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A quiz to review the basic concepts of earth science
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1
What are the 3 types of rocks?
basalt, coal, sandstone
metamorphic, igneous, sedimentary
quarts, limestone, feldspar
igneous, metamorphic, granite
2
A scientist that studies rocks is called a what?
Meteorologist
Biologist
Astronomer
Geologist
3
What evidence can you find on a rock that it is a sedimentary rock?
You can see large crystals in it.
It has folds and bends.
It is smooth and glassy.
It has visible layers.
4
What is the force that keeps us from floating up into the air?
super glue
inertia
gravity
magnetism
5
True or False : Each rock type can be turned into another rock type.
true
false
6
Wegenerś old theory was found to simplistic and replace by
plate tectonics
paleomagnetism
weather forces
crustal forces
7
What type is formed by weathering and erosion?
sedimentary
metamorphic
quartz
igneous
8
Deltas forming at the mouths of rivers
erosion
deposition
weathering
9
Subduction is when
One plate slides under another
New islands are formed
Earthquakes occur along a transform boundary
New crust is formed
10
when rocks and sediments are picked up and moved by ice, water, wind or gravity?
Deformation
Weathering
Erosion
Deposition
11
How many student desks are in the classroom?
30
31
27
29
12
The place where two plates move apart is called a
Convergent boundary
Hot spot
Transform boundary
Divergent boundary
13
The Earth's continents were once connected in one giant continent called
Pacifica
Indo-Australia
Eurasia
Pangaea
14
The breaking down of substances by physical, chemical, or biological process
deposition
erosion
weathering
15
A mudslide flowing down a steep hill
deposition
weathering
erosion
16
Which one of these is a real person?
Queen of England
Shrek
Harry Potter
Winnie the Pooh
17
Which of the following scientific observations supported Wegenerś theory?
Matching reptile remains found on two different continents
identical rock types of same age in different locations
all of the above
Matching fossil plant remains found on different continents
18
What type is formed by heat and pressure?
sedimentary
metamorphic
sandstone
igneous
19
_Which process comes first, erosion or weathering?
weathering
erosion
20
When two continental plates pull apart a ________________________ forms
Subduction zone
Earthquake
Rift valley
Mountain range
21
The largest animal thought to live on Earth in the past or in the present is a what?
Whale
Dinosaur
Elephant
Hippopotamus
22
when sediment is dropped into a new location
Weathering
Deposition
Erosion
Deformation
23
Movement of sediment or soil from one location to another by water, ice, or wind
erosion
deposition
weathering
24
When particles carried by water, ice, or wind are dropped in another location
erosion
weathering
deposition
25
What type is formed by volcanic activity?
metamorphic
sandstone
igneous
sedimentary
26
Continents moving apart from each other due to magma rising out of mid ocean ridges is known as
changing sea floor
sea floor spreading
underwater volcanos
sea floor rising
27
The place where two plates collide is called a
Hot spot
Convergent boundary
Transform boundary
Divergent boundary
28
The notion that the continents may once have been connected, led Alfred Wegener to what theory
wandering continents
continental drift
continental plowing
shape matching of continents
29
The first line of evidence used to promote continental drift was that
the continents seems to fit together like pieces of a puzzle
scientists could tell that the continents are still moving
lines of islands on moving plates formed above hotspots
The magnetic field underwent numerous reversals
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Where two plates rub past each other in opposite directions is a
Transform boundary
Hot spot
Convergent boundary
Divergent boundary
