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Graded work- Quarter 3- Grade 6- Earth Science

Total questions: 11

Worksheet time: 16mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Which magnitude earthquake is so gentle that it can't be felt, but can still be detected by a seismograph?

a)

7

b)

5

c)

2.5

d)

9

2.

What do you see at E?

a)

Lava flow

b)

Magma chamber

c)

Volcanic pipe

d)

Crater

3.

What can be observed at point A?

a)

Focus

b)

Seismic waves

c)

Epicenter

d)

Fault line

4.

Which seismic wave is it?

I'm the wave that arrives second in an earthquake and can only travel through solids.

a)

P- waves

b)

Surface waves

c)

S-waves

5.

Who proposed the theory of Continental drift?

(a)  

6.

What does absolute dating of fossils mean?

a)

It is a process of finding out the numerical dates of rocks.

b)

It is the process of comparing rock layers.

c)
  • Certain fossils help determine which organisms lived in a specific time and age.

7.

Volcanoes form at these two tectonic plate boundaries.

Choose two answers.

a)

Transform boundaries

b)

Divergent boundaries

c)

Convergent boundaries

d)

Plate tectonics

8.

Which picture best describes seafloor spreading?

a)

b)

c)

9.

The 'Age of Early life' is the ______________.

a)

Mesozoic era

b)

Cenozoic era

c)

Precambrian eon

d)

Phanerozoic eon

10.

The four divisions of Geologic time scale are..

a)

Era

b)

Epoxy

c)

Eon

d)

Period

e)

Epoch

11.

Mohammed says that we live in the Mesozoic era currently.

a)

True

b)

False