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Geology: History of the Earth

Total questions: 16

Worksheet time: 8mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What is 地層 in English?

a)

strata

b)

weathering

c)

fossil

d)

pressure

2.

Small particles of soil are called _______.

a)

layers

b)

fossils

c)

strata

d)

sediment

3.

The ________ strata is the oldest.

a)

top

b)

middle

c)

bottom

4.

________ breaks rocks.

a)

fossils

b)

weathering

c)

strata

d)

sediment

5.

What is NOT the cause of weathering?

a)

sea water

b)

wind

c)

rain

d)

ice

e)

bone

6.

Sediment slowly becomes rock. It is _____ rock.

a)

sedimentary

b)

volcanic

c)

metamorphic

7.

It can have fossils. It is _____ rock.

a)

sedimentary

b)

volcanic

c)

metamorphic

8.

It has strata. It is _____ rock.

a)

sedimentary

b)

volcanic

c)

metamorphic

9.

It is made in layers. It is _____ rock.

a)

sedimentary

b)

volcanic

c)

metamorphic

10.

It is soft. It is _____ rock.

a)

sedimentary

b)

volcanic

c)

metamorphic

11.

Volcanic rock and sedimentary rock changes with heat and pressure. It becomes _____ rock.

a)

sedimentary

b)

volcanic

c)

metamorphic

12.

It is very hard. It has high density. It is _____ rock.

a)

sedimentary

b)

volcanic

c)

metamorphic

13.

It is made from lava or magma. It is _____ rock.

a)

sedimentary

b)

volcanic

c)

metamorphic

14.

What is this?

a)

bone

b)

metamorphic rock

c)

fossil

d)

volcanic rock

15.

How old is the Earth?

a)

4.6 million years old

b)

4.6 billion years old

c)

3.5 million years old

d)

3.5 billion years old

16.

Stromatolites are ____.

a)

dinosaurs

b)

moving strata

c)

the oldest fossils

d)

geological time