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E Ch.8 Review E 5

Total questions: 22

Worksheet time: 11mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

The theory that the continents were once connected and have since spread apart.

a)

Continental Drift

b)

Plate Tectonics

c)

Pangaea

d)

Sea Floor Spreading

2.

The concept that explains how continents have moved apart into their present positions.

a)

Plate Tectonics

b)

Pangaea

c)

Continental Drift

d)

Magnetic Reversals

3.

Alfred Wegener could not explain HOW the plates moved because he did not know about....

a)

Convection Currents

b)

Synclines

c)

Anticlines

d)

Subduction

4.

Downward folds in rock layers are called....

a)

Syncline

b)

Anticlyne

c)

Fault

d)

Hanging Wall

5.

Which stress force squeezes rocks together?

a)

Compression

b)

Tension

c)

Shearing

d)

Faulting

6.

Which layer of earth is broken into "plates"?

a)

Lithosphere

b)

Asthenosphere

c)

Mantle

d)

Borax

7.

The Hawaiian islands formed in the middle of a plate due to a ....

a)

Hot Spot

b)

Island Arc

c)

Convection Current

d)

Subduciton

8.

Inside a volcano, magma collects in the....

a)

Magma Chamber

b)

Pipe

c)

Stove

d)

Caldera

9.

The point on the surface where an earthquake causes the most damage.

a)

Epicenter

b)

Focus

c)

Seismic Zone

d)

Fault

10.

Where sea-floor spreading occurs.

a)

Mid-Ocean Ridge

b)

Subduction Zone

c)

Rift Valley

d)

Volcano

11.

A "sleeping" volcano is called...

a)

Dormant

b)

Extinct

c)

Active

d)

Angry

12.

Explosive volcanic eruptions contain lava with high amounts of...

a)

Silica

b)

Phosphorus

c)

Oxygen

d)

Carbon

13.

An underwater earthquake can cause a ...

a)

Tsunami

b)

Volcano

c)

Meteor Shower

d)

Rainbow

14.

Two Normal Faults back-to-back creates a ...

a)

Rift Valley

b)

Death Valley

c)

Fault Block Mountain

d)

Mid-Ocean Ridge

15.

More dense oceanic crust is ...... under continental crust.

a)

Subducted

b)

Sea-Floor Spreading

c)

Shearing

d)

Compression

16.

Evidence of magnetic reversals in newly formed rock helped prove the idea of...

a)

Sea-Floor Spreading

b)

Pangaea

c)

Messosaurus

d)

Puzzle-like Fit

17.

What type of fault is this?

a)

Reverse Fault

b)

Normal Fault

c)

Transform Fault

d)

It's not my fault.

18.

What type of stress caused this?

a)

Compression

b)

Tension

c)

Shearing

d)

Tsunami

19.

What is block "A" Called?

a)

Foot Wall

b)

Hanging Wall

c)

Wall of Fame

d)

Top Wall

20.

What likely caused the strange position of these rocks? (This is used as evidence of drifting continents)

a)

Glaciers

b)

Aliens

c)

Cavemen

d)

Ms. Sisco

21.

Scratches in rock are used as evidence of Continental Drift. These scratches were caused by...

a)

Moving Glaciers

b)

Traveling Sasquatch

c)

Ms. Sisco

d)

Aliens

22.

A force that acts on rocks to change their shape for volume is called...

a)

Stress

b)

Pressure

c)

Strike Slip

d)

Fusion