Earth Review Question Preview (ID: 42724)


Earth. TEACHERS: click here for quick copy question ID numbers.

How old is the Earth?
a) 4.6 thousand years
b) 4.6 million years
c) 4.6 billion years
d) 4.6 trillion years

What is Earth's thickest layer?
a) The inner core
b) The mantle
c) The outer core
d) The crust

What's the name of the plate boundary when two plates come together?
a) convergent
b) divergent
c) transform fault
d) slip fault

What's the name of the plate boundary when two plates move apart?
a) convergent
b) divergent
c) transform fault
d) slip fault

What is the name of the plate boundary when one plate slides past another?
a) convergent
b) divergent
c) transform fault
d) slip fault

Which of the following plate boundaries would NOT results in an volcano?
a) convergent
b) divergent
c) transform fault
d) all of the above can cause volcanoes

Which of the following plate boundaries would NOT results in an earthquake?
a) convergent
b) divergent
c) transform fault
d) all of the above can cause earthquakes

Who developed the Theory of Continental Drift?
a) Alfred Wegener
b) Alfred E. Newman
c) Charles Darwin
d) Gregor Mendel

The Hawaiian Islands were formed by a
a) convergent boundary
b) divergent boundary
c) hotspot
d) earthquake

What was the name of the super-continent described in the Theory of Continental Drift?
a) Pangaea
b) Gondwanaland
c) Rhodenia
d) Panthalassa

Play Games with the Questions above at ReviewGameZone.com
To play games using the questions from above, visit ReviewGameZone.com and enter game ID number: 42724 in the upper right hand corner or click here.

TEACHERS / EDUCATORS
Log In
| Sign Up / Register