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WorksheetsReview Earth and Space 10
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 10mins
When large masses of the rocks in the crust slide and slip against each other due to great forces coming from different directions.
trenching
folding
colliding
mountaining
The following is where the volcanoes occur, EXCEPT
Hotspot
Additional zone
Subduction zone
Mid ocean ridge
Evidence suggests that Earth is about 4.6 billion years old, even though no Earth rocks have been found that can be dated at more than 4 billion years old. This discrepancy is most likely caused by Earth’s original crust being __________.
difficult to date so precisely
blasted away during Earth’s formation.
subject to extensive erosion
destroyed by solar radiation
What is the difference between a rock and mineral?
Minerals are made up of one or more rocks
Rocks are made up of one or more minerals
Rocks are made up of one or more rocks
Minerals cannot be found on rocks
Which of the following statements best describes how the planets of the solar system formed?
condensed rings of matter thrown off by the young Sun.
formed from a nebular cloud of dust and gas.
Sun captured them from smaller, older nearby stars
the remains of an exploded star once paired with the Sun
The existence of extraterrestrial life may never be proven, but this idea will become more scientifically acceptable over time if ______________.
no one disputes this idea in a scientific forum
hypotheses are made related to the idea.
alternative hypotheses are proposed and confirmed
increasing scientific evidence supports the idea
Alfred Wegener is a geophysicist whom proposed the Continental Drift
theory.
True
False
Volcanoes are formed as a result of subduction of an oceanic plate
underneath a continental plate.
True
False
Temperature and heat both increase with depth in Earth`s interior
True
False
Mountain is a rupture in the crust of a planetary-mass object such as earth, that allows hot lava, volcanic ash and gases to escape from a magma chamber below the surface.
True
False
During mantle convection currents, slab pull is the process where the buoyant upwelling mantle created as the mid-ocean ridges pushes new lithospheric plates upward.
True
False
Mantle lies between 60-2900 km depth. It is divided into two parts namely upper mantle and lower mantle, which are in the form of solid rocks and semi-molten rocks respectively
True
False
Magnetic anomaly is part of oceanic crust where magnetite imprints as identical characteristics of the igneous rocks.
True
False
What is the classification of Mt. St. Helens?
Composite
Cinder
Shield
Hot molten rock or semisolid rock that comes out of an erupting volcano and keeps flowing like a liquid.
lava
magma
plumice
The most striking yet the most deadly type of volcano
Composite
Cinder
Shield
Which of the following is NOT a correct action during an earthquake?
Stand near and hold onto the wall
Stay calm and pass through exit routes
Be alert and keep eyes open for falling objects
This is the point on Earth’s surface where the energy of an earthquake is felt the most.
focus
epicenter
fault
Fossil evidence that is known to have been type of reptile similar to crocodile which propelled itself to water with its long hind legs and limber tail.
Cynognathus
Glossopterris
Mesosaurus
Lystrosaurus
A shovel herbivore reptile with stout like a pig, grew up one-meter length and was dominant on land during the early Triassic period
Lystrosaurus
Cynognathus
Glossopterris
Mesosaurus
