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WorksheetsEarth Science Quiz Party!
Total questions: 19
Worksheet time: 31mins
Which of the following is the deepest part of the ocean?
Abyssal Plain
Continental Slope
Mid-oceanic Ridge
Trench
What is the Law of Superposition?
Igneous rock is older than nearby sedimentary rock,
which is older than nearby metamorphic rock.
A sedimentary rock layer in its original position is older than the layer above it and younger than the layers below it.
Metamorphic rock is older than the nearby sedimentary rock
because the latter is deposited before the former.
The exact age of a sedimentary rock layer can be found
using the layers above and below it.
What are the two things that affect the rate of weathering?
Time and date
Type of rock and climate
Rain and ice
Size of the rock and time of the year
What process exists as heat is transferred from one plate to another along plate boundaries?
Conduction
Convection
Radiation
Thermal transfer
Magma varies widely in composition. Which is the most abundant element composition in magma?
Aluminum
Oxygen
Silicon
Sodium
What type of fault is shown in the illustration?
Reverse
Strike-slip
Normal
Transverse
Which scientist from the 1960s is credited for proposing the theory of seafloor spreading?
Albert Einstein
Alfred Wegener
Charles Darwin
Harry Hess
Which geological dating technique determines the actual age of a fossil?
Radioactive Isotope
Absolute
Relative
Stratigraphy
What law of stratigraphy states that any rock, fault, or structure that cuts another rock or other structure is younger than the rock or structure it cuts?
(a)
What is known as the world’s smallest volcano (also the Philippines' second most active volcano)?
(a)
What device uses sound waves off underwater objects and then records the echoes of these sound waves?
(a)
What is formed when rocks experienced compressive stress and deformed plastically?
(a)
When the rocks or plates are pulled or pushed together, stress may occur. Name only one of these three main types of stress. (Do not type the word stress in your answer)
(a)
What type of melting takes place within Earth when a body of rock is held at approximately the same temperature, but the pressure is reduced.
(a)
What type of weathering is shown in the picture?
(a)
How many half-lives have passed if a rock contains 25% isotopes and 75% daughter isotopes? (Write only the number.)
(a)
A geologist is studying three layers of sedimentary rock in an area. The layers have not shifted from their original positions. The geologist records the relative ages of the rocks. The bottom layer is listed as the oldest. The top layer is listed as the youngest. What did the geologist use
to determine the relative ages of the rocks?
mineral content
radioactive decay
the law of superposition
the principle of unconformity
A sample of wood found in an ancient tomb contains 25% of its original carbon-14. What is the approximate age of this wood sample?
(a)
What is the approximate age of an igneous rock that contains only one-fourth of its original Potassium-40?
(a)
