Study Page 1 - The Theory of Plate Tectonics
Multiple Choice
Directions: On the line before each question or statement, write the letter of the correct answer.
1. The theory of states that Earth’s surface consists of plates that move
relative to one another.
A. plate tectonics
B. continental drift
C. seafloor spreading
2. What is the lithosphere?
A. a layer of crust
B. a layer of mantle
C. a layer of crust and solid upper-most mantle
3. What is the asthenosphere?
A. a rigid layer of rocks in the crust
B. a layer of Earth’s crust and mantle
C. a plastic layer of rock in the mantle
4. Two plates slide past each other at a
A. divergent plate boundary.
B. transform plate boundary.
C. convergent plate boundary.
5. Ridge push is the result of
A. convergence at a plate boundary.
B. rising mantle at a plate boundary.
C. plates sliding past each other at a boundary.
Matching
Directions: On the line before each definition, write the letter of the term that matches it correctly. Each
term is used only once.
6. type of boundary where two plates separate
7. type of boundary where two plates collide
8. force that drags a plate into the mantle
9. circulation of material caused by temperature and
density differences
A. convection
B. convergent plate
C. divergent plate
D. slab pull
Study Page 2 - Rocks
True or False
Directions: On the line before each statement, write T if the statement is true or F if the statement is false. If
the statement is false, change the underlined word to make it true. Write your changes on the lines provided.
1. Minerals in igneous rocks that form from lava are large because lava cools slowly.
2. Sediment becomes rock during lithification.
3. Metamorphic rocks form when existing rocks are melted and minerals recrystallize.
4. Foliated metamorphic rocks have a layered texture.
5. Pumice is an abrasive igneous rock used in cleaning materials.
Multiple Choice
Directions: On the line before each statement, write the letter of the correct answer.
6. Igneous rocks form when
A. mineral grains are cemented together.
B. molten material cools and crystallizes.
C. pressure changes the texture or composition of existing rocks.
7. Sedimentary rocks form when
A. mineral grains are cemented together.
B. molten material cools and crystallizes.
C. pressure changes the texture or composition of existing rocks.
8. Metamorphic rocks form when
A. mineral grains are cemented together.
B. molten material cools and crystallizes.
C. pressure changes the texture or composition of existing rocks.
Study Page 3 - The Rock Cycle
Multiple Choice
Directions: On the line before each question or statement, write the letter of the correct answer.
1. Intrusive igneous rocks form from
A. magma that cools underground.
B. lava that cools on Earth’s surface.
C. sediment that undergoes heat and pressure.
2. Which process is often associated with mountain building?
A. uplift
B. erosion
C. deposition
3. Which rock cycle process is NOT linked to tectonic plate motions?
A. uplift
B. pressure
C. weathering
4. Cementation and compaction are rock cycle processes that form
A. igneous rocks.
B. sedimentary rocks.
C. metamorphic rocks.
Completion
Directions: On each line, write the term from the word bank that correctly completes each sentence. Each
term is used only once.
deposition diverge
erosion
metamorphism
5. is the transport of sediment from one place to another.
6. Igneous rock forms where volcanoes erupt and plates .
7. The laying down of the sediment that forms sedimentary rock is
called .
8. is the process in which great heat and pressure inside Earth
change rock.