Manarat AL Riyadh International School

Science Department. Worksheet 3- Term 2 -2023-2024

Name: ____________________ Grade: 7 Lesson 3 Shaping Earth's Surface Date:

Question 1: Choose the best correct answer

1)When a dense oceanic plate and a less-dense continental plate collide, the denser plate sinks

under the edge of the less-dense plate in a process called

a. subduction b. erosion c. volcanic eruption d. divergent boundary

2) Mid-ocean ridges are located along

a. convergent boundaries b. divergent boundaries c. transform boundaries

3)A curved line of volcanoes that forms parallel to a plate boundary is called a volcanic arc.

a. true b. false

4)Some volcanoes form in the ocean where oceanic plates converge and one plate subducts.

These volcanoes emerge as islands.

a. true b. false

Question 2 -Answer the following questions:

1)Define:

a) fault: --- A fault is a break in Earth’s crust along which movement occurs

b) landslide: --- A landslide is the rapid downhill movement of soil, loose rocks, and boulders.

2)What causes the formation of?

a. Earthquakes

Earthquakes result from the buildup and rapid release of stress along active plate boundaries.
b. Canyons

These are formed as rivers erode the land over which they flow.

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3)Impact craters are formed when something strikes Earth. What it could be?

Meteoroids

4)Complete the following table

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