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Form 2 Study guide

Total questions: 58

Worksheet time: 35mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

True or false. Divergent boundaries is the movement in which the plates move apart from each other, creating a new crust.

a)

True

b)

False

2.

True or false. Convergent boundaries is the movement in which the plates slide horizontally.

a)

True

b)

False

3.

True or false. Transform boundaries is the movement in which the plates slide horizontally.

a)

True

b)

False

4.

True or false. Convergent boundaries is the movement in which the crust is destroyed when a plate sinks under another.

a)

True

b)

False

5.

Which type of boundaries are usually located underwater, very few of them are on land (like the San Andreas fault)?

a)

Convergent

b)

Transform

c)

Divergent

6.

Select the tectonic plate movement that the image represents.

a)

Convergent

b)

Divergent

c)

Transform

7.

Select the tectonic plate movement that the image represents.

a)

Convergent

b)

Divergent

c)

Transform

8.

Select the tectonic plate movement that the image represents.

a)

Convergent

b)

Divergent

c)

Transform

9.

What is the crust and upper area of the mantle called?

a)

focus

b)

tsunami

c)

epicenter

d)

lithosphere

10.

What is the beginning point of an earthquake?

a)

focus

b)

epicenter

c)

tsunami

d)

lithosphere

11.

What is a scientist who studies the movement of the earth called?

a)

tsunami

b)

magnitude

c)

seismologist

d)

focus

12.

What is the point on Earth's surface directly above the focus?

a)

tsunami

b)

seismic wave

c)

epicenter

d)

focus

13.

The strength of an earthquake's seismic waves...

a)

epicenter

b)

magnitude

c)

tsunami

d)

focus

14.

Giant ocean waves are called?

a)

epicenter

b)

seismic wave

c)

focus

d)

tsunami

15.

The strongest earthquake will be a category _____.

a)

1

b)

5

c)

10

d)

20

16.

The further the seismic waves travel from the center, the ____________ they become.

a)

Stronger

b)

Weaker

17.

How does distance from the epicenter of an earthquake change the earthquake’s effects?

a)

The strongest effects are at the epicenter.

b)

The strongest effects are felt furthest from the epicenter.

c)

The strongest effects are felt in a line extending north and south from the epicenter.

d)

The strongest effects are in a ring surrounding the epicenter with a radius of several miles.

18.

What is the name of the oceanic relief that is indicated in the image?

a)

Continental Slope

b)

Ocean Trenches

c)

Continental Shelf

d)

Ocean Ridges

19.

What is the name of the oceanic relief that is indicated in the image?

a)

Continental Slope

b)

Ocean Trenches

c)

Continental Shelf

d)

Ocean Ridges

20.

What is the name of the oceanic relief that is indicated in the image?

a)

Continental Slope

b)

Ocean Trenches

c)

Continental Shelf

d)

Ocean Ridges

21.

What landform?

a)

Delta

b)

Valley

c)

Mountain

d)

Hills

22.

What landform?

a)

Island

b)

Dune

c)

Hills

d)

Lake

23.

What landform?

a)

Valley

b)

Mountain

c)

Plain

d)

Hills

24.

What landform?

a)

Lake

b)

Delta

c)

Cave

d)

Island

25.

What Landform?

a)

Volcano

b)

Mountain

c)

Canyon

d)

Hill

26.
What land form is this?
a)
plain
b)
valley
c)
mountain
d)
canyon
27.

What land form is this?

a)

hill

b)

island

c)

dune

d)

mountain

28.

What land form is this?

a)

hill

b)

mountain

c)

plain

d)

valley

29.

name the main relief features of the earth ?

a)

Plain, desert and mountain

b)

plateau, plain and island

c)

Mountain, plateau and plain

d)

Desert and island

30.

Relatively low-lying areas are known as

a)

Valleys

b)

Plains

c)

Table lands

d)

Mountains

31.
What landform is this a picture of ?
a narrow strip of land that has water on both sides and joins two larger bodies of land
a)
Rain Forest
b)
plateau
c)
pampus
d)
isthmus
32.

The Alps is located in Europe, just north of Italy, and is famous for skiing

a)
b)
c)
d)
33.

The Appalachians are located in the eastern US

a)
b)
c)
d)
34.

The Andes are located along the western side of South America

a)
b)
c)
d)
35.

The Himalayas are located in Asia & separate India from China. Mt Everest is located here.

a)
b)
c)
d)
36.

The Rockies are located in the western US & Canda

a)
b)
c)
d)
37.

The Ural Mountains are located in Russia & allegedly separate Europe and Asia.

a)
b)
c)
d)
38.

The Atlas Mountains are located at the northwest edge of Africa.

a)
b)
c)
d)
39.

The Great Dividing Range is located on the eastern edge of Australia.

a)
b)
c)
d)
40.

The breaking down of rocks into smaller pieces

a)

weathering

b)

vegetation

c)

erosion

d)

deposition

41.

The weathering and removal of rock and soil

a)

weathering

b)

vegetation

c)

erosion

d)

deposition

42.
Rain washing away soil from a hillside
a)
Weathering
b)
Erosion
c)
Deposition
43.

What is erosion?

a)

The movement of sediment

b)

The breaking of sediment

c)

The dropping of sediment

44.
What is an enormous mass of ice moving over land?
a)
Ice wedging
b)
Glacier
c)
Iceberg
d)
Dune
45.
A small stream or other source of flowing water cannot form a canyon?
a)
True
b)
False
46.
What is the major cause of weathering and erosion to form canyons?
a)
wind
b)
ice
c)
glaciers
d)
moving water
47.
How do plants weather rocks?
a)
during photosynthesis
b)
when roots grow into cracks of rocks and expand the rock
c)
when the plant moves water from the roots to the leaves
d)
Plants don't weather rocks
48.
A calcite deposit that hangs from the roof of a cave.
a)
stalagmite
b)
stalactite
49.
A cone-shaped calcite deposit that builds up from the floor of a cave.
a)
stalagmite
b)
stalactite
50.

This picture shows sea cliffs in Ireland. These cliffs were formed by _________.

a)

plant growth wearing down large rocks

b)

water washing up against large rocks

c)

heat expanding large rocks

d)

rain collecting on large rocks

51.

Wind can carry sand and dust farther than water can.

a)

True

b)

False

52.

Where do you think wind erosion is most common?

a)

Deserts

b)

Jungles

c)

Forests

d)

Cities

53.

The process by which water changes from a liquid to a gas.

a)

evaporation

b)

condensation

c)

sublimation

d)

precipitation

54.

Plants return groundwater to the atmosphere through which process?

a)

evaporation

b)

sublimation

c)

transpiration

d)

condensation

55.

The process in which water vapor in the air is changed into liquid water is called:

a)

evaporation

b)

transpiration

c)

sublimation

d)

condensation

56.

The process where water soaks into soil or porous rock.

a)

runoff

b)

infiltration

c)

sublimation

d)

interfernetiation

57.
How much of our planet is estimated to be covered with water?
a)
68%
b)
50%
c)
97%
d)
75%
58.
How much of our planet's water is saltwater?
a)
75%
b)
1%
c)
99%
d)
97%