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WorksheetsForces Check
Total questions: 26
Worksheet time: 17mins
What do constructive forces do?
Destroy land and rocks
Create new land and rocks
Erode land and rocks
Preserve land and rocks
What do destructive forces do?
Create new land and rocks
Preserve land and rocks
Destroy land and rocks
Build land and rocks
What does volcanism do?
Volcanoes bring magma up from inside the Earth to make more land and ocean crust.
Volcanoes cool down the Earth's surface by releasing cold gases.
Volcanoes create large bodies of water by melting ice caps.
Volcanoes prevent earthquakes by stabilizing tectonic plates.
What is the time frame for volcanism?
Instant!
Thousands of years
Millions of years
Decades
Name a cool real-life example of volcanism in the ocean.
Seamounts
Coral Reefs
Icebergs
Tsunamis
Name a cool real-life example of volcanism on land.
Mt. St. Helens, Mt. Vesuvius, Mt. Lassen, Popocatepetl, Kilauea
Grand Canyon
Sahara Desert
Amazon Rainforest
Tectonic uplift occurs when plates or landmasses hit one another and rise up. Which of the following is a mountain range formed by tectonic uplift?
Himalayas
Sahara Desert
Amazon Rainforest
Great Barrier Reef
What is the type of force described as 'Orogeny'?
Constructive
Destructive
Frictional
Gravitational
What does 'Orogeny' do?
Any force that builds or adds land because plates collide
A process that erodes mountains
A phenomenon that causes earthquakes
A method of measuring land elevation
What is the time frame for 'Orogeny'?
Millions of years
Thousands of years
Hundreds of years
Decades
Give a real-life example of 'Orogeny'.
USA west coast, all Latin America
Himalayas, Asia
Andes, South America
Alps, Europe
What type of force is seafloor spreading?
Constructive
Destructive
Transformative
Centrifugal
What does seafloor spreading do?
Seafloor spreads apart at mid-ocean ridge or rift valley making new ocean crust
Seafloor remains stationary and does not change
Seafloor causes the continents to drift apart
Seafloor creates mountains on land
When is seafloor spreading happening?
Right now
In the past
In the future
Never
Name a real-life example of seafloor spreading.
Mid-Atlantic Ridge
Great Barrier Reef
Andes Mountains
Sahara Desert
The East African Rift is a geological feature that is associated with the _______ of tectonic plates.
divergence
convergence
subduction
transformation
What does weathering do?
Builds mountains
Breaks down rocks into smaller pieces
Creates rivers
Forms clouds
What is the time frame for weathering?
Instant to millions of years
Seconds to minutes
Days to weeks
Months to years
What does erosion do?
Breaking rocks and moving them to another location.
Causes plants to grow faster.
Increases the temperature of rocks.
Turns rocks into diamonds.
What is the time frame for erosion?
Instant to millions of years.
Seconds to minutes.
Days to weeks.
Years to decades.
Which of the following is a real-life example of erosion?
Mount Everest
Grand Canyon
Sahara Desert
Amazon Rainforest
Categorize each force as constructive or destructive.
volcanism
weathering
erosion
orogeny
tectonic uplift
seafloor spreading
subduction
What is a real-life example of tectonic uplift?
Rocky Mountains
Sahara Desert
Great Barrier Reef
Amazon Rainforest
Which of the following processes is responsible for the formation of ocean trenches?
Seafloor spreading
Subduction
Weathering
Erosion
What is the primary cause of earthquakes?
Tectonic plate movement
Weathering
Erosion
Volcanism
Identify in the picture where subduction is occurring.
