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Social Studies

Total questions: 60

Worksheet time: 2hrs 0mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

How many main kinds of rocks are on earth?

a)

one

b)

two

c)

three

d)

too many to count

2.

The THREE main types of rocks on earth are named . . .

a)

eggneous, sedamentary, metamorfic

b)

igneous, sedimentary, metamorphic

c)

igneus, sedamantary, metemorphic

d)

igneaus, sadimentary, matemorfic

3.

I am the main type of rock that is created from hot lava that cools. What type of rock am I?

a)

metamorphic

b)

sedimentary

c)

igneous

4.

I am the main type of rock that is created from layers of sediment. What type of rock am I?

a)

metamorphic

b)

sedimentary

c)

igneous

5.

I am the main type of rock that has been changed by extreme heat or pressure. What type of rock am I?

a)

metamorphic

b)

sedimentary

c)

igneous

6.

This rock formed when bits of other rocks became pressed into a solid. What type of rock is it?

a)

Sedimentary Rock

b)

Metamorphic Rock

c)

Igneous Rock

7.

This rock was formed by smaller pieces of rock that settled at the bottom of a lake millions of years ago. What type of rock is this?

a)

Sedimentary

b)

Igneous

c)

Metamorphic

8.

This rock was found near the mouth of a volcano. What type of rock is this?

a)

Sedimentary

b)

Igneous

c)

Metamorphic

9.
This rock was formed when molten rock cooled into a solid. What type of rock is it?
a)
Igneous Rock
b)
Metamorphic Rock
c)
Sedimentary Rock
10.
Which type of rock is formed from INTENSE heat and pressure?
a)
igneous
b)
sedimentary
c)
metamorphic
11.
This rock was molten magma that slowly cooled under the ground. What type of rock is this?
a)
Sedimentary
b)
Igneous
c)
Metamorphic
12.
Fossils are only found in
a)
Sedimentary rocks
b)
Foliated Metamorphic rocks
c)
Igneous Rocks
d)
Nonfoliated Metamorphic rocks
13.
The cooled and hardened magma from volcanoes form what rocks?
a)
igneous
b)
sedimentary
c)
metamorphic 
d)
fossils
14.
This type of Rock is the MOST common in the Earth's Crust?
a)
Sedimentary
b)
Igneous
c)
Metamorphic
d)
Common Rock
15.
A dead volcano is called what?
a)
active
b)
dormant
c)
extinct
16.
A sleeping volcano is called what?
a)
active
b)
dormant
c)
extinct
17.

What is magma?

a)

pieces of the Earth's crust

b)

molten rock inside of a volcano

c)

small rock

d)

plates that meet

18.

What is a dormant volcano?

a)

molten rock

b)

the center of a volcano

c)

will never erupt again

d)

a volcano that is sleeping, but could erupt agian

19.

What is lava?

a)

Molten rocks inside a volcano

b)

Molten rock outside a volcano

c)

small rocks

d)

magma

20.

What is the definition of the crust?

a)

2nd layer of the Earth

b)

dome shaped mountian

c)

outer layer of the Earth

d)

the center of the Earth

21.

What is magma?

a)

pieces of the Earth's crust

b)

molten rock inside of a volcano

c)

small rock

d)

plates that meet

22.

What land formation can you see in the picture?

a)

hill

b)

mountain

23.

What land formation can you see in the picture?

a)

hill

b)

valley

24.

What land Formation can you see in the picture?

a)

valley

b)

hill

25.

What land formation can you see in the picture?

a)

plateau

b)

mountain

26.

What land formation can you see in the picture?

a)

volcano

b)

plateau

27.

It is a low-lying land in the middle of mountains or hill.

a)

Valley

b)

Mountain

28.

What land formation can you see in the picture?

a)

Plain

b)

Hill

29.
What is the landform?
a)
Ocean
b)
Mountain
c)
Valley
d)
Plain
30.

what land form is this

a)

plateau

b)

mountain

c)

hill

d)

river

31.

