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What Can Changes Inside Earth Communicate?
Pre/Post Test
1.
The diagram below shows exposed rock layers. Each rock layer contains a fossil of a
different organism.
Which fossil most likely represents the oldest form of life?
A.
B.
C.
D.
Fossil # 1
Fossil # 2
Fossil # 3
Fossil # 4
2.
The picture below shows a series of rock layers and the fossils and objects they
contain.
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3.
Jocelyn noticed that a great deal of sediment accumulated on the curves of the
creek since her visit last year. Which of the following does NOT contribute to the
wearing down of rocks to form sediment?
A.
B.
C.
D.
gravity and pressure
a decrease in rainfall
breakdown by lichen
erosion by wind and water
4.
The geological theory that states that pieces of Earth’s lithosphere are in constant, slow
motion is the theory of_______.
A.
B.
C.
D.
subduction
plate tectonics
deep ocean trenches
sea-floor spreading
5.
Geologist knows that wherever plate movement stores energy in the rock along
faults_____.
A.
B.
C.
D.
earthquakes are not likely
earthquakes are likely
an earthquake is occurring
an earthquake could never occur
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6.
A collision between two pieces of continental crust at a converging boundary
produces_____.
A.
B.
C.
D.
mid-ocean ridge
deep-ocean trench
rift valley
mountain ranges
7.
Earth’s mantle is_____.
A.
B.
C.
D.
a layer of molten metal
a layer of hot rock
a dense ball of solid metal
a layer of rock that forms Earth’s outer skin
8.
Why are index fossils useful to geologist?
A.
B.
C.
D.
They tell the absolute age of the rock in which they occur.
They tell the ages of many different rock layers.
They tell the age of the rock at one location only.
They tell the relative age of the rock in which they occur.
9.
The geological time scale placed Earth’s rocks in order by_____.
A.
B.
C.
D.
radioactive dates
relative age
composition and structures
decades and centuries
10.
While digging in a desert a scientist found a fossil of a shell, this fossil indicated that
what type of landform existed in this area?
A.
B.
C.
D.
desert
ocean
mountain
plain
11.
Which of the following is the best evidence that Earth’s continents were once in vastly
different positions than they are today?
A.
Penguins are found only in the Southern Hemisphere.
B.
C.
D.
Volcanoes encircle the Pacific Ocean
Fossils of tropical plants are found in Antarctica.
Major rivers form deltas from continental erosion.
12.
The Earth’s three layers are structured in the following order_____.
A.
B.
C.
D.
mantle, inner core, lithosphere, outer core
outer core, lithosphere, core, mantle
lithosphere, mantle, inner core, outer core
lithosphere, mantle, outer core, inner core
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