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Plate Tectonics and Rock Cycling

Total questions: 50

Worksheet time: 27mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What type of scientist studies rocks and the forces that make and shape planet Earth?

a)

Paleontologist

b)

Astronomer

c)

Physicist

d)

Geologist

2.

What type of scientist studies fossils and the history of life on Earth?

a)

Paleontologist

b)

Astronomer

c)

Physicist

d)

Geologist

3.

What does the lightbulb in a lava lamp represent in the Earth?

a)

The core

b)

The mantle

c)

The lithosphere

d)

The asthenosphere

4.

What does the cap in a lava lamp represent in the Earth?

a)

The core

b)

The mantle

c)

The lithosphere

d)

The asthenosphere

5.

What causes the wax in a lava lamp to rise to the top?

a)

The heat makes the wax LESS dense, causing it to rise.

b)

The heat makes the wax MORE dense, causing it to rise.

6.

The molten material in the mantle acts like...

a)

a gas

b)

a non-Newtonian fluid

c)

plasma

d)

water

7.

Who was the first person to hypothesize that all the continents were once one giant landmass?

a)

Harry Hess

b)

Bill Nye

c)

Alfred Wegener

d)

Pangaea

8.

What is the name of the giant landmass on Earth about 300 million years ago?

a)

Wegener

b)

Mariana Trench

c)

Ring of Fire

d)

Pangaea

9.

What theory explains the idea that the continents slowly move over Earth's surface?

a)

Continental Drift

b)

Subduction

c)

Sea-Floor Spreading

d)

Convection

10.

What theory states that pieces of the lithosphere is in constant motion?

a)

Convection

b)

Subduction

c)

Plate Tectonics

d)

Wegener

11.

How does sea-floor spreading create new crust in the ocean?

a)

It makes magnetic stripes that form new land.

b)

The sea-floor spreads to reveal new layers of Earth.

c)

Sea-floor spreading doesn't create new crust.

d)

Molten material rises and hardens quickly under water.

12.

Which of the following was evidence to support sea-floor spreading?

a)

Magnetic Stripes

b)

Drilling Samples

c)

Pieces of the Core

d)

Pillow shaped rocks

13.

The process where the ocean floor sinks beneath the crust and back into the mantle.

a)

Subduction

b)

Sea-Floor Spreading

c)

Earthquakes

d)

Faulting

14.

Where do you see subduction occur in the ocean?

a)

You wouldn't see subduction in the ocean.

b)

At a mid-ocean ridge

c)

At a deep-ocean trench

d)

At a fault line

15.

Where do you see sea-floor spreading occur in the ocean?

a)

You wouldn't see sea-floor spreading in the ocean.

b)

At a mid-ocean ridge

c)

At a deep-ocean trench

d)

At a fault line

16.

Which of the following shows subduction?

a)
b)
c)
d)
17.

Which of the following shows sea-floor spreading?

a)
b)
c)
d)
18.

Which of the following shows a divergent boundary?

a)
b)
c)
d)
19.

Which of the following shows a convergent boundary?

a)
b)
c)
d)
20.

What type of boundary is made when two plates move apart from one another?

a)

Divergent Boundary

b)

Convergent Boundary

c)

Transform Boundary

d)

Assurgent Boundary

21.

What type of boundary is made when two plates come together or collide?

a)

Divergent Boundary

b)

Convergent Boundary

c)

Transform Boundary

d)

Assurgent Boundary

22.

What type of boundary is made when subduction occurs?

a)

Divergent Boundary

b)

Convergent Boundary

c)

Transform Boundary

d)

Assurgent Boundary

23.

What type of boundary formed where two plates slide past each other?

a)

Divergent Boundary

b)

Convergent Boundary

c)

Transform Boundary

d)

Assurgent Boundary

24.

Which of the following are types of plate boundaries?

a)

Divergent Boundary

b)

Convergent Boundary

c)

Transform Boundary

d)

Assurgent Boundary

25.

