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Earth Science Lesson 4 Review

Total questions: 45

Worksheet time: 26mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Earth’s lithosphere is made up of what layer/s?

a)

Crust

b)

Mantle

c)

Crust and Mantle

d)

Crust and upper mantle

2.

What do you call the broken segments that make up the lithosphere?

a)

Crust

b)

Mantle

c)

Core

d)

Plates

3.
What layer of the earth is made of soild iron and nickel?
a)
innner core
b)
mantle
c)
crust
d)
outer core
4.
What would you be most likely to find at a divergent boundary between two pieces of continental crust?
a)
Mid-Ocean Ridge
b)
Mountain
c)
Rift
d)
Island Arc
5.
The model below shows two continental   plates.  The folded mountains in this   model form at which type of plate   boundary?
a)
Divergent boundary
b)
Convergent boundary
c)
Transform boundary
d)
Subduction boundary
6.
A plate boundary at which two plate move parallel to each other in opposite directions
a)
convergent plate boundary
b)
divergent plate boundary
c)
transform plate boundary
d)
subduction
7.
one tectonic plate moves under another
a)

Mountain building

b)

earthquake recurrence interval

c)

transform plate boundary

d)

subduction

8.
a boundary at which two plate move toward each other
a)
convergent plate boundary
b)
divergent plate boundary
c)
transform plate boundary
d)
subduction
9.
Wegener’s proposal of a supercontinent was supported by:
a)
earthquake data
b)
seafloor magnetism
c)
rock, fossil, and climate data.
d)
convection currents in the mantle.
10.

Where an oceanic crust converges with a continental or oceanic a very deep feature is made called a

a)

Ridge

b)

Trench

c)

crater

d)

oceanic dip

11.

There have been 8 earthquakes over a 320 year period in an area. What is the recurrence interval?

a)

1240 years

b)

12 years

c)

40 years

d)

20 years

12.

How do you calculate the recurrence interval

a)

Multiply the number of years of data by the number of earthquakes

b)

Divide the number of years of data by the number of volcanoes

c)

Add up all the earthquakes that occurred in a time frame

d)

Divide the number of years of data by the number of earthquakes

13.
In which type of boundary do the plates move away from each other?
a)
convergent
b)

tension

c)
divergent
d)
transform
14.
What kind of plate boundary is shown here?
a)
divergent
b)
convergent
c)
transform
d)
strike slip
15.
What kind of plate boundary is shown here?
a)
divergent
b)
convergent
c)
transform
d)
strike slip
16.
The stress force that pushes the crust where two plates are moving apart
a)
tension
b)
compression
c)
shearing
d)

divergence

17.

The stress that is formed when rocks are pushing in opposite direction at a transform boundary.

a)

compression

b)

tension

c)

shear stress

d)

transform

18.

Parallel forces acting in opposite directions

a)

compression

b)

shear

c)

tension

d)

Transform

19.

Squeezing force that acts from opposite sides

a)

compression

b)

shear

c)

tension

d)

congergent

20.

A pulling apart force

a)

compression

b)

shear

c)

tension

d)

divergence

21.

_____________ occurs when stress acting on a rock causes the rock to change shape.

a)

fracture

b)

strain

c)

compression

d)

uplift

22.

Which of the following is landform is created at Continent- Continent convergent boundaries?

a)

Volcanic Mountains

b)

Earthquakes

c)

Non-volcanic Mountain Ranges

d)

Both volcanoes and earthquakes

23.

Which of the following is the a picture of a ocean to ocean convergent boundary?

a)
b)
c)
d)

None of those show a ocean to ocean convergent

24.

What formations happen at ocean to ocean subduction zones?

a)

Deep oceanic trenches

b)

Mountain Ranges

c)

Coastal Volcanic Mountains

d)

Volcanic island arcs

25.

Which plate is the SUBDUCTING or sinking plate in a convergent boundary?

a)

The dense oceanic plate

b)

The Thick continental plate

c)

Neither

d)

Both ocean and continental plate can sink.

26.

Fill in the blank: The oceanic plate is _______ dense than the continental plate so it sinks, or subducts, under the continental plate.

a)

Less

b)

More

c)

Same

27.

Select all that are true about oceanic crust

a)

older crust is formed close to the mid-ocean ridge

b)

older crust is found farther away from the mid-ocean ridge

c)

older oceanic crust is more dense

d)

older oceanic crust is less dense

e)

oceanic crust is made of the igneous rock granite

28.

Molten material adds new crust to the ocean floor, pushing continents apart, in a process called

a)

continent spreading

b)

original horizontality

c)

continental crust

d)

seafloor spreading

29.

Which point on the diagram represents the mid-ocean ridge?

a)

point A

b)

point B

c)

point C

d)

point D

30.

Which is TRUE about the continental crust?

a)

It is thinner than oceanic crust

b)

It is denser than oceanic crust

c)

It is thicker but less dense than the oceanic crust

d)

It is thinner and more dense than the oceanic crust

31.

The soft layer of rock that the lithosphere moves on is the _________________________.

a)

core

b)

asthenosphere

c)

lithosphere

d)

crust

32.
What geologic feature/event would you most likely to find at a divergent boundary between two pieces of oceanic crust?
a)
Rift Valley
b)
Mid-Ocean Ridge
c)
Island Arc
d)
Flat land
33.

What type of Boundary is this? What event will occur at this boundary?

a)

Transform / Earthquakes

b)

Subduction / Volcano Eruption

c)

Tornado / Rain

d)

Mountain Building / Volcanism

34.

A boundary that doesn't create or destroy crust is called a:

a)

Transform Boundary

b)

Convergent Boundary

c)

Divergent Boundary

d)

Rift Valley

35.

What are the two types of crust?

a)

Convergent and Divergent

b)

Lithosphere and Asthenosphere

c)

Continental and Oceanic

d)

Trench and Island Arc

36.

What happens at the boundary where a continental plate and an oceanic plate collide?

a)

The two plates are moving

b)

Mountains develop on edge of the oceanic plate

c)

The continental plate slips under the oceanic plate

d)

The oceanic plate is forced down under the continental plate

37.

How is subduction zone formed?

a)

When two plates slide each past each other

b)

When two plates move away from each other

c)

When two plates move toward each other

d)

When one tectonic plate sinks below another

38.

What happens when two continental plate collide?

a)

One plate will go under and subducts.

b)

Both two plates will go downward.

c)

The plates will fold and create mountains.

d)

Plates will melt later.

39.
Name the boundary
a)
convergent boundary
b)
divergent boundary
c)
transform boundary
d)

compression

40.
The area where two or more plates meet is called a __________________.
a)
fault
b)
plate boundary
c)
plate edge
d)
ring of fire
41.
What type of plate boundary is this?
a)
Plate
b)
Divergent
c)
Convergent
d)
Transform
42.
Whenever a subduction zone is formed a ______ is formed.
a)
Mountain
b)
Island Arc
c)
Rift
d)
Volcano
43.
Which piece of evidence did Wegener use to prove continental drift?
a)
The shape of the continents
b)
Similar fossils found on separate continents
c)
Tree fossils found in odd places
d)
All of the above
44.

Which point on the diagram represents a trench?

a)

point A

b)

point B

c)

point C

d)

point D

45.

Which is not a result of stress on rock?

a)

Elasticity

b)

Fracture

c)

Compaction

d)

Deformation

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