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Total questions: 10
Worksheet time: 5mins
Placer deposits are formed as a result of
Residual liquid seggregation
Residual concentration
Mechanical concentration
All the above
Which boundary type does this represent?
Divergent/spreading
Converging/colliding
transform/Fault
None of the above
What is the sudden shaking or vibration of the earth's surface
Volcano
earthquake
Convection currents
pangea
What are the layers of the earth in order from outside in?
Inner core, outer core, mantle, crust, lithosphere
Crust, mantle, lithosphere, outer core, inner core
Crust, lithosphere, mantle, outer core, inner core
Crust, lithosphere, mantle, inner core, outer core
What is the deepest place on earth we know about?
Mid-Atlantic Ridge
Pangea
Pacific plate
Mariana's Trench
In a volcano, what does magma become when it exits the volcano?
lava
central vent
gas and dust
side vent
Which statement best describes the principle of uniformitarianism? (Mark the one best answer.)
Deposition occurs faster today than it did in ancient environments.
Rocks form by the same processes today as in the past
Weathering and erosion can be fast or slow, depending on the type of rock.
Earth’s geological features were formed by a few catastrophic events.
In undisturbed rock layers, the oldest rocks are on the bottom.
correlation
superposition
uniform
unconformity
States that younger rocks lie above older rocks if the layers have not been disturbed
superposition
cross-cutting
unconformity
uniformitarianism