Earth's lithosphere is broken into separate sections called...

a)

oceans

b)

continents

c)

cores

d)

plates

26.

Which of these explains why Earth's tectonic plates move?

a)

Heat from the mantle/core

b)

Convection currents

c)

The air pressure in the atmosphere

d)

Movement of hot and cool material in the mantle

27.

What is the name of the major volcanic belt around the Pacific Ocean?

a)

Ring of Fire

b)

Mariana Trench

c)

Mount Everest

d)

The Grand Canyon

28.

What is the name of the deepest place on Earth?

a)

Ring of Fire

b)

Mariana Trench

c)

Mount Everest

d)

The Grand Canyon

29.

What evidence did Wegener provide to try and prove his theory of continental drift?

a)

Landforms

b)

Fossils

c)

Core Samples

d)

Climate

30.

Which of the following statements are true?

a)

The Pacific Ocean is shrinking.

b)

The Atlantic Ocean is shrinking.

c)

The Pacific Ocean is growing.

d)

The Atlantic Ocean is growing.

31.

Why do we study rocks?

a)

To understand Earth's history.

b)

To understand where minerals come from.

c)

To learn about Earth's core.

d)

To estimate the relative age of Earth's major events.

32.

The processes that change one type of rock into another type is called what?

a)

The water cycle

b)

The carbon cycle

c)

Rock and roll

d)

The rock cycle

33.

The processes that change one type of rock into another type is called what?

a)

How they are formed

b)

How they look

c)

How they smell

d)

How they are destroyed

34.

It is impossible for any rock to change into another type of rock, even under the right conditions.

a)

True

b)

False

35.

These rocks are formed from magma or lava cooling

a)

Igneous Rock

b)

Sedimentary Rock

c)

Metamorphic Rock

d)

None of these

36.

These rocks formed when existing rock is subjected to intense heat and pressure

a)

Igneous Rock

b)

Sedimentary Rock

c)

Metamorphic Rock

d)

None of these

37.

These rocks formed when sediment is deposited into layers and compacted

a)

Igneous Rock

b)

Sedimentary Rock

c)

Metamorphic Rock

d)

None of these

38.

In what type of rocks are fossils typically found?

a)

Igneous Rock

b)

Sedimentary Rock

c)

Metamorphic Rock

d)

None of these

39.

Molten material inside of a volcano

a)

Lava

b)

Magma

c)

Pumice

d)

Granite

40.

Molten material that has been erupted out of a volcano

a)

Lava

b)

Magma

c)

Pumice

d)

Granite

41.

What do we call tiny pieces of rock that have been weathered and eroded

a)

lava

b)

magma

c)

pressure

d)

sediments

42.

The preserved remains, or traces of remains, of ancient animals and plants are called...

a)

rocks

b)

fossils

c)

sediment

d)

magma

43.

Fossils can help us determine

a)

the relative age of the rocks around them

b)

how organisms have evolved over time

c)

what organisms lived near each other

d)

how an extinct organism lived

44.

Which of these are examples of fossils?

a)

remains preserved in amber

b)

pieces of bones or shells found in rocks

c)

molds or casts

d)

carbon film

45.

There are fossils of every plant and animal that has ever lived on Earth.

a)

True

b)

False

46.

About how old is Earth?

a)

6,000 years old

b)

4.5 billion years old

c)

5.6 million years old

d)

10 billion years old

47.

Which of these layers is the oldest?

a)

Layer A

b)

Layer B

c)

Layer C

d)

Layer D

48.

Which of these layers is the youngest?

a)

Layer A

b)

Layer B

c)

Layer C

d)

Layer D

49.

Mount Everest formed when India collided with Asia.

a)

True

b)

False

50.

Earth's magnetic field is evidence of what?

a)

That Earth is hollow

b)

That the mantle is made from cobalt

c)

That the core is made of iron and nickel

d)

That the core is rocky