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Grade 11 Quiz

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 3mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Which type of folding results in the zigzag pattern of the landforms?

a)
Faulting
b)
Monocline folding
c)

Chevron folding

d)

Erosional fold

2.

What type of volcano is non-explosive and has a basaltic magma component?

a)
Stratovolcano
b)
Shield volcano
c)
Lava dome volcano
d)
Cinder cone volcano
3.

Stratovolcano: Pinatubo as Lava Domes:_________.

a)
Mount Fuji
b)
Mauna Loa
c)
Mount St. Helens
d)
Kilauea
4.

What type of eruption usually releases fast-moving pyroclastic flows?

a)

Pelean eruption

b)

Phreatic eruption

c)
Strombolian eruption
d)
Plinian eruption
5.

Which of the following does not belong to the group?

a)

Himalayas

b)

Appalachian

c)

Zagros

d)

Wasatch

6.

What geological period of the Paleozoic Era lasted from about 299 to 252 million years ago?

a)
Triassic
b)

Permian

c)
Devonian
d)

Carboniferous

7.

What epoch or age did the first large mammals appear in?

a)
Eocene epoch
b)
Miocene epoch
c)

Paleocene epoch

d)
Pleistocene epoch
8.

What era is considered the age of mammals?

a)

Paleocene Era

b)
Mesozoic Era
c)
Paleozoic Era
d)
Cenozoic Era
9.

This principle states that sediments are deposited in flat layers and maintains that it means they’re not yet disturbed.

a)
Law of Original Horizontality
b)
Law of Cross-Cutting Relationships
c)
Principle of Lateral Continuity
d)
Law of Superposition
10.

Nicolas Steno: Horizontal Strata as James Hutton:____________.

a)
Geocentrism
b)

Stratigraphy

c)
Uniformitarianism
d)
Plate Tectonics
11.

It is a stack of folds that passes through the hinge lines and most nearly divides the fold into two equal parts.

a)
Axial plane
b)
Lateral fold
c)
Transverse plane
d)
Vertical axis
12.

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?

a)
rockfall
b)
creep
c)
slump
d)
landslide
13.

Which of the following correctly describes the floodplain?

a)
A floodplain is a dry area far from any water bodies.
b)
A floodplain is a mountainous region that experiences heavy snowfall.
c)
A floodplain is a type of forest that grows only in wet conditions.
d)
A floodplain is an area of land adjacent to a river that is prone to flooding.
14.

Which of the following correctly describes the traction?

a)

a method of transporting very fine sediment in a river

b)

rolling and dragging of large grains aided by the push smaller grains

c)
Traction is the speed of a moving object.
d)

soluble minerals in rocks dissolve directly into water, which is often slightly acidic

15.

This type of mechanical weathering resulted in the outer layers, or sheets, of rock cracking and breaking off.

a)
Exfoliation
b)
Sedimentation
c)
Erosion
d)
Weathering
16.

Which part of the fold is where the limbs meet and indicates the line of maximum curvature?

a)

Axial surface

b)

Hinge

c)
Crest
d)

symmetrical limb

17.

The sensing part of the instrument contains a suspended mass that tends to remain still due to inertia when the ground moves.

a)

Seismograph

b)
Barometer
c)
Seismometer
d)

Seismogram

18.

What type of rock stress pulls on the rocks of the crust, causing them to stretch over a larger area?

a)
Shear stress
b)
Compressional stress
c)

Tension stress

d)

Strike slip

19.

What type of volcanic eruption is extremely explosive and has large amounts of ash or gas?

a)
Hawaiian eruption
b)
Fissure eruption
c)
Strombolian eruption
d)
Plinian eruption
20.

Cambrian: first fungi appeared as Devonian:__________.

a)
first flowers appeared
b)
first reptiles appeared
c)

first land animals appeared

d)

mammals are dominant