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WorksheetsCKLA 4th Grade Unit 5
Total questions: 15
Worksheet time: 8mins
Which of the following best restates this question?
How is igneous rock formed?
by lava cooling down and becoming solid
Igneous rock is formed by...
lava melting
igneous rock
Read the passage and answer the question:
Let's start with igneous rocks, the most abundant class of rocks on the earth. Igneous rocks form when magma cools and solidifies. When you think of igneous rocks, think of volcanoes.
Why should you think of volcanoes when you think of igneous rocks?
There are a lot of igneous rocks on the earth.
Magma comes from volcanoes, then cools down to make igneous rocks.
Igneous rocks are the most common types of rocks on the earth.
Match this cause to its effect.
Cause: Tectonic plates move apart very slowly.
Effect: islands are formed
Effect: trenches are formed
Effect: continental drift
Effect: volcanoes
Which of the following sentenes best uses the word "geologist"?
It was a geologist that they found in the center of an igneous rock.
My dad, a geologist, went to South America to study the Andes mountain range.
On the geologist planet, they have discovered water.
There are signs of a geologist explosion on Hawaii.
Choose the sentence that uses commas correctly.
My sister cooked eggs, bacon, toast, and pancakes for breakfast.
I have one dog two cats, and a hamster.
I like to eat pears and grapes and oranges.
You may bring, chips crackers and cookies, to the picnic.
Fill in the blank.
Amber's dad ______________ poured her hot coffee into her thermos.
easy
carefully
careful
speedy
Which of these words contains the root word "rupt"?
Subduction
Continental
Collision
Eruption
Which word best completes this sentence?
Sometimes my dog ___________ my sleep when she barks in the middle of the night.
erupts
abrupts
disrupts
corrupts
Which of these best explains the difference between seamounts and hydrothermal vents?
Seamounts are homes for lots of sealife because of the heat and nutrients in the water. Similarly, many organisms can also be found on hydrothermal vents.
Seamounts and hyrdothermal vents share the characteristics of being underwater openings in the earth's crust.
Seamounts differ from hydrothermal vents in size. Seamounts are much taller, and erupt with ash. On the other hand, hydrothermal vents are just extremely hot water.
Which of the following name Earth's layers from the inside out?
Crust
Mantle
Inner core
Outer Core
Mantle
Crust
Outer core
Inner core
inner core
Crust
Mantle
Outer core
Inner core
Outer core
Mantle
Crust
Circle the answer that best supports the following statement:
The rock cycle explains the changes that occur in rocks over very long periods of time.
Rocks are created and then destroyed in a long process that occurs slowly over time.
Rocks are created, destroyed, and recreated in a continuous cycle.
Weathering and erosion change rocks in a long process that occurs slowly over time.
Rocks are solidified from sediments in a continous cycle.
What evidence suggested that the continents' locations were once very different than they are today?
The same types of rocks and fossils were discovered in different parts of the world.
Maps from long ago showed that the continents might once have been closer together.
Alfred Wegener introduced the continental drift hypothesis.
What natural occurance does the following myth passage explain?
The Chief of the Above World came to the aid of his people. He fought Monadalkni and the two spirits waged a violent, fiery battle. Sahele Tyee eventually lgained the upper hand and forced Monadalkni back down into his mountain. Sahale Tyee caused the top of the mountain to collapse, forever shutting off this entrance the the Below World.
an earthquake
a volcanic crater being formed
a tsunami
a volcanic eruption
Which of the following natural events involved a giant wave in the ocean produced by an earthquake?
volcano
earthquake
tsunami
flood
The violent shaking of the ground caused by huge blocks of rock moving along a fault.
volcano
tsunami
hotspot
earthquake
