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Worksheets2023 2MP Benchmark Super Review
Total questions: 52
Worksheet time: 33mins
Which of the following occur at Convergent Plate Boundaries?
Forming Mountains
Sea-Floor Spreading
Island Creation
Fault Lines
Which of the following occur at Divergent plate boundaries?
Mid-Ocean Ridges
Uplift
Subduction
Earthquakes
Which of the following occur at Transform boundaries?
Earthquakes
Typhoons
Volcanic Eruptions
Uplift
The theory of continental drift states that continents
have stayed in the same location forever
have changed shape because of weathering and erosion
have moved slowly apart due to convection currents in the mantle
have moved quickly together because they float on top of the water
Which color crust is the youngest pictured below?
Red
Orange
Brown
Yellow
What phenomenon causes the yellow crust to be exposed?
Seafloor Spreading
Subduction
Uplift
Earthquakes
Why do volcanoes and earthquakes appear at plate boundaries?
Magma can get pushed up between the crust
Plates don't move
Plates slide past each other
Plate boundaries are caused by Volcanoes and Earthquakes
How are sedimentary rocks formed?
Pieces of rock are weathered, eroded and deposited in a new location
Magma cooling and solidifying
Heat and Pressure changing the rock
No way to know
How are igneous rocks formed?
Pieces of rock are weathered, eroded and deposited in a new location
Magma cooling and solidifying
Heat and Pressure changing the rock
No way to know
How are metamorphic rocks formed?
Pieces of rock are weathered, eroded and deposited in a new location
Magma cooling and solidifying
Heat and Pressure changing the rock
No way to know
What is happening at location A?
Subduction
Convection Currents
Mountain Formation
Heat rising
What is happening at location B?
Subduction
Convection Currents
Mountain Formation
Heat rising
What can be done to make sure that future generations can live comfortably?
Use non-renewable resources like fossil fuels
Nothing
Find alternative energy materials and solutions
Eliminate all things that do not bring us joy
Which of the following are true for the Lithosphere?
Earthquakes happen here.
The upper mantle is found here
Tectonic plates are in this layer.
This layer is semisolid.
Convection occurs in this layer.
Which of the following are true for the Asthenosphere?
Convection Currents occur here
The upper mantle is found here
Tectonic plates are in this layer.
This layer is semisolid.
Convection occurs in this layer.
A short eared, solid rabbit (ssrr) mates with a long eared, spotted rabbit (SSRR).
Which of the following is a possible genotype for the offspring?
SSRR
Short ears, solid fur
SsRr
Long ears, spotted fur
What was the evidence that a Dolphin was more closely related to a human and rabbit than a shark and a tuna?
Embryo Development
Environment
Appearance
Genes
Chromosomes are made up of
a single DNA strand wound tightly
multiple DNA strands
Proteins
Cells
Which Organisms are most closely related
Chimp and Mouse
Pigeon and Salamdander
Perch and Mouse
Hagfish and Lizard
Which rock layer is the oldest?
A
B
C
D
A fossil of an extinct mammal is found and the anatomy of the fossil shows similarities to a modern day horse. What could this mean?
Nothing
The mammal and the horse share a common ancestor
The mammal turned into the horse
The horse is better adapted to survive in it's environment
Which organisms have meat eating teeth?
House cat
Leopard
Wolf
Horse
Turtle
An organism has fossils that are found as early as 540 mya. There are also fossils of them discovered at 230 mya.
What does this tell you about the organism?
It went extinct 230 mya
The organism moved
The organism no longer has parts that can fossilize
The organism never existed
What advantage does sexual reproduction give an organism over asexual reproduction?
Only one parent is necessary
The offspring are identical
There is greater variation in their offspring
No sex cells (eggs/sperm) are needed for reproduction
In cats Black fur (B) is dominant to brown fur (b). If a homozygous dominant black cat (BB) crossed with a homozygous recessive brown cat (bb), how many different phenotypes are possible?
1
2
3
4
Which fossils would be found in the oldest rock?
Animals with Shells
Reptiles
Birds
Humans
What would cause an individual to look more like their fathers side of the family instead of their mothers?
They got more DNA from their father
Their fathers side has more dominant traits
Their mothers side has more dominant traits
There is no reason
Which of the following rock layers is the oldest?
A
B
C
D
E
Which of the following rock layers is the youngest?
A
B
C
D
E
Is Rock C older or younger than rock D?
