Font size
WorksheetsEarth's History Book
Total questions: 10
Worksheet time: 8mins
If we used one page to represent one year in Earth's history. How many pages would our book have?
4.6 million pages
4600 pages
4.6 billion pages
46 pages
Our book of Earth history would stretch into which layer of the atmosphere?
Troposphere
Stratosphere
Mesosphere
Thermosphere
What is our best clue for finding out about Earth's history?
Volcanoes
Rocks
Earthquakes
Mountains
How are igneous rocks made?
Compaction or cementation of tiny bits of rock
Heat and pressure
Melted rock (magma or lava) cooling
Evaporating water leaves them behind
How are sedimentary rocks made?
Compaction or cementation of tiny bits of rock
Heat and pressure
Melted rock (magma or lava) cooling
Evaporating water leaves them behind
How are metamorphic rocks made?
Compaction or cementation of tiny bits of rock
Heat and pressure
Melted rock (magma or lava) cooling
Evaporating water leaves them behind
The theory that explains how Earth's surface changes is known as...
Plate Tectonics
Continental Drift
Seafloor Spreading
Catastrophism
Plate Tectonics causes..
Earthquakes
Most volcanoes
Mountains and Mid-ocean ridges
Deep sea treaches
What is EROSION?
All the processes that break rock into smaller pieces
All the processes that carry pieces of rock to another place
The laying down of sediment as speed slows
What is WEATHERING?
All the processes that break rock into smaller pieces
All the processes that carry pieces of rock to another place
The laying down of sediment as speed slows
