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TURON :D

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 5mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Plates that slide sideways past each other.

a)

CONVERGENT

b)

HIMALAYAS

c)

TRANSFORM

d)

DIVERGENT

2.

Solid ball made out of iron and nickel.

a)

CRUST

b)

MANTLE

c)

OUTER CORE

d)

INNER CORE

3.

Where is this? (USE ALL CAPS)

(a)  

4.

Was a German polar researcher geophysicist and meteorologist. (USE ALL CAPS)

(a)  

5.

An extinct group of aquatic squamate reptiles. (USE ALL CAPS)

(a)  

6.

It was formed by the fusion of Indian and Australian plates approximately forty three million years ago.

a)

EURASIAN PLATE

b)

INDO-AUSTRALIAN PLATE

c)

AFRICAN PLATE

d)

ANTARTIC PLATE

7.

What are the pieces of evidence collected by Wegener to prove his theory?

a)

PALEOCLIMATE DATA

b)

FOSSIL CORRELATION

c)

THE APPERENT FIT OF CONTINENTS

d)

ROCK AND MOUNTAIN CORRELATION

e)

THE APPARENT FIT OF CONTINENTS

8.

It forms the tectonic boundary between the Pacific Plate and the North American Plate.

a)

MT. EVEREST

b)

HIMALAYAS

c)

SAN ANDREAS FAULT

d)

WEST VALLEY FAULT

9.

Where is this? (ALL CAPS ONLY)

(a)  

10.

Lavas that contain characteristic pillow shaped structures.

a)

PILLOW LAVA

b)

ZIRCONS

c)

CYNOGNATHUS

d)

MESASAURUS

11.

Is a mid ocean ridge a divergent or constructive plate boundary located along the floor of the Atlantic Ocean.

a)

GREAT RIFT VALLEY

b)

MID ATLANTIC RIDGE

c)

HIMALAYAS

d)

OUTER CORE

12.

Relatively soft coal containing a tarlike substance. (USE ALL CAPS)

(a)  

13.

Is the oldest mineral.

a)

ZIRCONS

b)

PLASTICENE

c)

ROCK

d)

DIAMOND

14.

Is an extinct genus of large bodied cynodontian therapsids that lived in the Middle Triassic. (USE ALL CAPS)

(a)  

15.

Is the outermost layer of the earth which contains the entire crust and the top most layer of the mantle. (USE ALL CAPS)

(a)