Science Unit 1 Practice Test

Science Unit 1 Practice Test

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Select all of the ways that a rock can be sorted

• Shape

• Color

• Hardenss

• Texture

• Taste

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The shade you see when looking at a rock can be described as its...

• Hardness

• Luster

• Color

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The hardness of a rock can be described as...

• The amount that an shines when light reflects from its surface

• The measure of a solid's ability to keep its shape when force is applied.

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How rough or smooth something is

• Property

• Texture

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The amount that an object shines when light reflects from its surface.

• Luster

• Uniform

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A mineral is a solid, nonliving material.

• true

• false

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What is a scientist that study rocks and minerals called?

• an Astronaut

• a Geologist

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Select all of the ways scientist use to identify minerals

• texture

• streak

• color

• luster

• hardness

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Select the mineral that is the softest on the Mohs scale.

• 1 Talc

• 3 Calcite

• 5 Apatite

• 8 Topaz

• 10 Diamond

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Rocks are different from minerals because rocks are made of tiny pieces of....

• glitter

• minerals

• sand

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Select the 3 different types of rocks that we have learned about in class

• igneous

• sedementary

• metamorphic

• lava

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Identify what type of rock this is... it has Layers that were squeezed together to form rock.

• sedimentary

• igneous

• metamorphic

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Identify this type of rock....A kind of rock that was changed by temperature and pressure.

• sedimentary

• igneous

• metamorphic

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identify this type of rock...

Rock that was melted, then cooled off, and then hardened.

• sedimentary

• igneous

• metamorphic

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When forces on Earth break rocks apart or wear rock away it is called

• weathering

• evolution

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Weathering is...

• The breakdown of rocks and minerals on the Earths surface.

• When there is precipitation.

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What is erosion?

• The breakdown of rocks and minerals on the Earth's surface

• The movement of soil or rock from wind or rain.

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What is the difference between weathering and erosion?

• Weathering is the breakdown of rocks and minerals on Earth, and erosion is the moving of soil and rock materials.

• It's the same thing.

• Weathering moves the rocks and erosion moves the soil.

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Soil is a mixture of what things? Select all that apply.

• sand

• salt

• silt

• clay

• rock

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The gradual wearing down of something by wind, water, and other natural forces is called

• erosion

• weathering

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How can you tell what color the soil will be?

• There are a lot of plants in it.

• Depending on the color of the parent rock that broke down

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Which of these are properties of soil?

• How much water it retains

• How heavy it is.

• How well it supports plant growth.

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Loam is...

• A mix of sand, silt, clay, and humus.

• Tiny rock particles.

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Silt is...

• Sediments eroded more and more and smaller than grains of sand.

• The smallest particles out of the different types of soil.

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I am the soil that retains the most water and has the smallest particles...

• clay

• silt

• sand

• loam

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A fossil is....

• Preserved parts or traces of animals or plants that lived in the past.

• Old Rocks and dirt.

• A dirt clob.

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What can fossils tell us?

• History

• How organisms have changed over time.

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How does a scientist determine how old a fossil is?

• By looking at its scales

• By looking at the particles around or in the fossil

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If the layers of rock were formed one on top of the other which layer would have the oldest rocks and fossils?

• The top layer

• The bottom layer