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1) Earthquakes and volcanoes
frequently occur
A) along plate boundaries.
B) at the poles.
C) along ocean shorelines.
D) in the centre of tectonic
plates.
E) in the middle of land masses.
2) the approximate yearly
number of earthquakes that are
strong enough to be felt
A) 50 000
B) 30 000
C) 5000
D) 300 000
E) 12 000
3) Most tectonic plates are
composed of
A) newly-formed rock.
B) continents.
C) oceans.
D) both a continent and an
ocean.
E) igneous rocks.
4) Forces associated with
mountain building include A)
flooding and ice formation.
B) temperature changes and
chemical reactions.
C) folding and faulting.
D) running water and glaciers.
E) wind and rain.
5) The part of "Canada"
created in the Precambrian era
was the A) Appalachian
Mountains.
B) Arctic Lowlands.
C) Canadian Shield.
D) Rockies.
E) Interior plains.
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6) The Cenozoic era was the
age of
A) birds.
B) single-celled plants.
C) reptiles.
D) fish.
E) mammals.
11) the type of rock in which
fossils are found
A) metamorphic
B) sedimentary
C) granite
D) gneiss
E) igneous
7) Geologists believe that
during the early part of the
Paleozoic era, Canada was
located A) near the equator.
B) where Russia is now located.
C) where the North Pole is now
located.
D) near the Mediterranean Sea.
E) where Europe is now
located.
12) The evolution of life from
the Precambrian era to the
Cenozoic era
A) started on land and moved to
the oceans.
B) changed from simple
organisms to more complex life
forms.
C) showed very little change.
D) started from one-celled
organisms and finished with
flowering plants.
E) started with flowering plants
and finished with dinosaurs.
8) During the Mesozoic era, the
North American and Pacific
plates collided creating the
A) Interior Plains.
B) Niagara Escarpment.
C) Eastern Lowlands.
D) Rocky Mountains.
E) Appalachian Mountains.
9) What is the metamorphic
form of granite?
A) limestone
B) magma
C) sandstone
D) gneiss
E) sand
10) Approximately 87% of the
earth's history took place in the:
A) Precambrian era.
B) Cenozoic era.
C) Paleozoic era.
D) Mesozoic era.
E) Jurassic period.
What do the following
definitions relate to?
13) the theory that the earth's
outer shell consists of plates
that move and consequently
cause earthquakes, volcanoes,
mountains, and the formation of
new crust
14) the wearing away of the
earth's surface, and the
movement of the worn away
materials to other locations
15) the history of the earth from
its formation to the present
divided into four major time
periods
16) imprints in rock of the
remains of plants or animals
that lived millions of years ago
17) the major divisions of time
in earth's history
27) Earthquakes and
volcanoes frequently occur
__________.
18) the large area of
precambrian rock that forms the
core of Canada
28) The scientist who first put
forward the idea of continental
drift was __________.
19) the bending of rock layers
20) movement along a crack or
faults in the earth's crust
21) rock formed from the
cooling of molten rock
29) About 300 million years
ago, the earth's plates came
together to form the
supercontinent called
__________ .
30) The first evidence that
probably led people to think that
the continents were connected
was __________.
31) Each era represents a time
of major __________ .
22) a new type of rock that
forms when rock is subjected to
heat and pressure
23) rock that forms in layers
from the compression of
sediments over millions of years
24) when the term is
capitalized, it refers to the most
recent Ice Age during the last
two million years. Within the
most recent Ice Age there have
been at least four periods of
large-scale glacial activity.
25) slow moving masses of ice
26) The greatest extinction of
plants and animals occurred in
the late __________ era .
32) When two plates collide,
one plate descends under the
other, creating a __________.
33) __________ rocks form the
bedrock of part of every
province.
34) During the Paleozoic era,
the vegetation in huge swamps
produced __________ in "Nova
Scotia."
35) Sediments deposited in the
Paleozoic era produced
__________ in southwestern
Ontario.
36) _________ help scientists
to estimate the age of the
sedimentary rock in which they
are found.
37) The Precambrian landform
that is made up of rocks that
form the platform on which the
rest of Canada is built is the
___________.