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A#CKLA Unit 5 #Geology Quiz including #volcanoes, #earthquakes, #rock cycle.
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1
Scientists use the Richter scale to measure an earthquake's
trigger.
epicenter.
magnitude.
focus.
2
A scientist who studies the earth's structure and physical characteristics is called a
geologist
archeologist
gemologist
geographer
3
Choose the four layers of the Earth:
Earth's crust, bread crust, pizza crust, pie crust.
crust, peanut butter, jelly, and bread
crust, mantle, outer core, and inner core.
crust, mantle, cold core, hot core.
4
The theory that Earth's crust is broken up into sections that move against each other is called
subduction zones.
climate change.
plate tectonics.
continental drift.
5
What is the name of the undersea volcano our guest speaker studies?
Ariel Seamount
Axel Rose
Juan de Fuca
Axial Seamount
6
Exposing igneous and sedimentary rock to extreme heat and pressure forms
metamorphic rock.
magic rocks.
granite.
marbles.
7
A bowl shaped opening at the top of a volcano is called
a catastrophe.
a crust.
a canyon.
a crater.
8
What causes rocks to weather?
walking on them.
sun, wind, rain, and freezing temperatures.
gravity.
erosion.
9
The ongoing process of rocks changing is called
the cycle of life.
the circle of life.
the rock cycle.
the dawn of time.
10
A hill or mountain that forms over a crack in the Earth's crust from which lava erupts is
a plume.
a volcano.
a hot spot.
a geyser.
11
Red-hot melted rock that has erupted above Earth's crust from deep underground is called
magma.
a caldera.
lava.
mantle.
12
Continental drift is the process of
the continents staying connected.
snow being blown by the wind.
drifting smoke in the sky.
Earth's continents moving over time.
13
Rocks are made of solid, nonliving substances called
minerals.
crystals.
stones.
fossils.
14
All rocks change.
False
True
15
A gigantic wave of seawater caused by an earthquake in oceanic crust is called
tiramisu.
a teddy bear's picnic.
a tsunami.
a plume.
16
Obsidian is an igneous rock.
True
False
17
The three types of rocks are
country, christian, hillbilly.
igneous, crystals, minerals.
round, hard, gray.
igneous, sedimentary, and metamorphic.
18
Long chains of underwater mountains are called
continental crust.
oceanic crust.
mid-ocean ridges.
trenches.
19
Sedimentary rocks are made of
lava.
tiny bits of rock, sand, and once living things.
crystals.
paper mâché.
20
When magma from a volcano cools and solidifies, it forms
sedimentary rock.
igneous rock.
metamorphic rock.
rock and roll.
21
Mount Rainier in Washington State is
not a volcano.
a dormant volcano.
an extinct volcano.
an active volcano
22
Magma is
melted rock in Earth's mantle.
Earth's thickest layer.
red-hot melted rock erupted from a volcano.
a crayon color.
23
Alfred Wegener hypothesized that at one time Earth had a supercontinent called
Patagonia
Pangea
plate tectonics
Paddington
24
The different colors of crystals inside geodes are caused by
water.
hot air.
dinosaur pee.
minerals.
25
Erosion is
the movement of sediments from place to place.
a volcano in Washington State.
a new Boy Band.
not possible.
