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Earth's Layers/Landforms

Total questions: 31

Worksheet time: 34mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

______________ is the breaking down of rock material by physical and chemical processes. 

a)

Weathering

b)

Erosion

c)

Deposition

d)

Sedimentary Exchange

2.

______________ occurs when water seeps into the cracks of rocks and expands when it freezes.

a)

Icing

b)

Wedging

c)

Expansion

d)

Ice Wedging

3.

_____________ weathering is the breaking down of rocks by chemical reactions.

a)

Chemical

b)

Physical

c)

Deposition

d)

Erosion

4.
What is mechanical weathering?
a)
Process through which rocks are physically broken into smaller pieces.
b)
Rocks are broken down through chemical changes.
c)
Rocks are worn away from acid in plant roots.
d)
Rocks broken down by machinery.
5.
A marble statue is left exposed to the weather.  Within a few years, the details on the statue have begun to weather away.  This weathering probably is caused by...
a)
oxygen in the air
b)
carbonic acid in rainwater
c)
lichens
d)
abrasion
6.
Rain washing away soil from a hillside
a)
Weathering
b)
Erosion
c)
Deposition
7.

What is a plateau?

a)

a high, flat area of land

b)

a piece of land surrounded by water

c)

a deep cut area of land with a river at the bottom

8.

A canyon is formed by

a)

Rivers eroding rock

b)

Lakes drying up

c)

Land crashing into other land

9.

Choose the letter and description that matches the land feature- Trench

a)

D

b)

In center of mid-ocean ridge, where the ocean floor is being pulled apart

c)

G

d)

Deepest parts of the ocean floor, like steep sided canyons and valleys

10.
the Earth's outermost thinnest layer
a)
crust
b)
continental crust
c)
oceanic crust
d)
continental slope
11.
found beneath most of the ocean, made with basalt and thinner than continental crust
a)
continental crust
b)
oceanic crust
c)
crust
d)
mantle
12.

a long chain of underwater volcanic mountains found at the edges of plates

a)
ocean basin
b)
ocean trench
c)
mid-ocean ridge
d)
continental shelf
13.

What happens where an oceanic plate converges with a continental plate?

a)

The denser oceanic plate slides on top of the less dense continental plate.

b)

The denser oceanic plate slides under the less dense continental plate.

c)

The less dense oceanic plate slides past the denser continental plate.

d)

The less dense oceanic plate slides under the denser continental plate.

14.

Process by which new ocean crust forms.

a)

Seafloor spreading

b)

Continental drift

c)

Mid-ocean ridge

d)

Rift

15.
The zone where one plate slides under another is called the
a)
Convergent zone
b)
Subduction zone
c)
Transform zone
d)
Mantle zone
16.
Undersea mountain range.
a)
Rift
b)
Mid-ocean ridge
c)
seafloor spreading
d)
Continental drift
17.
The OLDEST seafloor is located? 
a)
Closest to the mid-ocean ridge
b)
Farthest from the mid-ocean ridge
18.
What are Mid-Ocean Ridges?
a)
A chain of underwater waterfalls 
b)
A chain of underwater volcanos
c)
A chain of underwater mountains
d)
A chain of underwater rocks
19.

Why does oceanic crust sink below the continental crust during subduction

a)

oceanic crust is less dense

b)

oceanic crust is more dense

c)

oceanic crust is older

d)

oceanic crust is warmer

20.

Which landscape feature was most likely formed by glacial activity?

a)

an eroded plateau

b)

a flat floodplain

c)

a U-shaped valley

d)

a V-shaped valley

21.

The diagram represents a stream valley. Which diagram below best shows how this valley might be modified after a glacier has moved through it?

a)
b)
c)
d)
22.
What is the force that moves glaciers?
a)
ice
b)
wind
c)
gravity
d)
energy
23.
The type of formation shown is at the southern end of the Mississippi river. What is it called?
a)
coastal erosion
b)
a delta
c)
a loess
d)
sand dunes
24.
What is this landform?
a)
canyon
b)
valley
c)
hill
d)
mountain
25.

Pangaea means

a)

Continent

b)

Super Continent

c)

All Lands

d)

All the Earth

26.
True or False : Sea-floor Spreading adds new material to the ocean floor?
a)
True
b)
False
27.

What layer of Earth is made of magma?

a)

inner core

b)

outer core

c)

mantle

d)

crust

28.

Name the type of heat transfer shown in the picture.

a)

convection

b)

conduction

c)

radiation

29.

The theory of continental drift states that all the continents were once part of one big landmass called Pangaea. Who was the scientist that came up with this theory?

a)

Harry Hess

b)

Bill Nye

c)

Alfred Wegener

d)

Albert Einstein

30.

Why was Alfred Wegener unable to explain his theory?

a)

He couldn't explain how the continents drifted.

b)

He couldn't explain why similar fossils on different continents were separated

c)

He couldn't explain why similar geological structures found were found on different continents.

d)

He couldn't explain why the continents fit together like a puzzle.

31.

The idea that explained how continents moved over time 

a)

Continental Drift

b)

Pangea

c)

Plate Tectonics Theory

d)

Plate Boundaries

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