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Earth Science Vocabulary

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 10mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

A rock that forms from other rocks as a result of intense heat, pressure, or chemical processes

a)

Granite

b)

Sedimentary Rock

c)

Igneous Rock

d)

Metamorphic Rock

e)

Continental Drift

2.

A block of lithosphere that consists of the crust and the rigid, outermost part of the mantle

a)

Weathering

b)

Sedimentary Rock

c)

Tectonic Plate

d)

Erosion

e)

Subduction

3.

The solid, outer layer of Earth that consists of the crust and the rigid upper part of the mantle

a)

Lithosphere

b)

Asthenosphere

c)

Mineral

d)

Erosion

e)

Continental Drift

4.

The movement of matter due to differences in density that are caused by temperature variations.

a)

Continental Drift

b)

Mantle

c)

Convection

d)

Plate Boundary

e)

Rock Cycle

5.

A geologic process in which one edge of one crustal plate is forced below the edge of another.

a)

Convection

b)

Geological Time

c)

Continental Drift

d)

Subduction

e)

Erosion

6.

The upper layer of the mantle made of partially molten rock and where the convection currents occur that cause the tectonic plates to move

a)

Lithosphere

b)

Asthenosphere

c)

Erosion

d)

Plate Boundary

e)

Rock Cycle

7.

A location where two tectonic plates interact and they can be divergent, convergent or transform.

a)

Plate Boundary

b)

Lithosphere

c)

Geological Time

d)

Erosion

e)

Continental Drift

8.

The hypothesis that a single large landmass broke up into smaller land masses to form the continents

a)

Geological Time

b)

Erosion

c)

Subduction

d)

Continental Drift

e)

Plate Boundary

9.

A naturally formed, inorganic solid with a crystalline structure

a)

Rock Cycle

b)

Metamorphic

c)

Igneous Rock

d)

Sedimentary Rock

e)

Mineral

10.

The series of processes in which rock forms, changes from one type to another, is destroyed, and forms again by geologic processes

a)

Geological Time

b)

Erosion

c)

Rock Cycle

d)

Convection

e)

Weathering

11.

The natural process by which atmospheric and environmental agents, such as wind, rain, and temperature change disintegrate, and decompose rocks.

a)

Erosion

b)

Plate Boundary

c)

Lithosphere

d)

Weathering

e)

Asthenosphere

12.

A rock that forms from compressed or cemented layers of sediment

a)

Sedimentary Rock

b)

Metamorphic Rick

c)

Geological Time

d)

Rock Cycle

e)

Igneous Rock

13.

The process by which wind, water, ice or gravity transports soil and sediment from one location to another.

a)

Continental Drift

b)

Igneous Rock

c)

Lithosphere

d)

Erosion

e)

Asthenosphere

14.

The standard method used to divide Earth’s long natural history into manageable parts - eons, eras, periods, and epochs

a)

Epochs and Erosion

b)

Geological Time

c)

Lithosphere

d)

Asthenosphere

e)

Subduction

15.

Rock that forms when magma cools and solidifies

a)

Erosion

b)

Granite Rock

c)

Igneous Rock

d)

Sedimentary Rock

e)

Rock Cycle

16.

Which rock is located at #1?

a)

igneous

b)

metamorphic

c)

sedimentary

17.

Which rock is located at #2?

a)

igneous

b)

metamorphic

c)

sedimentary

18.

Which rock is located at #3?

a)

metamorphic

b)

sedimentary

c)

igneous

19.

What is formed at location C?

a)

Intrusive Igneous Rock

b)

Metamorphic Rock

c)

Extrusive Igneous Rock

d)

Sedimentary Rock

20.

What is formed at location D?

a)

Intrusive Igneous Rock

b)

Metamorphic Rock

c)

Extrusive Igneous Rock

d)

Sedimentary Rock