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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. 1 What Can Changes Inside Earth Communicate? 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 2 What Can Changes Inside Earth Communicate? 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 3 What Can Changes Inside Earth Communicate? What Can Changes Inside Earth Communicate? Pre-Post Answer Key 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. D B C B B D B D B B C D 4 What Can Changes Inside Earth Communicate?