Earth Sciences Vocabulary Quiz

How well do you know simple geographic terms? Take this quiz and find out! It will test your knowledge and tell you just how much you really know about geographic terms.

With this quiz you, the quiz-taker, will be able to see exactly how well prepared you are for the geography section of the grade 10 BC Provincial Exam. Enjoy and good luck!

1. What is your age?
Under 18 Years Old
18 to 24 Years Old
25 to 30 Years Old
31 to 40 Years Old
41 to 50 Years Old
51 to 60 Years Old
Over 60 Years Old
2. What is your gender?
Male
Female
3. In a subduction zone what is happening with one of the plates?
It is seducing with the other plate.
It is being forced under the other plate.
It is being forced over the other plate.
4. Which layer of the earth is composed of hot, solid nickel-iron alloy?
The inner core
The outer core
The atmosphere
5. What has a dike been filled with?
Kool-aid
Uprising, molten lava
Sediment layers
6. Which type of seismic wave has a higher velocity?
An S Wave
A P Wave
7. An epicenter is center of what type of disaster?
A tsunami
A power outage
An earthquake
8. What is a fracture?
A rough, uneven break in rock or crystal
A perfectly even break in rock or crystal.
9. If you were presented a trilobite fossil as an index fossil would the geological age it represented be high in water?
Yes
No
10. Folding is the result of what?
A load of clean laundry
Bending and tilting of rock layers
11. In an anticline where are the oldest rock layers located?
In the center.
On the edges
Who knows?
12. According to the Law of Superposition, which layer is always the oldest?
The top layer
The bottom layer
The middle layer.

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