Students name Email The exact location underground where an Earthquake takes place is called the... Epicenter Tear Focus Hydrocenter None Can you name this type of coiled fossil? Trilobite Ammonite Crinoid Dendrite None The location on the Earth's surface directly above where an Earthquake takes place is called the... Hydrocenter Tear Epicenter Focus None Which of these is NOT evidence for Plate Tectonics? Sea floor magnetic anomalies Earthquake patterns Volcano patterns Meteorite impact craters None This is NOT a fossil at all. What name do we give these? Trilobite Dendrite Ammonite Crinoid None What term is given to the understanding of the vastness of time? Deep time Greenwich Mean Time Geologic time Universal time None When limestone is metamorphosed it becomes... Marble Granite Schist Slate None The formation of a mushroom rock is an example of... Chemical weathering Human weathering Saltation weathering Physical weathering None What is the hardest mineral in this list? Calcite Talc Topaz Quartz None What can cause metamorphic rocks to form? The rocks being heated and/or put under pressure The rocks containing clay minerals The rocks being in groundwater A long amount of time None Mauna Loa is a very wide and flat volcano in Hawaii made up of millions of lava flows of basalt. It is a type of this form of volcano... Caldera Shield volcano Composite or stratovolcano Cinder cone None The break in rocks along which rocks grind causing an earthquake is called a... Crack Dike Fault Fracture None Which of the divisions of time on the Geologic timescale is the largest? Period Era Eon Age None Which of the following is NOT a hazard associated with volcanic eruptions? Ash fall Hot mud flows (Lahars) Poisonous gases Virus evolution None What do we call the event in where a animal or plant species completely dies out? Engandered Extinction Deathuous Explusion None Which of the following minerals would bubble if put in a weak acid? Gold Calcite Quartz Diamond None The strength of an earthquake is called its... Richter Magnitude Focus Epicenter None What is molten rock called when it is underground? Rhyolite Lava Magma Basalt None What property of a mineral is very unreliable for identification? Crystal shape Color Cleavage Hardness None Which of these is NOT evidence for Plate Tectonics? Sea floor magnetic anomalies Earthquake patterns Volcano patterns Meteorite impact craters None Humankind have only been on Earth for around... 5 million years 5 years 5 thousand years 5 billion years None Which of these rock types would be a form of lava? Basalt Schist Conglomerate Gabbro None Earthquakes can be predicted more than a day ahead of them happening? This is FALSE This is TRUE None What was the name of the volcano that erupted in 79AD and covered the Roman city of Pompeii? Vesuvius Pliny Mt. St Helens Krakatoa None What are the names of two very soft minerals? Sapphire and Topaz Quartz and Orthoclase Diamond and Fluorite Talc and Graphite None The explosion of life on Earth, especially those with shells and other 'hard-parts' happened... At the start of the Jurassic Period At the start of the Cambrian Period At the end of the Permian Period At the start of the Precambrian None The main difference between gabbro and basalt is... The amount of quartz then contain. The color of them isf they are powdered. The amount of feldspar they contain. The size of the crystals. None A deep ocean trench would be found at this type of boundary... Subduction boundary Collision boundary Transform fault boundary Divergent boundary None Which of these rocks would you find being formed on the ocean floor? Mudstone Marble Rhyolite Schist None Dinosaurs lived in which geologic era? Mesozoic Precambrian Jurassic Paleaozoic None Chemical weathering of limestone can leave these strange channels in the rock. We call this process... Streaking Drilling Channelling Rilling None Which of the divisions of time on the Geologic timescale is the largest? Age Eon Period Era None While of the following living things is most likely to become a fossil? Sheep Oyster Jellyfish Tree None Dinosaurs became extinct around... 65 thousand years ago 65 billion year ago 65 hundred years ago 65 million years ago None Mt Fuji in Japan is an example of what kind of volcano? Caldera Composite or Stratovolcano Shield Cinder cone None The lithosphere plate is made up of... The Crust and the inner core The outer and inner core The crust and upper mantle The mantle and outer core None What do we call the study of fossils and ancient life? Paleontology Geology Fossilology Archeology None People should watch weather forcasts before venturing into wild caves due to... The possibility of acid rain The possibility of heat waves The possibility of hail The possibility of flash floods None Some fossils are just the tracks, paths or burrows of once living things. We call these... Dendrites Trace fossils Trackicles Stalagtites None The large waves caused by some undersea earthquakes or volcanic eruption is called a... Tsumani Toomba Typhoon Tidal wave None The reason we find lots of fossils of things that lived in water is because... They love to become fossils. They can be buried quickly in sand and mud. There are more animals that live in water. They have bones. None This geologic feature is found at all active plate boundaries? Earthquakes Mountain ranges Volcanoes Ocean trenches None Gneiss is an example of... A sedimentary rock A meteorite An igneous rock A metamorphic rock None The most common thing to become fossilized are... Skulls Hearts Hard parts Skin None The formation of a mushroom rock is an example of... Physical weathering Human weathering Chemical weathering Saltation weathering None What is the name given to the supercontinent that existed around 300 million years ago? Portlandia Pangaea Gondwana Rodinia None Can you name this type of fossil? Trilobite Dendrite Crinoid Ammonite None The movement of rock and soil material rapidly downslope is called a... Landslide Soil creep Flood Tsunami None What major event happened at the end of the Permain Period? Iceland was formed The formation of the Moon Mass extinction The Pacific Ocean was formed None Mica is a family of minerals. Which of these two minerals belong the the Mica family? Orthoclase and Plagioclase Opal and Calcrete Biotite and Muscovite Citrine and Amethyst None Time's up General Earth Science Quiz
