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Week 5_Quiz #5

Total questions: 10

Worksheet time: 7mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Who made the theory about the "Sea Floor Spreading"?

a)

Harry Haymond Hess

b)

Harry Hammand Hess

c)

Harry Hammond Hess

d)

Harry Hammend Hess

2.

(a)   is a layering in the sedimentary rocks.

3.

Which is NOT a method in Absolute Dating?

a)

Radiocarbon Dating

b)

Calcium-Zinc Dating

c)

Potassium-Argon Dating

d)

Uranium-Led Dating

4.

(a)   are formed by accumulation and hardening of sediments such as mud, sand, silt and disintegrated rocks over a period of time which are arranged in layers.

5.

On what year did Hess published "The History of Ocean Basins"?

(a)  

6.

The theory that Earth's lithospheres are moving constantly by convection currents from the Mantle.

a)

Plate Tectonic

b)

Island Arc

c)

Slab Pull

d)

Relative Dating

7.

An unconformity is a surface of non-deposition or erosion. Accumulation of sediments continues until the supply of sediments is cut off or if the area is subject to uplift and erosion.

(a)  

8.

Rock layers extend laterally and cover very broad areas, especially if they formed at the bottom of ancient seas.

(a)  

9.

Which is NOT a principle of Relative Dating?

a)

Principle of Original Horizontality

b)

Law of Superposition

c)

Law of Motion

d)

Principle of Unconformity

10.

True or False: Continental Crust is less dense than Oceanic Crust.

(a)