wayground logo

Free Printable Worksheets

NEW

Font size

S
M
L
XL
Worksheets

Rock Cycle & Pangaea

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 11mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
A rock formed from fragments of other rocks is a(n)
a)
Metamorphic Rock
b)
Sedimentary Rock
c)
Extrusive Rock
d)
Igneous Rock
2.
Fossils are only found in
a)
Sedimentary rocks
b)
Foliated Metamorphic rocks
c)
Igneous Rocks
d)
Nonfoliated Metamorphic rocks
3.
What are the 3 major types of rocks?
a)
Igneous, Metamorphic, Sedimentary
b)
Metamorphic, Igneous, Cementation
c)
Brown, Red, Gray
d)
Streak, Hardness, Breakage
4.
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
5.
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
6.

The name of a person that studies rocks and the earth.

a)

veterinarian

b)

geologist

c)

podiatrist

d)

teacher

7.

The process by which metamorphic rock changes to igneous rock begins with

a)

melting

b)

erosion

c)

deposition

d)

crystallization

8.
The process by which igneous rocks are formed...
a)
heat and pressure
b)
melting and cooling
c)
weathering and erosion
9.
The process by which metamorphic rocks are formed...
a)
heat and pressure
b)
erosion and deposition
c)
melting and cooling
10.
_______ rock forms from magma/lava
a)
Metamorphic
b)
Sedimentary
c)
Igneous
11.

What is Plate Tectonics?

a)

movement of the Earth in space

b)

movement of the oceans against Earth's land

c)

movement of the Earth around the sun

d)

movement of the pieces of Earth's crust

12.

Why do Earth's plates move?

a)

because of tornadoes and hurricanes

b)

because of Earth spinning on its axis

c)

because of Earth orbiting the sun

d)

because of molten rock heating and cooling within the mantle

13.

How did Pangaea break apart?

a)

dynamite

b)

cave men

c)

Minecraft

d)

continental drift theory

14.
What does the theory of continental drift state?
a)
The continents were once joined in a super-continent and have moved over time
b)
Continents are stationary and do not move
c)
The Earth is broken into lithospheric plates that move due to convection currents
d)
none of the above
15.

What is represented in the picture? 

a)
Sea-floor spreading
b)
Pangea
c)
How the continents are arranged today
d)
Volcanoes
16.

What does Pangaea mean?

a)

whole Earth

b)

pieces of Earth

c)

Earth's crust

d)

movement of earth

17.

What are plates?

a)

pieces of the Earth's moon

b)

pieces of rock and dust floating in space

c)

pieces of the Earth's core

d)

pieces of Earth's crust

18.

Why did other scientists did no believe in Wegener’s theory?

a)

He could not explain how the continents moved

b)

He didn’t have evidence

c)

His data was wrong

d)

He didn’t use the right technology to gather data

19.
How does fossil evidence support Wegener's hypothesis of continental drift?
a)
Similar fossils are found along continental margins that appear to join together.
b)
Fossils are found in areas where the present-day climate could not have supported the organisms that made the fossils.
c)
Similar fossils of giant, land-dwelling dinosaurs are found on continents separated by oceans.
d)
all of the above
20.

Alfred Wegener thought which 2 continents looked like puzzle pieces that could fit together?

a)

Asia and North America

b)

Europe and North America

c)

Africa and South America

d)

Australia and South America