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Unit 2 EARTH review

Total questions: 55

Worksheet time: 2hrs 50mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Which test of minerals tells the hardness on the MOHS scale?

a)

streak

b)

luster

c)

scratch

d)

acidity

2.

What is the Ring of Fire?

a)

an area where there are many faults due to transforming boundaries along all 7 major plates

b)

an area where the North American and Eurasian plates collide and create mountains

c)

an area of many forest fires due to explosions

d)

an area around the Pacific Plate where there are many volcanoes and earthquakes

3.

Which layer of the atmosphere do we live in?

a)

Troposphere

b)

Mesosphere

c)

Thermosphere

d)

Stratosphere

4.

Which layer of the atmosphere protects living things from the sun's UV radiation?

a)

Troposphere

b)

Mesosphere

c)

Thermosphere

d)

Stratosphere

5.

In which atmospheric layer does weather occur?

a)

Exosphere

b)

Troposphere

c)

Mesosphere

d)

Stratosphere

6.

Which elemental gas makes up around 80% of the Earth's atmosphere?

a)

Hydrogen

b)

Nitrogen

c)

Oxygen

d)

Helium

7.

Which atmospheric layer contains the ozone layer?

a)

Stratosphere

b)

Troposphere

c)

Mesosphere

d)

Exosphere

8.

The hottest layer of the atmosphere:

a)

Troposphere

b)

Stratosphere

c)

Mesosphere

d)

Thermosphere

9.

What is the 2nd most abundant (occurs in large amounts) gas in the atmosphere?

a)

Oxygen

b)

Carbon Dioxide

c)

Neon

d)

Helium

10.

What is the LEAST DENSE layer of the atmosphere?

a)

exosphere

b)

troposphere

c)

thermosphere

d)

stratosphere

11.

What order of atmospheric layers are you listing with the phrase "Exit The Mall Safely On Tuesdays"?

a)

from outer space to where I am

b)

from where I am to outer space

c)

from where I see the exit sign in the mall

d)

from how much oxygen is in the atmosphere

12.

Going from outer space towards Stiles, what is the 2nd layer of the atmosphere called?

a)

thermosphere

b)

troposphere

c)

stratosphere

d)

mesosphere

13.

Name this boundary type

a)

Convergent collisional

b)

Divergent

c)

Transform

d)

Subduction

14.
Name this plate boundary.
a)
divergent
b)
convergent
c)
transform
d)
allegiant 
15.
Name this plate boundary.
a)
divergent 
b)
convergent
c)
transform
d)
transformers
16.
Name this plate boundary.
a)
divergent
b)
convergent 
c)
transform
d)
insurgent
17.

What type of boundary creates trenches?

a)

transform

b)

divergent

c)

convergent subduction

d)

convergent

18.

What boundary is where two plates collide into each other?

a)

convergent boundary

b)

divergent boundary

c)

transform boundary

d)

accidental boundary

19.

A divergent boundary is a boundary between two plates that ____

a)

move toward each other

b)

undergo subduction

c)

move away from each other

d)

slide along each other

20.
What happens when an oceanic plate collides with a continental plate?
a)
the denser oceanic plate slides on top of the less dense continental plate
b)
the less dense oceanic plate slides under the denser continental plate
c)
the denser oceanic plate slides under the less dense continental plate
d)
the less dense oceanic plate slides past the denser continental plate
21.

What geologic process formed the Himalayan Mountains?

a)

two continental plates converging or colliding

b)

an earthquake in a subduction zone

c)

a tectonic plate moving over a hot spot

d)

movement at a transform fault boundary

22.
At a convergent boundary, how can you determine which plate will be subducted under the other? 
a)
the denser plate is subducted under the less dense plate
b)
the younger plate is subducted under the older plate
c)
the plate nearest the poles is subducted under the plate nearer the equator 
d)
the plate with greater magnetic properties will be subducted under the less magnetic plate
23.
A place where two plates slide past each other, moving in opposite directions, is known as a
a)
transform boundary
b)
divergent boundary
c)
convergent boundary
d)
rift valley
24.

The Mid Atlantic Ridge was formed from what type of plate boundary movement?

a)

transform

b)

divergent

c)

convergent

d)

convergent subduction

25.

Transform boundaries are most likely to produce what geological feature and phenomenon?

a)

volcanoes

b)

deep sea trenches

c)

underwater mountain ranges

d)

faults and earthquakes

26.

What process is responsible for Earth's plates moving?

a)

convection currents in the outer core

b)

convection currents in the inner core

c)

convection currents in the mantle

d)

conduction currents in the lithosphere

27.

