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Grade 10 Tectonics
At what tectonic plate boundary do plates slide horizontally past each other?
  1. divergent boundary
  2. transform boundary
  3. continental-continental boundary
  4. oceanic-oceanic boundary
Grade 10 Tectonics
What is the ‘driving force’ behind plate tectonics that causes it to happen?
  1. gravity
  2. plates floating on the ocean
  3. convection currents
  4. earthquakes
Grade 10 Tectonics
What is the order in which seismic waves are recorded by a seismometer?
  1. S-wave, P-wave, surface wave
  2. surface wave, P-wave, S-wave
  3. P-wave, S-wave, surface wave
  4. S-wave, surface wave, P-wave
Grade 10 Earth's Layers
This lies under the lithosphere, and it is made of mantle rock.
  1. lower mantle
  2. outer core
  3. asthenosphere
  4. magma
Grade 10 Rocks
How are metamorphic rocks formed?
  1. Molten material from volcanos cools down and solidifies.
  2. Sediments are accumulated deposited, and cemented at the bottom of the water bodies.
  3. The slow cooling of minerals underneath the Earth.
  4. Pre-existing rocks go through chemical and physical changes due to heat and pressure.
Grade 10 Historical Geology
Which of the following is the correct order of the three recent geologic eras from oldest to the most recent?
  1. Mesozoic, Paleozoic, Cenozoic
  2. Paleozoic, Cenozoic, Mesozoic
  3. Mesozoic, Cenozoic, Paleozoic
  4. Paleozoic, Mesozoic, Cenozoic
Grade 10 Historical Geology
Which of the following theories explain the extinction of dinosaurs?
  1. The Asteroid and Fossil Theory
  2. The Ash Cloud and Fossil Theory
  3. The Asteroid and Volcanic Activity Theory
  4. The Volcanic Activity and Fossil Theory
Grade 10 Tectonics
What current theory explains why the tectonic plates move?
  1. Mantle Convection
  2. Mantle Radiation
  3. Mantle Conduction
  4. Mantle Subduction
Grade 10 Rocks
Which of the following best classifies the rock below?
Rock - Igneous - Scoria
  1. felsic
  2. clastic
  3. plutonic
  4. vesicular
Grade 10 Geomorphology
A line on a map that connects equal points of elevation is a(n)                .
  1. azimuth line
  2. contour line
  3. relief line
  4. isobar
Grade 10 Tectonics
What scale measures the magnitude of the largest wave during an earthquake?
  1. The Richter scale
  2. The moment magnitude scale
  3. Modified Mercalli Intensity Scale
  4. The amplitude scale
Grade 10 Tectonics
To determine the epicentral distance, scientists consider the arrival times of which wave types?
  1. surface waves and S-waves
  2. surface waves and P-waves
  3. P-waves and S-waves
  4. none of the above
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