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Geological Cycle Review

Total questions: 22

Worksheet time: 12mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

These convection currents result in what type of plate boundary?

a)

Convergent plate boundary

b)

Transform plate boundary

c)

Divergent plate boundary

2.

These convection currents result in what type of plate boundary?

a)

Convergent plate boundary

b)

Transform plate boundary

c)

Divergent plate boundary

3.

Which of the three main plate boundaries is where volcanoes occur because magma is able to escape?

a)

Divergent plate boundary

b)

Convergent plate boundary

c)

Transform plate boundary

d)

None of the above

4.

Which of the 3 main plate boundaries can result in the formation of mountain ranges as plates collide into each other?

a)

Transform plate boundaries

b)

Convergent plate boundaries

c)

Divergent plate boundaries

d)

None of the above

5.

What property causes the earth to have layers?

a)

Polarity

b)

Electronegativity

c)

Solubility

d)

Density

6.

The lithosphere consists of what two layers of the earth?

a)

Crust

b)

Upper mantle

c)

Lower mantle

d)

Outer core

e)

Inner core

7.

Magma of volcanoes originates (comes from) where?

a)

The crust

b)

The upper mantle

c)

The lower mantle

d)

The outer core

8.

Plate tectonics results in _ , which is what caused Pangea the super-continent to split up.

a)

Convection currents

b)

Continental drift

c)

Earthquakes

d)

Volcanoes

9.

What within the earth drives plate tectonics?

a)

Convection currents

b)

Continental drift

c)

Earthquakes

d)

Volcanoes

10.

True or False: Ash from Mt St Helens made it around the entire globe within 2 weeks.

a)

True

b)

False

11.

Mt St Helens was a volcanic eruption, but what other process triggered it?

a)

Another volcano

b)

An earthquake

c)

A sinkhole

d)

Nothing, it was entirely random

12.

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.

a)

True

b)

False

13.

What kind of plate boundary is this?

a)

Transform plate boundary

b)

Divergent plate boundary

c)

Convergent plate boundary

d)

None of the above

14.

What type of plate boundary is this?

a)

Divergent plate boundary

b)

Convergent plate boundary

c)

Transform plate boundary

d)

None of the above

15.

What kind of plate boundary is this?

a)

Transform plate boundary

b)

Divergent plate boundary

c)

Convergent plate boundary

d)

None of the above

16.

What geological process is unique to this type of boundary?

a)

Earthquakes

b)

Volcanoes

c)

Mudslides

d)

Sinkholes

17.

What does the root word hypo- in hypocenter mean?

a)

Beneath or below

b)

Above

c)

Around

d)

Over

18.

The root geo- tells us that the geological cycle has to do with

a)

Gems

b)

Earth, soil, ground

c)

Geography

d)

Solids

19.

The root epi- in epicenter means

a)

Upon, on, or over

b)

Even

c)

Beneath or below

d)

Around

20.

What does the root con- in converge mean?

a)

Upon, on, over

b)

Beneath or below

c)

With, together

d)

Separate

21.

Di- in divergent means

a)

Separate

b)

With, together

c)

Two

d)

Upon, on, over

22.

Trans- in transform means

a)

With, together

b)

Separate

c)

Across

d)

Beneath or below