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Earth's Movements and Structure Quiz

Total questions: 39

Worksheet time: 29mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
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
2.
This rock was molten magma that slowly cooled under the ground. What type of rock is this?
a)
Sedimentary
b)
Igneous
c)
Metamorphic
3.
The cooled and hardened magma from volcanoes form what rocks?
a)
igneous
b)
sedimentary
c)
metamorphic 
d)
fossils
4.

What type of rock is this?

a)

Sedimentary

b)

Igneous

c)

Metamorphic

d)

Sand

5.

What type of rock is made from magma?

a)

SEDIMENTARY

b)

METAMORPHIC

c)

IGNEOUS

6.

What type of rock is made of tiny fragments of rocks?

a)

SEDIMENTARY

b)

IGNEOUS

c)

METAMORPHIC

7.

Which rocks are made by heat and pressure?

a)

IGNEOUS

b)

SEDIMENTARY

c)

METAMORPHIC

8.

What type of rock is this?

a)

Intrusive Igneous

b)

Extrusive Igneous

c)

Metamorphic

d)

Sedimentary

9.
What type of rock contains fossils?
a)
Intrusive Igneous
b)
Extrusive Igneous
c)
Metamorphic
d)
Sedimentary
10.
When sediments are pressed together tightly, this is called ____________.
a)
Compaction
b)
Cementation
c)
Weathering
d)
Erosion
11.
The process when rocks break into smaller pieces due to exposure to natural elements is called
a)
erosion
b)
weathering
c)
sediments
12.

Which type of rock was MOST LIKELY formed by the Tennessee River over the last 100 million years?

a)

Igneous

b)

Sedimentary

c)

Mountainous

d)

Metamorphic

13.
The natural chemical or physical processes that breaks down rock on Earth's surface.
a)
weathering
b)
erosion
c)
deposition
d)
jackhammering
14.

What is the thinnest layer?

a)

Crust

b)

Mantle

c)

Outer Core

d)

Inner Core

15.

Which is the correct order of the Earth's layers?

Outer most layer first.

a)

Crust, Outer Core, Mantle, Inner Core

b)

Crust, Mantle, Outer Core, Inner Core

c)

Inner core, Outer core, Mantle, Crust

16.

As you move deeper into the Earth's core, the temperature is:

a)

cooler

b)

hotter

17.

True or false.

The asthenosphere is located below the mantle. Due to extreme heat and pressure. The solid rocks can flow like liquid.

a)

True

b)

False

18.

What is your name?

First and Last

4 lines
19.

Which layer contains the ground we walk on?

a)

atmosphere

b)

lithosphere

c)

hydrosphere

d)

mesosphere

20.

Which layer is shown in orange?

a)

crust

b)

mantle

c)

outer core

d)

inner core

21.

Which layer is shown in yellow?

a)

crust

b)

mantle

c)

outer core

d)

inner core

22.

Which layer is made (mostly) of SOLID iron and nickel?

a)

crust

b)

mantle

c)

outer core

d)

inner core

23.

Which layer is made (mostly) of LIQUID iron and nickel?

a)

crust

b)

mantle

c)

outer core

d)

inner core

24.

Which layer is the hottest?

a)

crust

b)

mantle

c)

outer core

d)

inner core

25.

Which layer is the coolest?

a)

crust

b)

mantle

c)

outer core

d)

inner core

26.

Earthquake

a)

Transform boundary

b)

Divergent boundary

c)

Convergent boundary

d)

Subduction boundary

27.

The San Andreas fault is a transform fault. The map below shows a student's approximation of where the fault line crosses through the United States. Students were asked to make maps predicting which way land would most likely move over thousands of years.

a)
b)
c)
d)
28.

A mid-ocean ridge separates the Pacific plate and the Nazca plate off the western coast of South America. Which statement best describes the relative motions of the Pacific and Nazca plates?

a)

The Pacific and Nazca plates are moving to the east

b)

The Pacific and Nazca plates are both moving to the west

c)

The Pacific plate is moving to the west, and the Nazca plate is moving to the east

d)

The Pacific plate is moving to the east, and the Nazca plate is moving to the west

29.

The image shows a plate boundary. Arrows have been added to indicate the movement of the plates. What plate boundary feature is also shown?

a)

A ridge formed by an inactive convergent boundary

b)

A valley forming at an active divergent boundary

c)

A fault forming at an active transform boundary

d)

A volcano formed by an active transform boundary

30.

The model below shows two continental plates. The folded mountains in this model form at which type of plate boundary?

a)

transform boundary

b)

divergent boundary

c)

subduction boundary

d)

convergent boundary

31.

Most earthquakes tend to occur at which location?

a)

The central regions of very large continents

b)

Groups of islands farthest from any continents

c)

The boundaries between continents and oceans

d)

The steep slopes of the very oldest mountains

32.

A map is provided that presents information on a certain region of the Earth. Based on the information on the map, at which location are mountains most likely to form?

a)

A

b)

B

c)

C

d)

D

33.

A force caused the continents to drift apart over time. Once scientists figured out what that force was, the theory of plate tectonics was born! The image above shows what Geologists think the Earth looked like millions of years ago. What name was given to this land mass.

a)

Plate Tectonics

b)

Oceana

c)

Pangea

d)

North America

34.
Identify the Major Plate labeled B
a)
African Plate
b)
Antarctic Plate
c)
Pacific Plate
d)
Eurasian Plate 
35.
Identify the Major Plate labeled I
a)
African Plate
b)
Antarctic Plate
c)
Pacific Plate
d)
Eurasian Plate 
36.

What is the name of the plate shown in the image?

a)

South American

b)

African

c)

North American

37.

What is the name of the plate shown in the image?

a)

North American

b)

South American

c)

Eurasian

38.

What is the name of the plate shown in the image?

a)

Antarctic

b)

Pacific

c)

Indo-Australian

39.

What is the name of the plate shown in the image?

a)

North American

b)

African

c)

Antarctic