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Social Studies Exam Preparation

Total questions: 25

Worksheet time: 22mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What is caused by the shifting of Earth's crust?

a)

thunder

b)

shaking

c)

lightning

d)

clouds

2.

What event happens when there is a sudden, violent shaking of the earth?

a)

earthquake

b)

deposition

c)

construction

d)

flowing rivers

3.

What do we call scientists who study earthquakes?

a)

quakers

b)

seismologists

c)

shakeologists

d)

waveologists

4.

Which scale measures the magnitude, or size, of an earthquake?

a)

Mercalli

b)

fish

c)

Richter

d)

weight

5.

What should you do during an earthquake?

a)

Hide under a sturdy table or desk and grab onto it

b)

Go outside into an open field and stay there with your hands over your heads

c)

Call 911 immediately

d)

Run to the nearest table and go on top of it

6.

What causes earthquakes?

a)

Millions of people jumping at once

b)

The earth rotating

c)

The movement of plate tectonics

d)

Gravity

7.
This earthquake is......?
a)
Convergent
b)
Transform
c)
Divergent
d)
Rift Zone
8.
What are the three types of plate boundaries?
a)
Transform, Convergent, Divergent
b)
Apart, Together, Slide
c)
Slide, Pull away, Push together
9.

Shield Volcanos are

a)

tall and pointed

b)

small and pointed

c)

low and spread out

10.

Lava and Magma

a)

are different types of volcanic rock

b)

are the same but lava is out of the ground

c)

are the same but magma is out of the ground

d)

lava is denser than magma

11.

Volcanoes that have not erupted in the last 10,000 years but are expected to again are what type of volcano?

a)

Active

b)

Dormant

c)

Extinct

d)

Dead

12.

Volcanoes that have not erupted in the last 10,000 years and are not expected to again are what type of volcano?

a)

Active

b)

Dormant

c)

Extinct

d)

Dead

13.

Volcanoes that have erupted in the last 10,000 years are what type of volcano?

a)

Dormant

b)

Extinct

c)

Active

d)

Dead

14.

Melted rock inside the Earth is called

a)

magma.

b)

water.

c)

fire.

d)

surface.

15.

True or false the crust is the coldest layer

a)

True

b)

False

16.

List the layer in order

a)

1.Crust

2.inner core

3.outer core

4.Mantle

b)

1.inner core

2.outer core

3.crust

4.Mantle

c)

1.Mantle

2.outer core

3.inner core

4.crust

d)

1.crust

2.Mantle

3.Outer core

4.inner core

17.

What two metals are found in the outer core?

a)

Copper and Iron

b)

Oxygen and Silicon

c)

Iron and Nickle

d)

Iron and Magnesium

18.
What are the two types of crust
a)
continental and oceanic
b)
ocean and upper
c)
lower and upper
d)
pizza and subway
19.
The rigid outermost layer of Earth that includes the uppermost mantle and crust.
a)
asthenosphere
b)
lithosphere
c)
core
d)
mantle
20.

What is the layer of air around the Earth called?

a)

trophosphere

b)

atmosphere

c)

hemisphere

21.

The air is mainly made up of ........

a)

nitrogen

b)

oxygen

c)

carbon dioxide

22.

Select all the layers of the atmosphere

a)

Troposphere

b)

Stratosphere

c)

Mesosphere

d)

Thermosphere

e)

Anemometer

23.

In which layer are Meteors seen?

a)

Mesosphere

b)

Thermosphere

c)

Troposphere

d)

Exosphere

24.

Which layer of the Atmosphere is closest to earth?

a)

Exosphere

b)

Mesosphere

c)

Stratosphere

d)

Troposphere

25.

Auroras occurs in this layer

a)

troposphere

b)

stratosphere

c)

mesosphere

d)

thermosphere