Quiz about Unit 4 Quiz

Question 1

A rock formed from fragments of other rocks is a(n)

Accepted Answer

Sedimentary Rock

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Metamorphic Rock

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Extrusive Rock

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Igneous Rock

Question 2

This rock was another type of rock that was heated and compressed over time. What type of rock is this?

Accepted Answer

Metamorphic

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Sedimentary

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Igneous

Question 3

This rock started as molten magma. What type of rock is this?

Accepted Answer

Igneous

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Sedimentary

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Metamorphic

Question 4

The process when rocks break into smaller pieces due to exposure to natural elements is called

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weathering

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erosion

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sediments

Question 5

What is underground molten rock?

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Magma

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Lava

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Soil

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Intrusive

Question 6

process that carries away tiny pieces of rock by wind or water

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erosion

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weathering

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compaction

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cementation

Question 7

tiny pieces of rocks that settle onto the Earth's surface

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sediment

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erosion

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deposition

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sedimentary rock

Question 8

This rock was formed when molten rock cooled into a solid. What type of rock is it?

Accepted Answer

Igneous Rock

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Metamorphic Rock

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Sedimentary Rock

Question 9

The type of plate boundary where two plates come together is a .....

Accepted Answer

Convergent Boundary

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Divergent Boundary

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Transform Boundary

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Plate Boundary

Question 10

What is the name of the supercontinent Alfred Wegner used?

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Pangea

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Laurasia

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Euamerica

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Wakanda

Question 11

Name the boundary

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divergent boundary

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convergent boundary

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transform boundary

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sergent boundary

Question 12

The presence of the same ________ on several continents supports the idea of continental drift.

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both fossils and rocks

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rocks

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fossils

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neither fossils nor rocks

Question 13

The east coast of South America seems to fit into the wet coast of Africa, this evidence for Continental Drift is called...

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fit/shape of continents

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fossil evidence

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geologic evidence

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climate evidence

Question 14

Scientists did not believe Wegner's theory because Continental Drift is a slow process and there is no explanation for...

Accepted Answer

how the continents move.

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how to measure the continents.

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Wegener being a silly man.

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Antarctica having fern fossils.

Question 15

Identify this type of plate movement

Accepted Answer

Transform Boundary

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Divergent Boundary

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Convergent Boundary

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None

Question 16

Identify this type of plate movement

Accepted Answer

Divergent Boundary

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Convergent Boundary

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Transform Boundary

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None

Question 17

Identify this type of plate movement

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Convergent Boundary

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Divergent Boundary

Answer

Transform Boundary

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None

Question 18

Two plates collide

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Convergent Boundary

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Divergent Boundary

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Transform Boundary

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None

Question 19

Two plates moving or sliding by each other.

Accepted Answer

Transform Boundary

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Divergent Boundary

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Convergent Boundary

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None

Question 20

Which combination lists Earth's layers from the surface to the center?

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crust, mantle, outer core, inner core

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crust, mantle, inner core, outer core

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mantle, crust, outer core, inner core

Question 21

What makes up Earth's crust and upper mantle?

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lithosphere

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inner core

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asthenosphere

Question 22

What is the solid metallic part of Earth's interior?

Accepted Answer

inner core

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lithosphere

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asthenosphere

Question 23

Identify A

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Crust

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Mantle

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Outer Core

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Inner Core

Question 24

Identify B

Accepted Answer

Mantle

Answer

Crust

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Outer Core

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Inner Core

Question 25

Identify D

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Inner Core

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Crust

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Mantle

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Outer Core

Question 26

Mountains are created at this type of  boundary.

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Convergent

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Divergent

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Transform

Question 27

Fill in the blank: The oceanic plate is _______ dense than the continental plate so it sinks, or subducts, under the continental plate.

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More

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Less

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Same

Question 28

What do we call the portion of the Earth that moves in tectonic plates

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lithosphere

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atmosphere

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geosphere

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hydrosphere

Question 29

At what type of plate boundary is new land formed when magma pushes up from the mantle and cools?

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divergent

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convergent

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transform

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all of the above

Question 30

What is true of plate tectonics?

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they are always moving

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they don't move for centuries at a time

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there are fewer and fewer of them

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they don't move at all

Question 31

You are obsidian formed as hot lava from a volcano cooled very quickly. What type of rock is obsidian?

Accepted Answer

Igneous

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Metampophic

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Sedimentary

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Lava

Question 32

You form where two tectonic plates collide under extreme pressure, forming mountains. What type of rock are you now?

Accepted Answer

Metamorphic

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Ingneous

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Sedimentary

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Sediments

Question 33

You are magma that cools and then undergoes extreme heat and pressure. What type of rock are you now?

Accepted Answer

Metamorphic

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Igneous

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Sedimentary

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Weathering and Erosion

Question 34

Which of the following is NOT one of the three major classes of rock?

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Jutsu

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Igneous

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Metamorphic

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Sedimenatary

Question 35

Which characteristic is found in sedimentary rocks?

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Fossils

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Crystals

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Gas bubbles

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Glassy surface

Question 36

Which characteristic is common to metamorphic rocks?

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Ribbon-like layers

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Fossils

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Gas bubbles

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Glassy surface

Question 37

A rock is a naturally occurring solid mixture of one or more minerals that may also include organic matter.

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True

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False

Question 38

When molten (melted) rock cools and becomes a solid, a _____ rock forms.

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Igneous

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Sedimentary

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Metamorphic

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Mineral

Question 39

Fossils are more likely to form in which type of rock?

Accepted Answer

Sedimentary rocks form in layers which help keep fossils from being destroyed.

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Metamorphic rocks form by being exposed to a lot of heat and pressure and this keeps the fossils from being destroyed.

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Igneous rocks form when lava or magma cools and this keeps the fossils from being destroyed

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Fossils only form in igneous rocks.

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