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Earth Science Review

Total questions: 38

Worksheet time: 36mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Where do convection cycles happen?

a)

core

b)

mantle

c)

crust

2.

Convection cycles move in the mantle. How does this affect the crust?

a)

crust has no motion

b)

crust moves in random direction

c)

crust moves in same direction convection cycle moves

3.

What is magma made of?

a)

solid rock

b)

melted rock

c)

small pieces of sediment

4.

What layer of earth changes because of the convection cycle?

a)

Crust

b)

Core

c)

Mantle

5.

If magma increases in temperature (get hot) what will happen?

a)

It moves down (sinks)

b)

It moves up (rises)

6.

Which of the following is one reason Earth's tectonic plates to move?

a)

energy from the Sun

b)

magnetic Pole Reversal

c)

convection currents in the mantle

d)

faults in Mountain Ranges

7.

Rocky or rigid outer part of Earth consisting of the brittle crust and the top part of the upper mantle

a)

Lithosphere

b)

Oceanic Crust

c)

Continental Crust

d)

Asthenosphere

8.

Mantle convection is the very slow creeping motion of Earth’s solid silicate mantle caused by convection currents carrying heat from the interior to the planet's surface.

a)

Lithosphere

b)

Earthquake

c)

Convection Currents

d)

Core

9.

In the region where two continental plates collide, what geological feature MOST often forms?

a)

an ocean

b)

a volcano

c)

a river valley

d)

a mountain chain

10.

Crustal plates that pull apart from one another MOST likely form

a)

volcanic island arcs

b)

strike-slip faults

c)

oceanic trenches

d)

rift zones

11.

Which statement best describes why fossils of the same land-dwelling species have been discovered in both South America and Africa?

a)

The organism migrated to two continents

b)

The organisms were separated by the formation of new mountain ranges

c)

The organisms became extinct due to climate change on these continents

d)

These organisms once lived on one large landmass that later split into two continents

12.

A satellite image can help scientist locate the area where two plates have diverged by showing the existence of

a)

Plateaus

b)

Mountains

c)

Rift Valleys

d)

Grassy Plains

13.
The core is mostly made up mostly of which elements?
a)
Oxygen and Silicon
b)
Silicon and Magnesium
c)
Nickel and Iron
d)
Iron and Magnesium
14.
How are scientist able to estimate the thickness of each layer of the Earth?By studying __________
a)
 radio waves
b)
sonar waves
c)
laser waves
d)
seismic waves
15.
This is the plastic layer of the mantle on which pieces of the lithosphere move.
a)
Lithosphere
b)
Asthenosphere
c)
Mesosphere
d)
Crust
16.
A giant landmass that existed 200 million years ago
a)
Wegener
b)
Pangaea
c)
Archyopteryx
d)
Ammonite
17.

P waves are

a)

compression waves

b)

transverse waves

18.

S waves are

a)

compression waves

b)

transverse waves

19.

The two kinds of seismic waves that travel inside earth are?

a)

p waves, s waves

b)

rayleigh waves, love waves

20.

p waves can travel through

a)

liquid and solid

b)

solid

c)

liquid

21.

s waves can travel through

a)

solid and liquid

b)

liquid

c)

solid

22.

An Earthquake happens on the North pole. Will people on the South pole be able to measure p waves?

a)

yes

b)

no

23.

The image is depicting

a)

reflection

b)

refraction

c)

rarefaction

d)

rarefractflection

24.
What is weathering?
a)
The process by which
water, ice, wind or gravity
moves fragments of rock
and soil.
b)
The process by which
water, ice, wind or gravity
deposit rock sediments
and soil in a new place.
c)
The breaking down of
Earth’s crust into smaller
and smaller pieces.
25.
What is erosion?
a)
The process by which
water, ice, wind or gravity
moves fragments of rock
and soil.
b)
The process by which
water, ice, wind or gravity
deposit rock sediments
and soil in a new place.
c)
The breaking down of
Earth’s crust into smaller
and smaller pieces.
26.
What is deposition?
a)
The process by which
water, ice, wind or gravity
moves fragments of rock
and soil.
b)
The process by which
water, ice, wind or gravity
deposit rock sediments
and soil in a new place.
c)
The breaking down of
Earth’s crust into smaller
and smaller pieces.
27.

What geologic feature will occur at a hot spot ?

a)

volcano

b)

folded mountain

c)

deep sea trench

d)

crevasse

28.

A prime example of an area over a hot spot is :

a)

Japan

b)

the Andes Mountains

c)

the East African Rift

d)

the Hawaiian Islands

29.
Look at the arrows in the Lithosphere, according to the plate movement, what type of boundary is this?  
a)
Convergent
b)
Subduction Zone
c)
Convection Current
d)
Transform
30.
This layer of Earth is the thickest part
a)
crust
b)
outer core
c)
mantle
d)
inner core
31.
Who is the person credited with developing the theory of continental drift?
a)
Harry Hess
b)
Galileo
c)
Alfred Wegener
d)
Newton
32.
What is created when two continental plates converge together?  
a)
Mountains
b)
Tsunami
c)
Earthquake
d)
Volcano
33.
What forms when an oceanic plate and a continental plate converge?
a)
Trench
b)
Ocean
c)
Continent
d)
Mountains
34.

Cracks or breaks in earth's crust where plates slip past each other

a)

subduction

b)

faults

c)

mid-ocean ridge

d)

san andreas

35.

What type of plate boundary is shown in the picture

a)

convergent

b)

divergent

c)

transform

d)

faults

36.

Plates boundary where plates slide or move past each other

a)

divergent

b)

continental drift

c)

transform

d)

convergent

37.

The type of geological event that occurs under transform boundaries

a)

folded mountains

b)

earthquakes

c)

volcanoes

d)

tsunamis

38.

What plate boundary is shown in the picture?

a)

convergent

b)

divergent

c)

transform

d)

neither