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WorksheetsPlate Tectonics and Rock Cycling
Total questions: 50
Worksheet time: 27mins
What type of scientist studies rocks and the forces that make and shape planet Earth?
Paleontologist
Astronomer
Physicist
Geologist
What type of scientist studies fossils and the history of life on Earth?
Paleontologist
Astronomer
Physicist
Geologist
What does the lightbulb in a lava lamp represent in the Earth?
The core
The mantle
The lithosphere
The asthenosphere
What does the cap in a lava lamp represent in the Earth?
The core
The mantle
The lithosphere
The asthenosphere
What causes the wax in a lava lamp to rise to the top?
The heat makes the wax LESS dense, causing it to rise.
The heat makes the wax MORE dense, causing it to rise.
The molten material in the mantle acts like...
a gas
a non-Newtonian fluid
plasma
water
Who was the first person to hypothesize that all the continents were once one giant landmass?
Harry Hess
Bill Nye
Alfred Wegener
Pangaea
What is the name of the giant landmass on Earth about 300 million years ago?
Wegener
Mariana Trench
Ring of Fire
Pangaea
What theory explains the idea that the continents slowly move over Earth's surface?
Continental Drift
Subduction
Sea-Floor Spreading
Convection
What theory states that pieces of the lithosphere is in constant motion?
Convection
Subduction
Plate Tectonics
Wegener
How does sea-floor spreading create new crust in the ocean?
It makes magnetic stripes that form new land.
The sea-floor spreads to reveal new layers of Earth.
Sea-floor spreading doesn't create new crust.
Molten material rises and hardens quickly under water.
Which of the following was evidence to support sea-floor spreading?
Magnetic Stripes
Drilling Samples
Pieces of the Core
Pillow shaped rocks
The process where the ocean floor sinks beneath the crust and back into the mantle.
Subduction
Sea-Floor Spreading
Earthquakes
Faulting
Where do you see subduction occur in the ocean?
You wouldn't see subduction in the ocean.
At a mid-ocean ridge
At a deep-ocean trench
At a fault line
Where do you see sea-floor spreading occur in the ocean?
You wouldn't see sea-floor spreading in the ocean.
At a mid-ocean ridge
At a deep-ocean trench
At a fault line
Which of the following shows subduction?
Which of the following shows sea-floor spreading?
Which of the following shows a divergent boundary?
Which of the following shows a convergent boundary?
What type of boundary is made when two plates move apart from one another?
Divergent Boundary
Convergent Boundary
Transform Boundary
Assurgent Boundary
What type of boundary is made when two plates come together or collide?
Divergent Boundary
Convergent Boundary
Transform Boundary
Assurgent Boundary
What type of boundary is made when subduction occurs?
Divergent Boundary
Convergent Boundary
Transform Boundary
Assurgent Boundary
What type of boundary formed where two plates slide past each other?
Divergent Boundary
Convergent Boundary
Transform Boundary
Assurgent Boundary
Which of the following are types of plate boundaries?
Divergent Boundary
Convergent Boundary
Transform Boundary
Assurgent Boundary
Earth's lithosphere is broken into separate sections called...
oceans
continents
cores
plates
Which of these explains why Earth's tectonic plates move?
Heat from the mantle/core
Convection currents
The air pressure in the atmosphere
Movement of hot and cool material in the mantle
What is the name of the major volcanic belt around the Pacific Ocean?
Ring of Fire
Mariana Trench
Mount Everest
The Grand Canyon
What is the name of the deepest place on Earth?
Ring of Fire
Mariana Trench
Mount Everest
The Grand Canyon
What evidence did Wegener provide to try and prove his theory of continental drift?
Landforms
Fossils
Core Samples
Climate
Which of the following statements are true?
The Pacific Ocean is shrinking.
The Atlantic Ocean is shrinking.
The Pacific Ocean is growing.
The Atlantic Ocean is growing.
Why do we study rocks?
To understand Earth's history.
To understand where minerals come from.
To learn about Earth's core.
To estimate the relative age of Earth's major events.
The processes that change one type of rock into another type is called what?
The water cycle
The carbon cycle
Rock and roll
The rock cycle
The processes that change one type of rock into another type is called what?
How they are formed
How they look
How they smell
How they are destroyed
It is impossible for any rock to change into another type of rock, even under the right conditions.
True
False
These rocks are formed from magma or lava cooling
Igneous Rock
Sedimentary Rock
Metamorphic Rock
None of these
These rocks formed when existing rock is subjected to intense heat and pressure
Igneous Rock
Sedimentary Rock
Metamorphic Rock
None of these
These rocks formed when sediment is deposited into layers and compacted
Igneous Rock
Sedimentary Rock
Metamorphic Rock
None of these
In what type of rocks are fossils typically found?
Igneous Rock
Sedimentary Rock
Metamorphic Rock
None of these
Molten material inside of a volcano
Lava
Magma
Pumice
Granite
Molten material that has been erupted out of a volcano
Lava
Magma
Pumice
Granite
What do we call tiny pieces of rock that have been weathered and eroded
lava
magma
pressure
sediments
The preserved remains, or traces of remains, of ancient animals and plants are called...
rocks
fossils
sediment
magma
Fossils can help us determine
the relative age of the rocks around them
how organisms have evolved over time
what organisms lived near each other
how an extinct organism lived
Which of these are examples of fossils?
remains preserved in amber
pieces of bones or shells found in rocks
molds or casts
carbon film
There are fossils of every plant and animal that has ever lived on Earth.
True
False
About how old is Earth?
6,000 years old
4.5 billion years old
5.6 million years old
10 billion years old
Which of these layers is the oldest?
Layer A
Layer B
Layer C
Layer D
Which of these layers is the youngest?
Layer A
Layer B
Layer C
Layer D
Mount Everest formed when India collided with Asia.
True
False
Earth's magnetic field is evidence of what?
That Earth is hollow
That the mantle is made from cobalt
That the core is made of iron and nickel
That the core is rocky
