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Investigation 7 Test

Total questions: 26

Worksheet time: 13mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Mountains form on land

a)

when plates converge or collide together

b)

when plates diverge or pull away from each other

c)

when plates slip past each other

d)

when earthquakes shake the plates

2.

When Earth's plates move they can:

a)

uplift into mountains

b)

subduct under other plates to form trenches

c)

both answers are correct

d)

neither answer is correct

3.

What mountain range runs through Pennsylvania?

a)

The Himalayas

b)

The Rocky Mountains

c)

The Appalachian Mountains

d)

The Alps

4.

Plate interactions are so slow that it is very difficult to see changes or feel the movement.

a)
True
b)
False
5.

What type of mountains form when plates converge or collide together as pictured?

a)

fault block

b)

folded

c)

dome

d)

plateau

6.

What type of mountains form when the crust breaks pushing rocks up or down in blocks rather than folds?

a)

dome

b)

volcano

c)

fault block

d)

folded

7.

What type of mountain forms when magma pushes below rocks uplifting them?

a)

folded

b)

dome

c)

fault block

d)

plateau

8.

Rocks that change due to heat and pressure are

a)

metamorphic rocks

b)

sedimentary rocks

c)

igneous rocks

d)

all the above

9.

Metamorphic rocks are formed from other rocks which are called

a)

source rocks

b)

false rocks

c)

true rocks

d)

none of the above

10.

Foliation means that the minerals in rocks have_____ due to heat and pressure.

a)

layered

b)

separated

c)

disappeared

d)

all of the above

11.

Which rock is a metamorphic rock since it contains foliation?

a)

Rock A

b)

Rock B

12.

Which rock below is an example of a metamorphic rock?

a)

limestone

b)

obsidian

c)

marble

d)

sandstone

13.

Which mountains form when magma erupts and piles on Earth's surface?

a)

folded

b)

plateau

c)

volcanic

d)

fault block

14.

What mountains form when large flat-topped rocks have bee uplifted ahigh above the crust?

a)

volcanic

b)

plateaus

c)

folded

d)

fault-block

15.

Rocks can be recycled and transformed into other kinds of rocks.

a)

true

b)

false

16.

The process of changing rocks from one type of rock to another through weathering, erosion, deposition, heat and pressure, and melting is

a)

magma

b)

rock cycle

c)

lava

d)

cementation

17.

The image represents two continental plates colliding. What type of boundary is this an example of?

a)
divergent
b)
transform
c)
convergent
18.

The image shows two plates separating from each other. What type of boundary is this an example of?

a)
divergent
b)
convergent
c)
transform
19.

The image shows two plates moving past each other. What type of boundary is this an example of?

a)
divergent
b)
convergent
c)
transform
20.

What forms at convergent boundaries?

a)

mountains

b)

volcanoes

c)

trenches

d)

all the above

21.

What forms at a divergent boundary?

a)

mountains

b)

trench

c)

valley

d)

all the above

22.

What may occur at transform boundaries?

a)

mountains

b)

trench

c)

valley

d)

earthquakes

23.

The ______ Ocean gets smaller every year.

a)

Arctic

b)

Pacific

c)

Atlantic

d)

Indian

24.

The ______ Ocean gets larger every year.

a)

Atlantic

b)

Pacific

c)

Indian

d)

Arctic

25.

What causes the Pacific Ocean to get smaller?

a)

seafloor spreading

b)

subduction

c)

tsunamis

d)

volcanoes

26.

What causes the Atlantic Ocean to get larger each year?

a)

subductions

b)

volcanoes

c)

tsunamis

d)

new seafloor (seafloor spreading)