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Earth Science CSA Review 24/25

Total questions: 45

Worksheet time: 33mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Which state had the most earthquakes over the six years?

a)

Alaska

b)

California

c)

Hawaii

d)

Nevada

e)

Washington

2.

Which state had the least earthquakes over the six years?

a)

Alaska

b)

California

c)

Hawaii

d)

Nevada

e)

Washington

3.

Which year had the least wildfires?

a)

1998

b)

2001

c)

2003

d)

2011

e)

2012

4.

Which year had the most wildfires?

a)

1998

b)

2001

c)

2003

d)

2011

e)

2012

5.

Why is it beneficial to be able to predict when and where natural hazards will occur?

a)

So plans can be made to lessen their harmful effects.

b)

To prevent them from happening.

c)

To lessen the power of them.

d)

So people can watch them happen.

6.

Where would you choose to build a house to avoid an earthquake?

a)

A

b)

B

c)

C

d)

D

7.

Where would you NOT want to build a house?

a)

A

b)

B

c)

C

d)

D

8.

Why is it important to predict natural hazards?

a)

It's not

b)

To better prepare for them

c)

So they can be stopped

d)

So people can watch it

9.

How do scientists use historical data to predict natural hazards?

a)

It's not

b)

They use the data to predict natural hazards.

c)

They are able to see places that have had a natural hazard and predict that they are more likely to have them again.

10.

How do scientists use historical data to predict natural hazards?

a)

They don't

b)

They can look at the weather conditions that were present before past hazards, and when the conditions are present again then a hazard is likely to happen.

c)

They can look at the past data to predict when a hazard is likely to happen again.

11.

The movement of sediment from one place to another.

a)

weathering

b)

erosion

c)

deposition

12.

The breaking down of rock into smaller pieces called sediment.

a)

weathering

b)

erosion

c)

deposition

13.

The driveway is long and winding because it bends around a huge old oak tree. The pavement near the tree bulges upward and has many more cracks than the other sections of the driveway.

a)

weathering

b)

erosion

c)

deposition

14.

There is a long meter-deep scar in the soil where a section of the riverbank has slipped into the water and is being washed down the river.

a)

weathering

b)

erosion

c)

deposition

15.

Over time, the Earth's rocks get broken down into smaller pieces. This is called _________________.

a)

weathering

b)

erosion

c)

deposition

16.

When weathered rock is carried away to another location, it is called __________________________

a)

weathering

b)

erosion

c)

deposition

17.

The continents are still moving today.

a)

true

b)

false

18.

What explanation did Wegener give for fossils of the same plants and animals being found on continents far away from each other?

a)

the ocean used to be dry

b)

the continents had once been joined

c)

land bridges

d)

the plants and animals swam across the oceans

19.

What are two main pieces of evidence for Wegener's theory of continental drift?

a)

some continents look like they fit together like a jigsaw puzzle

b)

fossils of the same species are found on different continents

c)

the oceans have mountains under them

d)

land bridges currently covered by ocean

e)

magma oozes up where the sea-floor spreads apart

20.

The letters on the map represent sectors of the ocean floor.  The seafloor is spreading at a rate of 3-5 cm per year at the mid-Atlantic ridge.

In which sectors, is the newest rock located?

a)

AB

b)

BC

c)

CD

d)

AD

21.

Draw two arrows to represent a divergent boundary at a red line.

22.

Draw two arrows to represent a convergent boundary at a pink line.

23.

What boundary is shown in the image?

a)

Divergent Boundary

b)

Convergent Boundary

c)

Transform Boundary

24.

What if formed at this type of boundary?

a)

Mountains

b)

Valley

c)

Earthquake

25.

What boundary is shown in the image?

a)

Divergent Boundary

b)

Convergent Boundary

c)

Transform Boundary

26.

What is formed at this type of boundary?

a)

Valley

b)

Mountain

c)

Earthquake

27.

What boundary is shown in the image?

a)

Divergent Boundary

b)

Convergent Boundary

c)

Transform Boundary

28.

What is formed at this type of boundary?

a)

Mountains

b)

Valley

c)

Earthquake

29.

Where is the oldest crust?

a)

A

b)

B

c)

C

d)

D

30.

Where is the newest crust?

a)

A

b)

B

c)

C

d)

D

31.

At a convergent boundary the plates ___________

a)

Move apart

b)

Move together

c)

Slide past eachother

32.

At a divergent boundary the plates ___________

a)

Move apart

b)

Move together

c)

Slide past eachother

33.

At a transform boundary _____________ happen

a)

mountains

b)

earthquakes

c)

mid-ocean ridges

34.

Which shows a convergent boundary?

a)

b)

c)

35.

Which shows a divergent boundary?

a)

b)

c)

36.

Which shows a transform boundary?

a)

b)

c)

37.

What are the three types of Evidence that supports Alfred Wegener's Theory?

a)

Fossils, Fish, and Land

b)

Sedimentary, Magma, and Climate

c)

Fossils, Land forms, and Climate

d)

Climate, Land forms, and Metamorphic rock

38.

What evidence did Wegener use to support his theory?

a)

Continents and fossils fitting together/matching-up like puzzle pieces

b)

glacier scars and other climate evidence from temperature

c)

mountain ranges and rocks line up across continents

d)

all of the above

39.

According to the continental drift hypothesis, the presence of similar fossils in South America and Africa supports which scientific idea?

a)

Animals easily and frequently travel from Africa to South America.

b)

Species of animals probably traveled between continents on natural rafts (such as trees destroyed in tsunamis).

c)

Land bridges once existed that connected the continents.

d)

South America and Africa were once connected together.

40.

What fossils were found on Africa and South America? (Select all that apply)

a)

Mesosaurus

b)

Cynognathus

c)

Lystrosaurus

d)

Glossopteris

41.

What fossils were found on three or more continents? (Select all that apply)

a)

Mesosaurus

b)

Cynognathus

c)

Lystrosaurus

d)

Glossopteris

42.

What fossils were found on Antartica and India? (Select all that apply)

a)

Mesosaurus

b)

Cynognathus

c)

Lystrosaurus

d)

Glossopteris

43.

The type of plate boundary that forms mountains .....

a)
Convergent Boundary
b)
Divergent Boundary
c)
Transform Boundary
d)
Plate Boundary
44.

How is the Grand Canyon formed?

a)

Tectonic plates slide past each other creating the canyon.

b)

Tectonic plates moved together creating the canyon.

c)

Weathering and erosion from a river flowing.

d)

It was manmade by digging.

45.

How are caves formed?

a)

Caves are formed by humans breaking a hole in a mountain.

b)

Caves are made by groundwater breaking down rock and moving minerals that forms the cave.

c)

Caves are made by groundwater bringing the rocks together.

d)

Caves are made from erosion breaking down rocks.