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Grade 9 Tectonics
What type of fault does the diagram represent?
Fault - Strike-Slip
  1. ring
  2. normal
  3. reverse
  4. strike-slip
Grade 9 Tectonics
What type of fault does the diagram represent?
Fault - Normal
  1. ring
  2. normal
  3. reverse
  4. strike-slip
Grade 9 Tectonics
The geographic rearranging of the continents on Earth's surface due to plate tectonics is known as what?
  1. Pangaea
  2. Continental tectonics
  3. Continental drift
  4. Intercontinental landmass deviation
Grade 9 Soil
When a soil is impermeable, it                                         .
  1. allows water to flow freely through it.
  2. has no water in it at all.
  3. does not allow water to pass through it.
  4. has large pore spaces.
Grade 9 Volcanoes
Mt. Kilauea in Hawaii would be classified as which type of volcano?
  1. shield volcano
  2. cinder cone
  3. composite volcano
  4. super volcano
Grade 9 Tectonics
The theory of continental drift
  1. was based on the distribution of rock types, fossils and structures.
  2. was accepted by most geologist during Wegener's lifetime.
  3. was based on oceanic fossils and basalt.
  4. suggested that the original land forms were large islands.
Grade 9 Tectonics
What type of fault does the diagram represent?
Fault - Thrust
  1. ring
  2. normal
  3. reverse
  4. strike-slip
Grade 9 Historical Geology
The most recent ice age ended about                 years ago.
  1. 10,000
  2. 100,000
  3. 1 million
  4. 10 million
Grade 9 Minerals
Which of the following is a property of minerals?
  1. age
  2. length
  3. hardness
  4. size
Grade 9 Historical Geology
The process of using "half-lives" to determine the age of an object is known as what type of dating?
  1. Carboniferous dating
  2. Geologic dating
  3. Isometric dating
  4. Radioactive dating
Grade 9 Earth's Layers
What is the estimated temperature at the Earth's core?
  1. 60 degrees Celsius
  2. 600 degrees Celsius
  3. 6,000 degrees Celsius
  4. 60,000 degrees Celsius
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