Number 3 refers to what tectonic plate?

a)

North American Plate

b)

African Plate

c)

Eurasian Plate

d)

Pacific Plate

28.

Number 12 refers to what tectonic plate?

a)

South American

b)

North American

c)

African

d)

Indo-Australian

29.

Number 13 refers to what tectonic plate?

a)

South American

b)

Australian

c)

Pacific

d)

African

30.
L refers to what plate boundary
a)

Eurasian

b)

Indo-Australian

c)

Antarctic

d)

Pacific

31.

The layer of the Earth that is a solid made of iron and nickel is...

a)

Outer Core

b)

Lithosphere

c)

Inner Core

d)

Mantle

32.
What is the name of the layer that contains the uppermost mantle and crust
a)
Asthenosphere
b)
Mesosphere
c)
Lithosphere
d)

Atmosphere

33.

Identify layer #18.

a)

mantle

b)

asthenosphere

c)

inner core

d)

outer core

34.

How do scientists know about the composition of the layers of the Earth?

a)

by studying earthquakes (seismic waves)

b)

by studying meteors

c)

by studying weather

d)

by studying radio waves

35.

True or False: The most abundant elements in the Earth's crust are aluminum, silicon and oxygen.

a)

True

b)

False

36.

The layer of the mantle that is responsible for convection currents is the

a)

lithosphere

b)

asthenosphere

c)

core

d)

mesosphere

37.

This layer of the Earth is made up of soft solid rock that flows in convection currents.

a)
crust
b)
lithosphere
c)
asthenosphere
d)
outer core
38.
The Earth's solid inner core is surrounded by the hot, molten metal of which layer?
a)
Mantle
b)
Outer Core
c)
Crust
d)
Lithosphere
39.

The asthenosphere is part of which compositional layer?

a)

Inner core

b)

Outer Core

c)

Mantle

d)

Crust

40.

The liquid layer of the Earth is the

a)

Asthenosphere

b)

Inner Core

c)

Outer Core

d)

Lithosphere

41.

Identify layer #19.

a)

mantle

b)

asthenosphere

c)

inner core

d)

outer core

42.

What happens to the density of the atmosphere as you move up toward the exosphere?

a)

density increases

b)

density decreases

c)

density stays the same

d)

density disappears

43.

How would you describe the consistency of the asthenosphere?

a)

Jelly or Putty like

b)

Watery

c)

Brittle

d)

Rough

44.
The process by which water, wind, ice, and changes in temperature break down rock into fragments called sediments.
a)

Deposition

b)

Erosion

c)

Weathering

d)

Cementation

45.

Type of rock that forms when minerals form from solutions or sediment from older rocks get pressed and cemented together.

a)

Sedimentary Rock

b)

Metamorphic Rock

c)

Igneous Rock

d)

Magma

46.

Rock that forms when pressure and heat are applied and change a rock

a)

Igneous Rock

b)

Sedimentary Rock

c)

Metamorphic Rock

d)

Sediments

47.

The process by which igneous rocks are formed...

a)

heat and pressure

b)

cooling of magma

c)

compaction and cementation

d)

weathering and erosion

48.
An igneous rock can become (directly or indirectly) ______.
a)
metamorphic
b)
sedimentary
c)
igneous
d)
all of these
49.

The name for pieces of rock that have been broken down into smaller pieces.

a)

magma

b)

metamorphic

c)

sediment

d)

igneous

50.

What does it mean for a rock to be extrusive?

a)

Has layers

b)

Formed from magma below ground

c)

Formed from lava above ground

d)

Form by sediment being compacted

51.

True or False: Igneous rocks form DIRECTLY from sediment.

a)

True

b)

False

52.

The process by which sediment is moved from one place to another

a)

Weathering

b)

Uplift

c)

Deposition

d)

Erosion

53.

This rock cooled on the outside of a volcano and contained air bubbles when it was forming. What type of rock is this?

a)

Sedimentary

b)

Extrusive Igneous

c)

Metamorphic

d)

Intrusive Igneous

54.
The name for liquid rock
a)
Sedimentary
b)
Metamorphic
c)
Igneous
d)
Magma
55.

What is the difference between INTRUSIVE and EXTRUSIVE igneous rocks?

a)

Intrusive forms from magma outside of the Earth, extrusive forms from magma inside the Earth.

b)

Intrusive forms from lava outside the Earth, Extrusive forms from magma inside the Earth.

c)

Intrusive forms from lava inside the mantle, extrusive forms from lava inside the moon.

d)

Intrusive forms from magma inside the Earth, extrusive forms from lava outside of the Earth.

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