Students name Email What type of volcanic feature is shown in this image? Caldera Cinder cone Composite or stratovolcano Shield volcano None The main difference between gabbro and basalt is... The amount of quartz then contain. The size of the crystals. The amount of feldspar they contain. The color of them isf they are powdered. None Which of these is NOT evidence for Plate Tectonics? Earthquake patterns Meteorite impact craters Sea floor magnetic anomalies Volcano patterns None This is NOT a fossil at all. What name do we give these? Dendrite Ammonite Crinoid Trilobite None Which of these sedimentary rocks would have the biggest fragments inside? Shale Mudstone Limestone Conglomerate None Absolute Time is different from Relative Time as it provides... The reason dinosurs became extinct The total number os species on Earth Ages in years The correct order of the geologic periods None Which of these is NOT evidence for Plate Tectonics? Earthquake patterns Meteorite impact craters Volcano patterns Sea floor magnetic anomalies None Which of these rock types would be a form of lava? Schist Conglomerate Basalt Gabbro None Dinosaurs lived in which geologic era? Mesozoic Paleaozoic Jurassic Precambrian None What scale is used to measure the hardness of a mineral? Baynham scale Mohs scale Lewis scale Hall scale 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. They have bones. There are more animals that live in water. None The age of the Earth is around... 13.2 billions years old 4.5 billion years old 4.5 million years old 13.2 million years old None The formation of a mushroom rock is an example of... Human weathering Physical weathering Chemical weathering Saltation weathering None The most common thing to become fossilized are... Skulls Hearts Hard parts Skin None What term is given to the understanding of the vastness of time? Deep time Universal time Geologic time Greenwich Mean Time None What property of a mineral is very unreliable for identification? Color Hardness Cleavage Crystal shape None The break in rocks along which rocks grind causing an earthquake is called a... Dike Fracture Fault Crack None What properties of gold would help you to identify it? Color and acid test Color and smell. Hardness and weight (specific gravity) Hardness and small None Which of the following is NOT a hazard associated with volcanic eruptions? Virus evolution Poisonous gases Hot mud flows (Lahars) Ash fall None Dinosaurs lived in which geologic era? Paleaozoic Precambrian Jurassic Mesozoic None When limestone is metamorphosed it becomes... Marble Granite Slate Schist None What is molten rock called when it is underground? Rhyolite Lava Basalt Magma None Which of these rocks would you find being erupted from a volcano? Basalt Schist Marble Shale None The location on the Earth's surface directly above where an Earthquake takes place is called the... Focus Tear Epicenter Hydrocenter None What name is given to the slow moving river of ice that can move massive amounts of rock material over a long period of time? Ice cap Glacier Doline Rock fall None A volcano that is formed from huge explosive eruptions that spreads its volcanic materials over hundreds of kilometers and leaves mostly a deep wide crater is called a... Composite or stratovolcano Cinder cone Shield volcano Caldera None What do we call the study of fossils and ancient life? Geology Archeology Fossilology Paleontology None What can scientists use to predict possible volcanic eruptions? Bird Migration Ant motion Wind direction Earthquakes None What term is used to describe sediments becoming rock? Lithification Sublimation Precipitation Solidification None The large waves caused by some undersea earthquakes or volcanic eruption is called a... Tsumani Tidal wave Toomba Typhoon None What mineral could this be? It has a hardness of 7. It breaks with curved surfaces. Calcite Quartz Diamond Azurite None Dinosaurs became extinct around... 65 hundred years ago 65 thousand years ago 65 billion year ago 65 million years ago None When a mineral breaks along a straight surface, we call that property... Planar facing Cleavage Fracture Crystal facing None The lithosphere plate is made up of... The crust and upper mantle The mantle and outer core The outer and inner core The Crust and the inner core None Which of these rocks would you find being formed on the ocean floor? Marble Rhyolite Mudstone Schist None The physical or chemical breakdown of rock into smaller fragments is called... Calcification Lithification Weathering Erosion None This geologic feature is found at all active plate boundaries? Volcanoes Earthquakes Mountain ranges Ocean trenches None Humankind have only been on Earth for around... 5 thousand years 5 billion years 5 years 5 million years None The plate boundary type that forms the highest mountains is a... Divergent boundary Collision boundary Subduction boundary Tranform fault boundary None Most of Earth's volcanoes are found.... Near roman cities Under the ocean Near tectonic plate boundaries In uninhabited areas None Some fossils are just the tracks, paths or burrows of once living things. We call these... Stalagtites Trackicles Dendrites Trace fossils None The exact location underground where an Earthquake takes place is called the... Hydrocenter Focus Epicenter Tear None Chemical weathering of limestone can leave these strange channels in the rock. We call this process... Drilling Channelling Streaking Rilling 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 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... Shield volcano Caldera Composite or stratovolcano Cinder cone None While of the following living things is most likely to become a fossil? Tree Jellyfish Oyster Sheep None Absolute Time is different from Relative Time as it provides... The reason dinosurs became extinct The total number os species on Earth Ages in years The correct order of the geologic periods None What do we call the mineral property that is the color of the powdered mineral? Smudge Strome Streak Smear None What do we call the event in where a animal or plant species completely dies out? Engandered Extinction Deathuous Explusion None Mt Fuji in Japan is an example of what kind of volcano? Cinder cone Shield Caldera Composite or Stratovolcano None Time's up General Earth Science Quiz