Older
Younger
No Way To Tell
They Are the Same Age
How did the River get to it's current level?
Weathering
Erosion
Both Weathering and Erosion
It has always been at this level
Where would you find the smallest sediments deposited?
X
Y
Z
X, Y and Z
Where would you find the largest sediments deposited?
X
Y
Z
X, Y and Z
Which of the following terms means that the way things happen today is the same as the way they happened in the past?
Principle of Superposition
Principle of Original Horizontality
Uniformitarianism
Antidisestablishmentarianism
The study of index fossils is very important to geologists because index fossils ______________. (Select All That Apply)
provide evidence of when different types of life evolved on Earth
are the only components of sedimentary rock
are indicators for the ages of rock layers
can tell us the exact day when certain species became extinct
Which of the following rock layers were formed in ancient ocean environments? (Both must be correct)
Supai Sandstone and Coconino Sandstone
Hermit Shale and Redwall Limestone
Toroweap Limestone and Kaibab Limestone
Muav Limestone and Hermit Shale
Why does this rock appear in this shape?
Differential Erosion, where soft rock is carried away and hard rocks are left behind
Frost wedging, where ice freezes and breaks the rocks
Chemical Weathering from acid rain to weaken all of the rock
Mass movement causing the rocks to fall down the slope
Stones and pebbles found near the rock they originated from are an example of...
Physical Weathering
Chemical Weathering
Wind Erosion
Erosion by running water
Caverns formed from water running over limestone and dissolving the calcite from reactions with carbonic acid is an example of
Physical Weathering
Chemical Weathering
Wind Erosion
Erosion by running water
Fossils of living organisms that are found in rocks are an important part of our history because they show us that ____________________.
for every fossil we have found, the same organisms are still alive today
fossils cannot be compared to any living organisms today
the only fossils that we find were living sea creatures millions of years ago.
there are similarities as well as differences between ancient and modern organisms
Which rock is being eroded at Mile 20?
Supai Sandstone
Redwall Limestone
Kaibab Limestone
Hermit Shale
It has taken about 6 Million Years for erosion to shape the Grand Canyon. If you came back in another 2 Million Years, what rock layer would be at river level?
Muav Limestone
Toroweap Limestone
Redwall Limestone
Kaibab Limestone
Why did we use a model of a stream table in class?
It shows exactly how the Colorado Plateau was formed
Weathering and Erosion take too long, so the model speeds it up
We can see changes happen very quickly
Each part of the stream table lets us see a different landform be created
Where would you expect to see weathering and erosion to begin?
M
N
O
P
Where would you expect to see a delta formed?
M
N
O
P
Weathering is
the same as Erosion
the breaking down of large rocks into smaller pieces
the movement of sediments to new locations
the settling of sediments to create new landforms
Erosion is
the same as Weathering
the breaking down of large rocks into smaller pieces
the movement of sediments to new locations
the settling of sediments to create new landforms
A student tested rock samples A and B by dropping acid on them, and Rock A fizzed. When the fizzing occurred, it meant that the rock contains
Graphite
Calcite
Magnesium
Sodium
The fossil record shows us that many different types of organisms lived in the past, but there are wide gaps in the Earth history timeline where no fossilized organisms can be found. What could be an explanation for this?
All of the living organisms, both plants and animals, lived at the same time.
Many organisms, both plants and animals, had structures that did not become fossilized.
There were long periods of time when no organisms died.
Fossil evidence can be easily washed away from rocks and rock layers.
Index fossils tell us there are rock formations in different areas that are the same age. Use the two fossil diagrams below to identify layers that are the same age in the Grand Canyon and Zion National Parks. (The words, or letters and numbers to the left of each diagram are to clarify the words in the diagrams.)
The two layers that are the same age are ____________________________.
Supai and Z2
Temple Butte and Z5
Kaibab and Z1
Vishnu and Z4
Rock particles can be classified according to the Wentworth Scale by their shape and size. Choose the answer below that lists the rock sized in order from smallest to largest.
clay, silt, sand, gravel, pebble, cobble, boulder
gravel, pebble, clay , silt, boulder, cobble, sand
boulder, cobble, pebble, gravel, sand, silt, clay
cobble, grave, clay, silt, sand, boulder, pebble
What processes are responsible for the creation of the Grand Canyon?
Weatheirng
Erosion
Both Weathering and Erosion
Neither Weathering or Erosion
