What is the rock cycle?

Rocks and minerals that are melted, cooled and broken down

What plates are convergent boundaries?

Pacific Plate and Philippine Plate

What do volcanoes arise from?

Rifts, subduction zones and hotspots

What is a subduction zone?

One tectonic plate sinking underneath another plate tectonic

What plates are transform boundaries?

North American Plate and Juan de Fuca Plate

What plates are divergent boundaries?

African Plate and South American Plate

Which of the following is NOT true about earthquakes?

Tsunami's come before earthquakes

What geological traits are formed at transform boundaries?

Faultlines (San Andreas Fault), Strong Earthquakes

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1
What is the rock cycle?
A cycle of rocks
A cycle of water
A cycle of gases
Rocks and minerals that are melted, cooled and broken down
2
Scientists have only just started learning about plate tectonics.
False
True
3
What is an example of metamorphic rock?
Granite
Slate
Basalt
Limestone
4
What plates are convergent boundaries?
Mid Atlantic Ridge and South American Plate
Antarctic Plate and Scotia Plate
Pacific Plate and Philippine Plate
Juan de Fuca Plate and North American Plate
5
What do volcanoes arise from?
Tsunami's and wind
Rifts, subduction zones and hotspots
Rifts, subways, human activity
Human activity and earthquakes
6
What is a subduction zone?
Plate tectonic destruction
An area where everyday objects disappear
One tectonic plate sinking underneath another plate tectonic
An area where plate tectonics are created
7
Volcanoes release all of the following EXCEPT
Magma
Ash and Cinder
Lava and rock fragments
Pyroclastic flow
8
What are the three types of plate boundaries?
Convergent, Tectonics, Geology
Transform, Convergent, Divergent
Transform, Reform, Deform
Divergent, Insurgent, Alligent
9
Does the type of rock in a specific region affect soil characteristics and the plant community?
No
Yes
Yah
Nah
10
What geological traits are formed at convergent boundaries?
Faults
Deep trenches, Island Arcs
Earthquakes
Volcanoes and earthquakes
11
How is an igneous rock formed?
By magma or lava cooling
By percipitation
By weathering and erosion
By heat and pressure
12
9/10 earthquakes and over half of the world's volcanoes occur along the "Ring of Fire"
False
True
13
What is an example of geologic hazards?
Technology failures
Genocide
Earthquakes and volcanoes
Mass extinction
14
What is an example of sedimentary rock?
Basalt
Marbles
Limestone
Crystals
15
What is an example of igneous rock?
Limestone
Marble
Crystals and granite
Sandstone
16
What geological traits are formed at divergent boundaries?
Volcanoes
Mountain Ranges
Faults
Mid-Ocean Ridges
17
Which rock are fossils more likely to be found in?
Sedimentary
Volcanic
Igneous
Metamorphic
18
How is a sedimentary rock formed?
By melting magma
By weathering and erosion
By cooling and crystallization
By precipitation
19
How do humans NOT impact geological hazards?
Population growth
Studying plate tectonics
Altering landscapes
Emitting greenhouse gases
20
What plates are transform boundaries?
Naxca Plate and Pacific Plate
Philippine Plate and Pacific Plate
North American Plate and Juan de Fuca Plate
Arabian Plate and African Plate
21
What plates are divergent boundaries?
African Plate and South American Plate
Arabian and African Plate
Juan de Fuca Plate and North American Plate
Pacific Plate and Philippine Plate
22
Which of the following is NOT true about earthquakes?
Loss of life
Tsunami's come after earthquakes
Tsunami's come before earthquakes
Infrastructural damage
23
About how many plate tectonics does the Earth have?
20-22
17-23
15-19
14-18
24
What geological traits are formed at transform boundaries?
Ridges, Seafloor Spreading
Faultlines (San Andreas Fault), Strong Earthquakes
Tsunamis, Earthquakes
Volcanos, Mountain Ranges
25
What are other examples of geological hazards?
Wind and rain
Landslides and tsunamis
Mass Extinction
Studying the rock cycle
26
How is a metamorphic rock formed?
By precipitation
By weathering and erosion
By heating and pressure
By cooling and crystallization

