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WorksheetsGeological Cycle Review
Total questions: 22
Worksheet time: 12mins
These convection currents result in what type of plate boundary?
Convergent plate boundary
Transform plate boundary
Divergent plate boundary
These convection currents result in what type of plate boundary?
Convergent plate boundary
Transform plate boundary
Divergent plate boundary
Which of the three main plate boundaries is where volcanoes occur because magma is able to escape?
Divergent plate boundary
Convergent plate boundary
Transform plate boundary
None of the above
Which of the 3 main plate boundaries can result in the formation of mountain ranges as plates collide into each other?
Transform plate boundaries
Convergent plate boundaries
Divergent plate boundaries
None of the above
What property causes the earth to have layers?
Polarity
Electronegativity
Solubility
Density
The lithosphere consists of what two layers of the earth?
Crust
Upper mantle
Lower mantle
Outer core
Inner core
Magma of volcanoes originates (comes from) where?
The crust
The upper mantle
The lower mantle
The outer core
Plate tectonics results in _ , which is what caused Pangea the super-continent to split up.
Convection currents
Continental drift
Earthquakes
Volcanoes
What within the earth drives plate tectonics?
Convection currents
Continental drift
Earthquakes
Volcanoes
True or False: Ash from Mt St Helens made it around the entire globe within 2 weeks.
True
False
Mt St Helens was a volcanic eruption, but what other process triggered it?
Another volcano
An earthquake
A sinkhole
Nothing, it was entirely random
True or False: One of the most dangerous parts of Mt St Helens was that the ice melt mixed with debris to create a lahar, which is similar to a landslide that destroys everything in it's path.
True
False
What kind of plate boundary is this?
Transform plate boundary
Divergent plate boundary
Convergent plate boundary
None of the above
What type of plate boundary is this?
Divergent plate boundary
Convergent plate boundary
Transform plate boundary
None of the above
What kind of plate boundary is this?
Transform plate boundary
Divergent plate boundary
Convergent plate boundary
None of the above
What geological process is unique to this type of boundary?
Earthquakes
Volcanoes
Mudslides
Sinkholes
What does the root word hypo- in hypocenter mean?
Beneath or below
Above
Around
Over
The root geo- tells us that the geological cycle has to do with
Gems
Earth, soil, ground
Geography
Solids
The root epi- in epicenter means
Upon, on, or over
Even
Beneath or below
Around
What does the root con- in converge mean?
Upon, on, over
Beneath or below
With, together
Separate
Di- in divergent means
Separate
With, together
Two
Upon, on, over
Trans- in transform means
With, together
Separate
Across
Beneath or below
