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Test Description: This test is about the layers of the Earth, plate boundaries and types of rocks.
Instructions: Answer all questions to get your test result.
1) Which layer of the Earth is most dense?
A
Mantle
B
Crust
C
Inner Core
D
Outer Core
2) Which layer of the Earth is least dense?
A
Mantle
B
Inner Core
C
Crust
D
Outer Core
3) Which layer of the Earth produces convection currents that moves the plates?
A
Mantle
B
Crust
C
Outer Core
D
Inner Core
4) What type of boundary has plates colliding, converging or piling up on each other?
A
Transform
B
Divergent
C
Convergent
5) Which type of of boundary creates a fault line?
A
Convergent
B
Divergent
C
Transform
6) What type of boundary is responsible for creating ocean basins?
A
Transform
B
Divergent
C
Convergent
7) When plates separate they create rifts, what type of boundary is created?
A
Convergent
B
Divergent
C
Transform
8) Plate Tectonics says that the plates move ________ per year.
A
Several miles
B
Several kilometers
C
Several feet
D
Several centimeters
9) Which type of rock is created by tiny sediments being cemented together?
A
Extrusive Igneous
B
Sedimentary
C
Metamorphic
D
Intrusive Igneous
10) Marble is created when limestone undergoes heat and pressure, what kind of rock is marble?
A
Metamorphic
B
Extrusive Igneous
C
Sedimentary
D
Intrusive Igneous
11) Which word means dark colored rocks?
A
Mafic
B
Fine-grained
C
Coarse-grained
D
Felsic
12) Which word means light colored rocks?
A
Felsic
B
Fine-grained
C
Mafic
D
Coarse-grained
13) When a rock cools quickly, it has no crystals. What kind of rock is it?
A
Metamorphic
B
Extrusive Igneous
C
Intrusive Igneous
D
Sedimentary
14) Which type of rock is the weakest type?
A
Intrusive Igneous
B
Extrusive Igneous
C
Sedimentary
D
Metamorphic
15) The Earth's inner core is what state of matter due to extreme pressure?
A
Gas
B
Solid
C
Liquid
D
Plasma
16) Earthquakes and volcanoes primarily form where?
A
Center of continents
B
Near the edges of continents
C
Near the edges of tectonic plates
D
Randomly
17) Which of the following represents the correct order of the layers of the Earth from least dense to most dense?
A
Outer Core, Inner Core, Crust, Mantle
B
Crust, Outer Core, Inner Core, Mantle
C
Inner Core, Outer Core, Mantle, Crust
D
Crust, Mantle, Outer Core, Inner Core
18) Coarse-grained rocks tend to have what feature?
A
No crystals
B
Aligned bands of minerals
C
Dark colors
D
Crystals
19) Some rocks have mineral bands or what look like stripes, this is called ________
A
Non-foliated
B
Foliated
C
Coarse-grained
D
Fine-grained
20) What causes different landforms to be created?
A
Gravity
B
Plate Tectonics
C
The rotation of the Earth
D
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