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Mackenzie Chapter 2 Pages 35-47

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Questions 26

Answers

1
What is the rock cycle?
A cycle of rocks
A cycle of water
A cycle of gases
Rocks and minerals that are melted, cooled and broken down
2
Scientists have only just started learning about plate tectonics.
False
True
3
What is an example of metamorphic rock?
Granite
Slate
Basalt
Limestone
4
What plates are convergent boundaries?
Mid Atlantic Ridge and South American Plate
Antarctic Plate and Scotia Plate
Pacific Plate and Philippine Plate
Juan de Fuca Plate and North American Plate
5
What do volcanoes arise from?
Tsunami's and wind
Rifts, subduction zones and hotspots
Rifts, subways, human activity
Human activity and earthquakes
6
What is a subduction zone?
Plate tectonic destruction
An area where everyday objects disappear
One tectonic plate sinking underneath another plate tectonic
An area where plate tectonics are created
7
Volcanoes release all of the following EXCEPT
Magma
Ash and Cinder
Lava and rock fragments
Pyroclastic flow
8
What are the three types of plate boundaries?
Convergent, Tectonics, Geology
Transform, Convergent, Divergent
Transform, Reform, Deform
Divergent, Insurgent, Alligent
9
Does the type of rock in a specific region affect soil characteristics and the plant community?
No
Yes
Yah
Nah
10
What geological traits are formed at convergent boundaries?
Faults
Deep trenches, Island Arcs
Earthquakes
Volcanoes and earthquakes
11
How is an igneous rock formed?
By magma or lava cooling
By percipitation
By weathering and erosion
By heat and pressure
12
9/10 earthquakes and over half of the world's volcanoes occur along the "Ring of Fire"
False
True
13
What is an example of geologic hazards?
Technology failures
Genocide
Earthquakes and volcanoes
Mass extinction
14
What is an example of sedimentary rock?
Basalt
Marbles
Limestone
Crystals
15
What is an example of igneous rock?
Limestone
Marble
Crystals and granite
Sandstone
16
What geological traits are formed at divergent boundaries?
Volcanoes
Mountain Ranges
Faults
Mid-Ocean Ridges
17
Which rock are fossils more likely to be found in?
Sedimentary
Volcanic
Igneous
Metamorphic
18
How is a sedimentary rock formed?
By melting magma
By weathering and erosion
By cooling and crystallization
By precipitation
19
How do humans NOT impact geological hazards?
Population growth
Studying plate tectonics
Altering landscapes
Emitting greenhouse gases
20
What plates are transform boundaries?
Naxca Plate and Pacific Plate
Philippine Plate and Pacific Plate
North American Plate and Juan de Fuca Plate
Arabian Plate and African Plate
21
What plates are divergent boundaries?
African Plate and South American Plate
Arabian and African Plate
Juan de Fuca Plate and North American Plate
Pacific Plate and Philippine Plate
22
Which of the following is NOT true about earthquakes?
Loss of life
Tsunami's come after earthquakes
Tsunami's come before earthquakes
Infrastructural damage
23
About how many plate tectonics does the Earth have?
20-22
17-23
15-19
14-18
24
What geological traits are formed at transform boundaries?
Ridges, Seafloor Spreading
Faultlines (San Andreas Fault), Strong Earthquakes
Tsunamis, Earthquakes
Volcanos, Mountain Ranges
25
What are other examples of geological hazards?
Wind and rain
Landslides and tsunamis
Mass Extinction
Studying the rock cycle
26
How is a metamorphic rock formed?
By precipitation
By weathering and erosion
By heating and pressure
By cooling and crystallization