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Planet Earth Unit Review
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1
What is it called when a volcano is not active?
dormant
sleeping
secondary
disruptive
2
What city in Alberta is situated around the oil sands?
Edmonton
Fort McMurray
Fort Macleod
Leduc
3
Preserved organisms can be classified as
original remains
trace remains
coperlite
petrified remains
4
Which is not a rock family?
sedimentary
metamorphic
limestone
igneous
5
Which type of fault creates the deepest earthquakes?
Normal fault
Transform fault
Alaskan fault
Reverse fault
6
How can we tell which mountains are "young"?
They are taller
They jagged
They are smoother
They are colder
7
what is sonar
silent cartography
underwater sound wave technology
self contained breathing apparatus
electrocardiogram device
8
Glaciers, gravity, wind and water are agents of what?
erosion
the rock cycle
continental drift
mineral formation
9
Which is not used for mineral classification?
colour
weight
lustre
fracture
10
Which layer of the earth is the first one under the crust?
upper mantle
inner core
lower mantle
outer core
11
Most volcanoes in the Ring of Fire occur at
divergent plates
subduction zones
focus points
hot spots
12
What is NOT a way geologists can date a rock?
relative dating
radiometric dating
take it out to a nice sea food dinner & NEVER CALL IT AGAIN
radiocarbon dating
13
Which magnitude of an earthquake is the most powerful
7.4
6.9
6.7
7.6
14
What scale measures the impact of earthquakes?
Newton scale
Richard scale
Richter scale
Mohs scale
15
Which mineral is considered to be the softest?
emerald
diamond
talc
calcite
16
What is the Ring of Fire
The bitter rival of the Bermuda Triangle
The outline of the Pacific plate where volcanoes are active
The outline of the Atlantic plate where volcanoes are active
A song by Johnny Carson
17
Which type of rock family is formed from heat and pressure?
Metamorphic
Igneous
Sedimentary
18
Intrusive rocks are formed when
magma cools beneath the surface of the earth
sediments accumulate and compact in between two other rocks
lava cools above ground
frost wedging separates a rock into two
19
Which geologic time is closest to present day humans?
Mesozoic
Paleozoic
Precambrian
Cenozoic
20
What is a tsunami?
An earthquake underground
An earthquake which topples buildings
An earthquake which creates a whirlpool
An earthquake underwater
21
Geologists think that tectonic plates are able to move because of
convection currents
hot spots
divergent plates
gravitational pull from the moon
22
Mount Vesuvius, which destroyed Pompeii, is an example of what type of volcano?
Pahoehoe
Composite
Shield
Cinder
23
What form of petroleum is found in the oil sands?
bitumen
coal
oil
natural gas
24
The surface location directly above the focus of an earthquake is called the
epicenter
mantle
source
origin
25
Alfred Wegener came up with which theory?
mid-Atlantic rift
continental drift
erosion
evolution
26
Which mineral is the hardest?
fluorite
gypsum
topaz
apatite
27
What is the most common type of mountain formation?
accordion mountains
thrust faulting
fault block mountains
fold mountains
28
Which is an example of Mechanical Weathering
a plant root growing between a rock
acid rain
rocks rolling down a slope
moss growing on the side of a rock
29
Which of the following is NOT a type of seismic wave?
Surface wave
Focus wave
Primary wave
Secondary wave
30
What is an example of the biological evidence for continental drift?
similar fossils were found on separate continents
formation of continents which seemingly "fit" together
similar rocks from mountains were found on other continents
climate evidence based on coal deposits in unlikely places
31
the Mid-Atlantic Ridge is an example of
glacier frost wedging
volcanic interactions
sea floor spreading
hot spots
32
An opening in a volcano is called a
hole
top
vent
dormant
33
The bottom of the ocean is
mountainous
full of sharks
smooth with sediment
too deep to explore
34
Which layer of the earth is liquid?
outer core
mantle
crust
inner core
35
Which of the following is not part of a seismograph
scale
drum
weight
pen
36
What is rock made from?
crystals
dust
fire
minerals
37
Which mineral is hardest?
graphite (1.5)
flint (7.5)
topaz (8)
apatite (5)
38
The high point of the folded rock is called the
thrust fault
peak
syncline
anticline
39
Which is NOT a method of fossilization/preservation
Clay
Amber
Tar
Ice
40
Which geologic featured the first animals with backbones?
Mesozoic
Precambrian
Paleozoic
Cenozoic
41
When two plates collide and one is shoved under the other, it is called
subduction zone
composite collision
convection crater
trench warefare
42
If the film Jurassic Park 2 Stegosaurus's are seen. Why is this inaccurate?
Stegosaurus's were not that big
Stegosaurus's were from the Triassic period
Stegosaurus's were from the Paleozoic era
Stegosaurus's walked on their hind legs
43
Which geologic time had the first reptiles?
Paleozoic
Precambrian
Mesozoic
Cenozoic
44
The theory of plate tectonics labels plates which push against each other as
insurgent
divergent
allegiant
convergent
45
The age of the earth is broken down into time scales. Which is not one of them?
Periods
Erins
Eons
Eras
46
According to The Mohs Hardness Scale, 8.0 is the highest on the scale
False
True
