Download quiz 1-physical geology

MOST QUESTIONS RELATED TO CHAPTER 7
MATCHING: Q 1 to 5
Match the Layers of the Earth [a. Lithosphere; b. Asthenosphere; c. Mantle; d.
Outer Core and e. Inner Core with the properties/features listed below:
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
This layer has the presence of “densest material”
This layer is made-up of “Tectonic Plates”
This layer has material that looks like Magma
This layer is integral to the “driving of Tectonic Plates”
This layer is generally considered to behave like a “Solid”
MATCHING: Q 6 to 10
Match the names of the geologists with their important contributions [a. Edward
Suess; b. Harry Hess; c. H. Reid; d. Alfred Wegner; e. Vines & Mathews
6. Elastic Rebound Theory
7. Magnetic Reversals/Golden Spike
8. Continental Drift
9. First to make use of the term “Gondwana Land”
10.Sea Floor Spreading
MULTIPLE CHOICE/MATCHING COMBINATION: Q 11 to 15
Match the terms/names listed [a. Yellowstone; b. Mediterranean Mtns; c.
Appalachian Mtns; d. Ring of Fire; e. East African Rift Valley with those given
below:
11.Circum-Pacific Belt
12.Future Mtn System
13.Hot Spot
14.Future Ocean
15.Ancient Mtn System
TRUE & FALSE : Q 16 to 25
16.Age of the oldest rocks on planet Earth is about 4.5 Million Years
17.The ocean Tethys occupied the area between Northern & Southern
landmass
18.San Andreas Fault is a Transform Fault Boundary
19.Age of the oldest rocks from continents and oceans are about the same
20.The two main features that can be used to identify Plate boundaries are
Earthquakes and Volcanoes
21.Gondwana is the name of the Southern Super Continent
22.The term “doubling of the crust” is associated with C-O Plate Boundary
23.In the case of O-O Plate boundary, the results include Trench and
Mountains
24.Peru-Chile Trench and Andes Mountains are a good example of O-C Plate
Boundary
25.All Ocean have a Divergent Plate Boundary