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Geology

Total questions: 23

Worksheet time: 12mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
Name the boundary
a)
convergent boundary
b)
divergent boundary
c)
transform boundary
d)
sergent boundary
2.
Which layers of the Earth are solid?
a)
crust and inner core
b)
mantle and outer core
c)
outer core and inner core
d)
asthenosphere and outer core
3.
What is the densest layer of the Earth?
a)
inner core
b)
outer core
c)
crust
d)
mantle
4.
Which plate boundary will create new crust?
a)
convergent
b)
transform
c)
strike slip fault
d)
divergent
5.
The San Andres fault is what kind of plate boundary?
a)
convergent
b)
divergent
c)
transform
d)
sayatovergent
6.
Molten rock that flows out onto the Earth's surface.
a)
Magma
b)
Lava
c)
Sedimentary rock
d)
Metamorphic rock
7.
1 oceanic plate and 1 continental plate collide.  What occurs at this location? 
a)
subduction zone
b)
mountains
c)
new crust
8.
Name the boundary
a)
convergent boundary
b)
divergent boundary
c)
transform boundary
d)
sergent boundary
9.
Name the boundary
a)
convergent boundary
b)
divergent boundary
c)
transform boundary
d)
sergent boundary
10.
Once magma reaches the earth's surface it is called.....
a)
Silica
b)
Rock
c)
lava
11.
As you travel from the crust to the inner core, how would temperature, pressure and density of the material change?
a)
The would all increase
b)
The would all decrease.
c)
Nothing, the layers are made of the same material throughout
d)
Temperature would decrease, but pressure and density would increase
12.
What is the top layer of the Earth's surface called? 
a)
Mantle
b)
Innercore
c)
Outercore
d)
Crust
13.

 Circular movements through the mantle that cause tectonic plates to move.

a)

Continental drift

b)

Convection current

c)

Plate tectonics

d)

Lithosphere

14.

A plate boundary where two plates move away from each other is called?

a)
Divergent Boundary
b)
Convergent Boundary
c)
Transform Boundary
d)
Subduction
15.
Convergent Plate Movement can create
a)
Rifts
b)
Mountains
c)
Ocean Ridges
d)
Radiation
16.

Mid-ocean ridges are associated with

a)

Divergent Boundaries

b)

Convergent Boundaries

c)

Normal Boundaries

d)

Transform Boundaries

17.

What is the correct order of the earth's layers from inside to outside?

a)

inner core, mantle, outer core, crust

b)

outer core, inner core, mantle, crust

c)

crust, mantle, outer core, inner core

d)

inner core, outer core, mantle, crust

18.

What is the correct order of earths layers from outside to inside?

a)

crust, mantle, outer core, inner core

b)

mantle, outer core, inner core, crust

c)

inner core, outer core, crust, mantle

d)

crust, outer core, inner core, mantle

19.

Which is the coolest layer?

a)

crust

b)

mantle

c)

outer core

d)

inner core

20.

Mt. Everest - a regular mountain, NOT a volcano, was created when this happened?

a)

2 pieces of OCEANIC crust collided

b)

2 pieces of CONTINENTAL crust collided

c)

OCEANIC crust collided with CONTINENTAL crust

d)

2 pieces of CONTINENTAL crust divided

21.

Select ALL layers that are COMPLETELY solid.

a)

crust

b)

mantle

c)

outer core

d)

inner core

22.

Which is true about oceanic crust?

a)

It is thinner and less dense than continental crust.

b)

It is thinner and more dense than continental crust.

c)

It is thicker and more dense than continental crust.

d)

It is thicker and less dense than continental crust.

23.

Which is true about continental crust?

a)

It is thinner and more dense than oceanic crust.

b)

It is thinner and less dense than oceanic crust.

c)

It is thicker and more dense than oceanic crust.

d)

It is thicker and less dense than oceanic crust.