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Grade 4, Unit 2, Mid-Unit Assessment
Directions (1-10)
Each question is followed by four choices. Decide which choice is the best answer and circle.
1. As you go deeper below the Earth’s surface, the temperature gets:
a) Hotter
b) Colder
c) Doesn’t change
d) Cannot be determined
2. The theory that continents change position on the Earth’s surface is called:
a) Plate tectonics
b) Fault lines
c) Gravity
d) Continental drift
3. Earthquakes can be caused by the colliding and pushing of two:
a) Plates
b) Cups
c) Mountains
d) icebergs
4. A point inside the Earth where an earthquake first starts is called the:
a) Fault
b) Plate
c) Focus
d) Pangaea
5. A break in the Earth’s crust along which movement occurs is called a:
a) Mountain
b) Crater
c) Vent
d) fault
6. A point on the Earth’s surface directly over the focus of an earthquake is called the:
a) Epicenter
b) Fault
c) Core
d) Crust
7. The four man ways in which mountains are formed are:
a) Growing, shaking, settling, rocking
b) Folding, faulting, doming, volcanic action
c) Folding, metamorphosis, adaption, volcanic action
d) Doming, climbing, faulting, rolling
8. Molten rock below the Earth’s surface is called:
a) Lava
b) Plates
c) Magma
d) Outer core
9. The part of the volcano that shows the gradual buildup of the mountain in layers is called:
a) Vent
b) Strata
c) Magma chamber
d) crater
10. Which two states in the USA would you visit to find active volcanoes?
a) New York and Florida
b) Texas and Maine
c) Washington State and Hawaii
d) New Mexico and Hawaii
Directions (11-15)
Write your answers in the blanks following the question.
11. How is the Earth’s crust like a puzzle?
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12. Name three types of plate movements of the Earth’s crust that could cause an earthquake. Describe
each one briefly.
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13. Describe the difference between how a folded mountain and a fault block mountain are formed.
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14. Describe the difference between how a domed mountain and a volcanic mountain are formed.
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