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Earth's History Book

Total questions: 10

Worksheet time: 8mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

If we used one page to represent one year in Earth's history. How many pages would our book have?

a)

4.6 million pages

b)

4600 pages

c)

4.6 billion pages

d)

46 pages

2.

Our book of Earth history would stretch into which layer of the atmosphere?

a)

Troposphere

b)

Stratosphere

c)

Mesosphere

d)

Thermosphere

3.

What is our best clue for finding out about Earth's history?

a)

Volcanoes

b)

Rocks

c)

Earthquakes

d)

Mountains

4.

How are igneous rocks made?

a)

Compaction or cementation of tiny bits of rock

b)

Heat and pressure

c)

Melted rock (magma or lava) cooling

d)

Evaporating water leaves them behind

5.

How are sedimentary rocks made?

a)

Compaction or cementation of tiny bits of rock

b)

Heat and pressure

c)

Melted rock (magma or lava) cooling

d)

Evaporating water leaves them behind

6.

How are metamorphic rocks made?

a)

Compaction or cementation of tiny bits of rock

b)

Heat and pressure

c)

Melted rock (magma or lava) cooling

d)

Evaporating water leaves them behind

7.

The theory that explains how Earth's surface changes is known as...

a)

Plate Tectonics

b)

Continental Drift

c)

Seafloor Spreading

d)

Catastrophism

8.

Plate Tectonics causes..

a)

Earthquakes

b)

Most volcanoes

c)

Mountains and Mid-ocean ridges

d)

Deep sea treaches

9.

What is EROSION?

a)

All the processes that break rock into smaller pieces

b)

All the processes that carry pieces of rock to another place

c)

The laying down of sediment as speed slows

10.

What is WEATHERING?

a)

All the processes that break rock into smaller pieces

b)

All the processes that carry pieces of rock to another place

c)

The laying down of sediment as speed slows