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Grd 10 Geomorphology

Total questions: 10

Worksheet time: 18mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Sial makes up the continents

a)

True

b)

False

2.

Sima makes up the sea floor

a)

True

b)

False

3.

When particles are layered on top of each other for 10s of Millenia, what rock type forms?

a)

Igneous

b)

Sedimentary

c)

Metamorphic

d)

Lava

4.

Heat and pressure may change an igneous rock to form a ....

a)

Sedimentary rock

b)

Conglomerate

c)

Igneous rock

d)

Metamorphic rock

5.

Sandstone (Sedimentary rock) below the basalt (Igneous rock) in the Drakensberg tells us the are was once ...

a)

Very steep

b)

Very humid

c)

Covered in water

d)

Covered in ice

6.

A constructive border forms when

a)

Two plates colide

b)

Two plates pull apart

c)

Two plates slide past each other

7.

A destructive border forms where

a)

An ocean plate moves under a contintental plate

b)

Two plates pull apart

c)

Two plates move past each other

d)

when a continent hits a continent

8.

Fold Mountains form when

a)

There is lava

b)

There is compression on the crust

c)

There is a tensile stress on the crust

d)

There is a transverse force on the crust

9.

a fault is formed when

a)

the crust cracks

b)

the crust cracks due to tectonic forces

c)

the crust breaks and cracks due to a land slide

d)

the earth shakes and cracks

10.

An open symmetrical fold is the result of

a)

The earth being pulled apart gently

b)

the earth twisting slowly

c)

the crust being compressed by a compressive stress of unequal magnitudes

d)

the crust being compressed lightly by a compressive stress of equal magnitudes.