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WorksheetsPlate Boundaries and Rock Transformation Review
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 20mins
How are ocean basins formed?
Two plates moving apart
two plates colliding
two plates melting
two plates freezing
Which of the following is an example of the rock cycle?
putting food in the trash: it is recycled into the ground
recycling metal: they are compressed , melted, and remolded to form new material
life cycle of a human: living and dying
the water cycle: water goes through a cycle
This picture represents the rock cycle.
True
False
How are igneous rocks different from metamorphic rocks?
Igneous rocks are formed from melting. Metamorphic rocks are formed from cooling.
Igneous rocks are formed from cooling and melting. Metamorphic rocks are formed from heat and pressure.
Igneous rocks are formed from weathering. Metamorphic rocks are formed from erosion.
Igneous rocks are formed from compaction and cementation. Metamorphic rocks are formed from heat and pressure.
Which rock transformation process is INCORRECT?
Igneous rock → weathering and erosion → burial deposition cementation → sedimentary rock.
Igneous rock → heat and or pressure → metamorphic rock.
Metamorphic rock → melting → solidification → igneous rock.
Sedimentary rock → melting → solidification → metamorphic rock.
What are two types of natural disasters that can happen along the plate boundary?
volcanoes and earthquakes
volcanoes and hurricanes
hurricanes and tornadoes
tsunamis and droughts
Which statements best demonstrates a convergent boundary (plates moving towards each other)?
One plate is going underneath the other plate and sinking into the ocean below.
One plate is going underneath the other plate and sinking into the soft rock below.
Two plates are hitting each other, and the plates are breaking into pieces, creating sand.
Two plates are pushing against each other, causing the edges to bend upward.
This picture represents a cross section cut.....
True
False
This picture represents a cross section cut...
True
False
What could BEST explain how fossils got so far apart?
India and South Africa are parts of different plates. The plates slowly moved apart as new plates from underneath got added between them over millions of years.
India and South Africa are parts of different plates. The plates slowly moved far apart as soft, solid rock from underneath got added to the edges of the plates over millions of years.
India and South Africa are parts of different plates. The plates were sometimes pushed far apart by earthquakes, and soft, solid rock from underneath got added to the edges of the plates.
India and South Africa are parts of different plates. The plates floated away from each other across the ocean.
Which statements best demonstrates a divergent boundary (plates moving away from each other)?
Soft, solid rock from underneath the plates rose and hardened, adding solid rock to the edges of both plates
Ocean water filled in the gap that was created by the plates moving apart.
Sand and dirt filled in the gap that was created by the plates moving apart.
A new plate from underneath filled in the gap that was created by the plates moving apart.
Which statement best describes the layer of the surface of the Earth?
Underneath the soil, Earth’s outer layer is made of hard, solid rock. Underneath the ocean, Earth’s outer layer is made of sand.
Underneath the soil, Earth’s outer layer is made of water.
Underneath both the soil and the ocean, Earth’s outer layer is made of hard, solid rock.
None of the above
Africa and Europe were once far from one another, but they are very close together now. Which statement BEST explains why this movement happened?
One plate went underneath the other plate and sank into the soft rock below.
One plate went underneath the other plate and sank into the ocean below
The plates pushed against each other, causing the edges to bend upward.
The plates hit each other and broke into pieces, creating sand.
Do rocks change?
Rocks do not change.
Rocks only change for a season.
Rocks change but the process is very slow.
None of the above
How are metamorphic rocks formed?
Melting
Heat and Pressure
Cooling
Compaction and Cementation
How do materials from rock turns into sand?
If anything were left out for a long time, it would break into small pieces.
Rays from the sun shone down on the rock, and it broke into pieces.
Wind and rain interacted with the rock, breaking it into small pieces.
The sand was formed by earthquakes, tsunamis, and other natural disasters. These disasters were strong enough to break rock into small pieces.
Material from igneous rock can come from sedimentary rock...
True
False
How could energy have played a role in the different rock types forming?
Energy changes rock on different continents in different ways. Each continent on Earth has different rock that might form liquid rock or small rock pieces when exposed to energy.
Energy caused one rock type to form, but not the other. Rock that forms because of energy is a different type of rock than rock that forms without energy.
Energy from different sources leads to different types of rock. Energy inside Earth melts rock into liquid rock, but energy from the sun causes rock to weather into small pieces of rock.
Energy causes different types of rock to change in different ways. Energy changes igneous rock into liquid rock and changes sedimentary rock into small pieces of rock.
Ismael is a geologist who just discovered two rocks. Rock one was found in Nevada and formed from cooling. Rock two was found in Texas and formed from small pieces of rock. Both rocks formed around the same time. Are the rocks the same or different?
The rocks are the same because they formed from the same rock material.
The rocks are the same because they formed at the same exact time.
The rocks are different because the formed in different ways.
The rocks are different because they formed in different places.
How are sedimentary rocks formed?
Heat and Pressure
Cooling
Compaction and Cementation
Weathering and Erosion
