)
Caribbean Plate
c)
Nazca Plate
d)
North American Plate
4.

What are precious metals?

a)

Silver

b)

Gold

c)

Aluminum

d)

Cadbury

5.

What is another name for the upper mantel and crust?

a)

lithoshpere

b)

ionosphere

c)

outersphere

d)

lithium

6.

What being created in this picture?

a)

mountain

b)

rift

c)

hydrothermic venting

d)

space

7.

What is the name given to this type of plate movement?

a)

Subduction

b)

Subtraction

c)

Infrastructure

d)

Tension

8.

What is the name of the flexible/liquid rock that Earth's crust sits upon?

a)

the mantle

b)

the core

c)

the outer core

d)

the crust

9.

Where are creatures like tubeworms and zeti crabs designed to survive?

a)

near volcanos

b)

on glaciers

c)

around hydrothermal vents

10.

What metals make up the earth's core?

a)

silver and gold

b)

platnum and zinc

c)

iron and nickle

11.

The earth has three layers. What are they?

a)

the crust , mantle and the core

b)

the troposphere, stratoshpere and the mesosphere

c)

surface layer, thermocline and deep ocean

12.

How are igneous rocks formed?

a)

by thermo vents

b)

by the cooling of magma

c)

by changes in heat and pressure

13.

What is the term given to rock that is formed through changes in heat and pressure?

a)

metamorphic

b)

putty

c)

sedimentary

14.

The creation of mountains and earthquakes are best explained through which theory?

a)

Plate Tectonics

b)

Mantle Movements

c)

Lithosphere Liquidity

15.

What makes up 90% ofthe earth's mantle

a)

Rocks

b)

Water

c)

Minerals

16.

What type of energy comes from the earth's core?

a)

Negative

b)

Postive

c)

Magnetic

d)

Heat

17.

How much of our planet remains unexplored?

a)

50%

b)

90%

c)

75%

d)

99%

18.

What two factors stop any possible exploration of the earth's core?

a)

distance and heat

b)

heat and pressure

c)

pressure and water

d)

ice and snow

19.

What was the name given to the original continent?

a)

Pan Am

b)

Pantegonia

c)

Pangea

d)

Canada

20.

When continental plates push together, what is created?

a)

Mountains

b)

Waterfalls

c)

Trench

d)

Rifts

21.

What happens to the Oceanic Plates when it is forced under the Continental Plate?

a)

It crumbles in the mantle

b)

It melts in the mantle

c)

They form hydrothermal vents

22.

What os created when a Continental Plate and a Oceanic Plate collide?

a)

Rift

b)

Vent

c)

Trench

d)

Canyon

23.

What is unique about Oceanic plates?

a)

Thinner and heavier

b)

Fatter and lighter

c)

Thin and crispy

24.

What gas is present at hydrothermal vents?

a)

carbon

b)

oxygen

c)

sulphur

25.

What sea creature feeds off of the sulphur bacteria in hydrothermal vents?

a)

Sharks

b)

plakton

c)

shrimp

d)

yeti crab