4th Grade Geology

1. Once magma flows out of a volcano it is called what?

Snot

Lava

Water

Ooze

2. Rock, such as marble and diamond, is made by changes to rocks exposed to extreme temperature or extreme pressure. What kind of rock is it?

Igneous

Sedimentary

Metamorphic

3. There are four layers of the earth. They include the crust, mantel, the Outer Core and what?

Surface

Ocean

Continents

Inner Core

4. 10,000 years ago our planet emerged from the what Age? Hint, when the earth was covered with Ice.

Sun Age

Moon Age

Earth Age

Ice Age

5. Weathering caused by natural occuring acids mixing with rain water is called what?

Physical Weathering

Chemical Weathering

6. A tsunami occurs where?

In a desert

In a farm field

In the ocean

In the mountains

7. Earthquakes are caused by shifting what?

Sands

Seas

Plates

Soil

8. Rocks are made from what?

Vitamins

Sand

Minerals

Dirt

9. Rocks being tossed around in the ocean with sand is what type of weathering?

Physical Weathering

Chemical Weathering

10. Rock, such as limestone and sandstone, is made when layer upon layer of sand and debris settle down together. Which kind of rock is it?

Igneous

Sedimentary

Metamorphic

11. Mountains created on a fault where the rock is brittle and ridgid, such as in the Sierra Nevada mountains, is called what?

Dome shaped mountains

Folded Mountains

Fault Block Mountains

12. Hot springs and geysers occur when water seeps down into cracks where magma is close to the earth's surface causing the water to boil and build up pressure. One of the most famous geysers located in Yellowstone National Park is called what?

Old Dog

Old Man

Old Faithful

Old Shoes

13. Different pieces of the earth's crust that float on magma are called what?

Plates

Faults

Tsunamis

Earthquakes

14. True or false, magnitude is the strength of the earthquake.

True

False

15. True or False, volcanos are formed when magma squeezes up from weak spots in the earth's crust?

True

False

16. There are two different types of weathering. They are what?

Waxing and Waining

Rising and Falling

Physical and Chemical

Winning and Losing

17. Erosion, which is the process of breaking something down, happens due to the force of gravity. True or False, the following things are all involved in this process. Water, wind, glacers, soil and rocks.

True

False

18. If a volcano has not erupted for a while, and no one knows for sure whether it will ever erupt again it is called?

Active

Dormant

Extinct

19. The process of breaking down a boulder to a rock to sand and then to dirt is called what?

Weathering

Evolution

Sliding

Breaking

20. Back 300 million years ago geologist believed that the continents we know today were crowded together in one giant land mass. They have named that land mass what?

Continental Drift

Pangaea

North America

Europe

21. True or False, continental drift occurs at a few miles a year?

True, that's why the plates are so far apart now.

False, it is a few inches each year.

22. The place where two different plates come together is called a what?

Earthquake

Plate

Tsumani

Fault

23. Rocks, such as granite, pumice and glassy obsidian, are made from cooling magma or lava. What kind of rock is it?

Igneous

Sedimentary

Metamorphic

24. The richter scale is a chart that scientist use to meaure what?

A tsunami

An earthquake

An eruption

Continental drift

25. The instrument that scientist use to record tremors underground is called what?

Magnitude

Seismograph

Richter scale

Telephone

26. Mountains created by crustal plate collision, much like what happens when you push a sheet together is called what?

Dome shaped mountains

Folded Mountains

Fault Block Mountains

27. Mountains that are created by oozing magam is called what?

Dome shaped mountains

Folded Mountains

Fault Block Mountains

4th Grade Geology

1. Once magma flows out of a volcano it is called what?

2.

What first name or nickname would you like us to use?

2. Rock, such as marble and diamond, is made by changes to rocks exposed to extreme temperature or extreme pressure. What kind of rock is it?

3. There are four layers of the earth. They include the crust, mantel, the Outer Core and what?

4. 10,000 years ago our planet emerged from the what Age? Hint, when the earth was covered with Ice.

5. Weathering caused by natural occuring acids mixing with rain water is called what?

6. A tsunami occurs where?

7. Earthquakes are caused by shifting what?

8. Rocks are made from what?

9. Rocks being tossed around in the ocean with sand is what type of weathering?

10. Rock, such as limestone and sandstone, is made when layer upon layer of sand and debris settle down together. Which kind of rock is it?

11. Mountains created on a fault where the rock is brittle and ridgid, such as in the Sierra Nevada mountains, is called what?

12. Hot springs and geysers occur when water seeps down into cracks where magma is close to the earth's surface causing the water to boil and build up pressure. One of the most famous geysers located in Yellowstone National Park is called what?

13. Different pieces of the earth's crust that float on magma are called what?

14. True or false, magnitude is the strength of the earthquake.

15. True or False, volcanos are formed when magma squeezes up from weak spots in the earth's crust?

16. There are two different types of weathering. They are what?

17. Erosion, which is the process of breaking something down, happens due to the force of gravity. True or False, the following things are all involved in this process. Water, wind, glacers, soil and rocks.

18. If a volcano has not erupted for a while, and no one knows for sure whether it will ever erupt again it is called?

19. The process of breaking down a boulder to a rock to sand and then to dirt is called what?

20. Back 300 million years ago geologist believed that the continents we know today were crowded together in one giant land mass. They have named that land mass what?

21. True or False, continental drift occurs at a few miles a year?

22. The place where two different plates come together is called a what?

23. Rocks, such as granite, pumice and glassy obsidian, are made from cooling magma or lava. What kind of rock is it?

24. The richter scale is a chart that scientist use to meaure what?

25. The instrument that scientist use to record tremors underground is called what?

26. Mountains created by crustal plate collision, much like what happens when you push a sheet together is called what?

27. Mountains that are created by oozing magam is called what?