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Grade 10 Geology Workbook
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Grade 10 Geology Workbook
🏔️ Part 1: Earth's Structure and Plate Tectonics
1. Label the layers of Earth from innermost to outermost:
_________________ → _________________ → _________________ → _________________
2. Which type of plate boundary is responsible for creating the Himalayan Mountains?
Divergent boundary
Convergent boundary
Transform boundary
Subduction zone
3. The temperature at Earth's core reaches approximately:
1,000°C
3,500°C
5,500°C
8,000°C
4. Explain how convection currents in the mantle drive plate movement:
🪨 Part 2: Rock Types and Formation
5. Match each rock type with its formation process:
Igneous
Sedimentary
Metamorphic
Heat and pressure transformation
Cooling and solidification of magma
Compression of sediments
6. Which Australian rock formation is an example of sedimentary rock?
Uluru (Ayers Rock)
Blue Mountains sandstone
Grampians quartzite
All of the above
7. Describe the rock cycle and how one rock type can transform into another:
💎 Part 3: Minerals and Fossils
8. Which properties are used to identify minerals? (Select all that apply)
Hardness
Colour
Lustre
Streak
Crystal structure
9. A fossil found in 200-million-year-old rock layers would be from which geological era?
Cenozoic Era
Mesozoic Era
Palaeozoic Era
Precambrian Era
10. Explain how index fossils help geologists determine the age of rock layers:
11. Draw and label a simple diagram showing how sedimentary layers preserve fossils over time:
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