WorksheetsRock Cycle and Plate Tectonics Review
Total questions: 15
Worksheet time: 11mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
This rock was formed when magma cooled very slowly inside the Earth. What specific type of rock is it?
a)
Intrusive Igneous Rock
b)
Extrusive Igneous Rock
c)
Foliated Metamorphic Rock
d)
Clastic Sedimentary Rock
2.
This rock formed when lava cooled very quickly on Earth's surface. What specific type of rock is it?
a)
Extrusive Igneous Rock
b)
Intrusive Igneous Rock
c)
Non-Foliated Metamorphic Rock
d)
Biochemical Sedimentary Rock
3.
When you watch a volcano erupt molten rock, you are seeing _____
a)
Lava
b)
Magma
c)
Mineral Crystals
d)
Igneous Rocks
4.
What are the 3 major types of rocks?
a)
Igneous, Metamorphic, Sedimentary
b)
Metamorphic, Igneous, Cementation
c)
Brown, Red, Gray
d)
Streak, Hardness, Breakage
5.
This rock was formed by smaller pieces of rock that settled at the bottom of a lake millions of years ago. What type of rock is this?
a)
Sedimentary
b)
Igneous
c)
Metamorphic
6.
Each rock type can follow only one pathway of the rock cycle.
a)
True
b)
False
7.
The diagram show layers of sedimentary rocks and examples of their fossils. Which layer contains the oldest fossils?
a)
Layer 1
b)
Layer 2
c)
Layer 3
d)
Layer 4
8.
What was the name given to all the continents when they were joined as one super continent?
a)
Supreme Continent
b)
Eurasia
c)
Plate tectonics
d)
Pangea
9.
The physical layer of Earth made of solid rock and soil is called the ___________.
a)
mesosphere
b)
lithosphere
c)
asthenosphere
d)
mantle
10.
Name the boundary
a)
convergent boundary
b)
divergent boundary
c)
transform boundary
d)
sergent boundary
11.
Name the boundary
a)
convergent boundary
b)
divergent boundary
c)
transform boundary
d)
sergent boundary
12.
Name the boundary
a)
convergent boundary
b)
divergent boundary
c)
transform boundary
d)
sergent boundary
13.
Which of the following is where one plate slides under another plate?
a)
submarine zone
b)
divergence zone
c)
subduction zone
d)
lower zone
14.
Mountains form from ...
a)
plates sliding past one another
b)
collision of plates
c)
plates moving away from each other
15.
Earth's plates are...
a)
constantly moving and changing the face of the earth
b)
Never moves
c)
Moves seldom and very fast
d)
Moves when it feels like it
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