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Tectonic plates & reliefs

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 4mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Wegener's supercontinent got the name of...

a)

Pangea

b)

Panghea

c)

Phangea

d)

Pangheae

2.

Translate into Spanish "continental drift"

a)

Diva continental

b)

Caída continental

c)

Deriva continental

d)

Debida continental

3.

Coal deposits are evidences of the type

a)

Geographical

b)

Paleoclimatic

c)

Biological

d)

Paleontological

4.

The graphical representation of the propagation speed of seismic waves is called

(a)  

5.

One of the following seismic waves only travels through solid materials below the surface

a)

L (rayleigh)

b)

L (love)

c)

P

d)

S

6.

Which of the following layers is liquid

a)

Crust

b)

Mantle

c)

Outer core

d)

Inner core

7.

The densest layer of the geosphere

(a)  

8.

The lightest layer of the geosphere

(a)  

9.

Lithosphere

a)

Inner and outer core

b)

Upper and lower mantle

c)

Lower mantle and outer core

d)

Crust plus part of the mantle

10.

What type of boundary is the circumpacific belt over Japan

a)

Constructive

b)

Destructive

c)

Divergent

d)

Passive

11.

The factors that affect the behavior of rocks are: the (a)   , the temperture and the time

12.

What kind of failure is the one above

(a)  

13.

Transformations of rocks, in the type or arrangement of their minerals, due to the effect of the temperature, pressure or both

a)

Magmatism

b)

Metamorphism

c)

Lithogenesis

d)

Diagenesis

14.

Process in which a section of the earth's crust is folded and deformed by lateral compression to form a mountain range

(a)  

15.

What type of orogen are the Alps?

a)

Accretion

b)

Subduction

c)

Isostasis

d)

Obduction