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History of Earth

Total questions: 14

Worksheet time: 8mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Theory that Earth is composed of large pieces that move around the outside of Earth

a)

sea floor spreading

b)

plate tectonics

c)

mantle

d)

rock cycle

2.

Formation of oceanic crust through the movement upward of magma at a mid-oceanic ridge

a)

sea floor spreading

b)

plate tectonics

c)

mantle

d)

rock cycle

3.

The inner, hotter layer of Earth, composed of fluid magma

a)

sea floor spreading

b)

plate tectonics

c)

mantle

d)

rock cycle

4.

the process by which rocks are continuously changing through sedimentary, igneous, and metamorphic

a)

sea floor spreading

b)

plate tectonics

c)

mantle

d)

rock cycle

5.

the outtermost and coolest layer of Earth

a)

crust

b)

mantle

c)

inner core

d)

radioactive decay

6.

the process where unstable nuclei break down, releasing energy

a)

rock cycle

b)

sea floor spreading

c)

radioactive decay

d)

plate tectonics

7.

Check all of the following that are TRUE about DIVERGENT plate boundaries

a)

tectonic plates move away from each other

b)

tectonic plates move towards each other

c)

this is where new crust is formed

d)

mid-oceanic ridges are formed here

8.

Check ALL that are true about CONVERGENT plate boundaries

a)

plates slide past each other (rub sides)

b)

plates move towards each other

c)

mountains form at these plate boundaries

9.

This is the plate boundary where tectonic plates slides past each other (rub sides)

a)

divergent

b)

convergent

c)

subduction

d)

transform

10.

This is the plate boundary where one tectonic plates moves beneath a different part of crust

a)

divergent

b)

convergent

c)

subduction

d)

transform

11.

Radioactive decay is important in the movement of tectonic plates, because it creates the (a)   necessary to heat the mantle and cause convection currents.

12.

Which type of rock is formed by compacting and cementing? (They can show fossils or fragmented sediments)

a)

sedimentary rock

b)

metamorphic rock

c)

igneous rock

13.

Which type of rock is formed by heat and pressure inside Earth (characteristics include ribbonlike layers and crystals)

a)

sedimentary rock

b)

metamorphic rock

c)

igneous rock

14.

Which type of rock is formed by cooling of magma on Earth's surface or upper layers (characteristics include bubbles or a glasslike appearance)

a)

sedimentary rock

b)

metamorphic rock

c)

igneous rock