This land form is an opening in the earth where hot rock and lava can burst into the air.

a)

a blowhole

b)

a geyser

c)

a river

d)

a volcano

32.
5th largest continent and is both an island and a continent. It is the home of the South Pole. 
a)
Antarctica 
b)
Asia
c)
Africa 
d)
Europe
33.
Smallest continent, home of the Outback, and the Great Barrier Reef. 
a)
Antarctica 
b)
Europe
c)
Austrilia
d)
South America
34.
Fourth largest continent, known as Latin America. 
a)
North America
b)
South America
c)
Asia
d)
Europe
35.
5th largest continent and is both an island and a continent. It is the home of the South Pole. 
a)
Antarctica 
b)
Asia
c)
Africa 
d)
Europe
36.
Largest continent and home of the most populated country: China. 
a)
Europe
b)
Africa 
c)
South America
d)
Asia
37.
Second largest continent. Home of the Pyramids, Sahara Desert, and the Nile River. 
a)
Asia
b)
North America
c)
Africa
d)
South America
38.
Third largest continent and home to the second largest country in the world: Canada. 
a)
North America
b)
South America
c)
Europe
d)
Austrilia
39.
Sixth largest continent and owned most of the world at one time. 
a)
Australia
b)
Europe
c)
Antarctica
d)
North America
40.
Home of Mt. McKinley, The Yukon, Niagara Falls, Hoover Dam, Gateway Arch. 
a)
South America
b)
North America
c)
Asia
d)
Africa
41.
Home of Angel Falls, the Amazon, and contains countries like Venezuela, Peru, Colombia
a)
South America
b)
North America
c)
Europe
d)
Australia
42.
How many continents are on the Earth?
a)
7
b)
4
c)
5
d)
2
43.
How many oceans are on the Earth?
a)
7
b)
4
c)
5
d)
2
44.
What is the name of the object by number 1?
a)
North America
b)
South America
c)
United States
d)
Europe 
45.
What is the name of the object by number 2?
a)
North America
b)
South America
c)
United States
d)
Europe 
46.
What is the name of the object by number 3?
a)
North America
b)
Antarctica 
c)
South Pole 
d)
Europe 
47.
What is the name of the object by number 4?
a)
North America
b)
Europe
c)
South Pole 
d)
Africa
48.
What is the name of the object by number 5?
a)
Australia  
b)
Africa
c)
Asia
d)
Europe 
49.
What is the name of the object by number 6?
a)
Australia  
b)
Africa
c)
Asia
d)
Europe 
50.
What is the name of the object by number 7?
a)
Australia  
b)
Africa
c)
Asia
d)
Europe 
51.
What is the name of the object by number 6?
a)
Australia  
b)
Africa
c)
Asia
d)
Europe 
52.
What is the southern most continent?
a)
Antarctica
b)
Asia
c)
None 
d)
Afica
53.
Largest continent and home of the most populated country: China. 
a)
Europe
b)
Africa 
c)
South America
d)
Asia
54.
What is the continent that is red?
a)
North America
b)
Europe
c)
Africa
d)
Australia
55.
What is the continent that is yellow?
a)
Africa
b)
Australia
c)
Asia
d)
Antarctica
56.

What ocean is at C?

a)

Indian Ocean

b)

Southern Ocean

c)

Pacific Ocean

d)

Atlantic Ocean

57.

What ocean is at B?

a)

Indian Ocean

b)

Southern Ocean

c)

Pacific Ocean

d)

Atlantic Ocean

58.

What ocean is at E?

a)

Indian Ocean

b)

Southern Ocean

c)

Pacific Ocean

d)

Atlantic Ocean

59.

What ocean is at H?

a)

Arctic

b)

Atlantic

c)

Indian

d)

Pacific

60.

What ocean is at G?

a)

Arctic

b)

Atlantic

c)

Indian

d)

Pacific