WorksheetsGeology Quiz
Total questions: 12
Worksheet time: 12mins
1. How do patterns in earthquake data compare to the patterns in volcanic data? .
The shallow parts of the ocean had the most earthquakes and volcanoes.
Earthquakes and volcanoes overlap in some places.
Some islands have both volcanoes and earthquakes.
Earthquakes are far more common than volcanoes and are especially frequent where there are larger numbers of volcanoes.
What patterns did you see in elevation where we saw high earthquake and volcanic activity?
Earthquakes and volcanoes often occur on or near areas of high elevation - on land and in the ocean.
Earthquakes and volcanoes mostly occur on land.
Volcanoes occur in high elevation areas and earthquakes occur in low elevation areas.
There doesn’t seem to be a pattern that relates volcanoes and earthquakes to elevation.
Knowing that earthquake and volcanic activity help us to see where the edges of plates are located, what can we conclude about plates based on the patterns we have seen so far? Select all that apply.
There are many plates of different shapes and sizes that make up the Earth’s surface.
The plates are defined by the continents. The continent boundaries are the plate boundaries.
Continents do not define plates - both continent and ocean can be a part of a plate.
There are many wide gaps or spaces between the plates.
With which statements below do you agree? You may select more than one.
There is a worldwide pattern of earthquakes and volcanoes.
The Earth is changing in relatively small ways due to the activity of volcanoes and earthquakes that occur at the boundaries of plates (large and flat pieces of the Earth’s surface).
The Earth’s surface is made of large, flat pieces of varying sizes called plates.
The Earth stopped changing millions of years ago.
Wegener claimed that the continents were once one large landmass that he called Pangaea. Which of the following choices did Wegner give as evidence for continental drift? Choose all that Apply
The fit of continents, rock sequence, glacial evidence
Identical fossil species on different continents (both plant and animal), Antarctic climate changes
Sea-floor spreading, mid-ocean ridge, and trenches
Based on the diagram below, which letter indicates where the Earth is the Oldest?
A
B
C
After looking at this new data, scientists developed new ideas about how continents appeared to be moving. Which statements below explain ocean floor spreading and how this process is related to the mid-ocean ridge. (Select all that apply.)
New rock is formed where the magma from below Earth’s surface rises to the ocean surface and over time forms an underwater mountain range - a mid-ocean ridge.
The new rock cools and pulls away from the ridge which explains why the ocean floor at the mid-ocean ridge is younger compared with the ocean floor moving away from the ridge.
Underwater mountain ranges are created the same way that mountain ranges on the land are created. What happens in the ocean also happens on land.
None of the above
In the Mosa Mack Phenomenon, which were not reasons the Whale bones to end up on a mountain away from the beach. Choose all that Apply.
Large Waves pushed them up
They were carried their by humans
They were moved up in elevation as the plates interacted nearby
Convection in the Mantle was the ultimate reason why this occurred.
What type of movement were the plates(Nazca & South American) experiencing at the site of the Whale Bones Mystery in Mosa Mack
Lateral Sliding(Slipe)
Spreading(divergent)
Subduction
None of the above
The solid rock of the cliff in this photograph is part of a continent. What is the relationship between the continent and Earth’s plates?
The continent is part of a plate.
The continent is next to but is not part of a plate.
The continent is next to but is not part of a plate.
The continent is directly on top of a plate but is not part of the plate.
During your Mapping the Future Earth Lab, what happened to the coordinates of your reference points after 100,000,000 years?
They didn't move
They changed in the opposite direction the plate moved
They changed, but in the same direction the plate was moving.
Based on the movement of the fastest moving plate, the Indio-Australian plate, what is it's biggest impact as it goes under the Eurasian Plate? Choose all that apply.
It will split apart as India goes under another plate and Australia heads out to the middle of the Pacific Ocean.
The equator will move
The Himalaya's will continue to get bigger as a result of it going under the Eurasian Plate
The oceans will rise.
