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WorksheetsGrade 11 Quiz
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 3mins
Which type of folding results in the zigzag pattern of the landforms?
Chevron folding
Erosional fold
What type of volcano is non-explosive and has a basaltic magma component?
Stratovolcano: Pinatubo as Lava Domes:_________.
What type of eruption usually releases fast-moving pyroclastic flows?
Pelean eruption
Phreatic eruption
Which of the following does not belong to the group?
Himalayas
Appalachian
Zagros
Wasatch
What geological period of the Paleozoic Era lasted from about 299 to 252 million years ago?
Permian
Carboniferous
What epoch or age did the first large mammals appear in?
Paleocene epoch
What era is considered the age of mammals?
Paleocene Era
This principle states that sediments are deposited in flat layers and maintains that it means they’re not yet disturbed.
Nicolas Steno: Horizontal Strata as James Hutton:____________.
Stratigraphy
It is a stack of folds that passes through the hinge lines and most nearly divides the fold into two equal parts.
What type of mass wasting results in a chunk of land moving downward along a curved surface and often leaving a crescent-shaped scar on the slope?
Which of the following correctly describes the floodplain?
Which of the following correctly describes the traction?
a method of transporting very fine sediment in a river
rolling and dragging of large grains aided by the push smaller grains
soluble minerals in rocks dissolve directly into water, which is often slightly acidic
This type of mechanical weathering resulted in the outer layers, or sheets, of rock cracking and breaking off.
Which part of the fold is where the limbs meet and indicates the line of maximum curvature?
Axial surface
Hinge
symmetrical limb
The sensing part of the instrument contains a suspended mass that tends to remain still due to inertia when the ground moves.
Seismograph
Seismogram
What type of rock stress pulls on the rocks of the crust, causing them to stretch over a larger area?
Tension stress
Strike slip
What type of volcanic eruption is extremely explosive and has large amounts of ash or gas?
Cambrian: first fungi appeared as Devonian:__________.
first land animals appeared
mammals are dominant
