8.E.5 SubUnit Test Review

8.E.5 SubUnit Test Review

Reviewing: W.E.D, Rock cycle, and layers of the Earth

Multiple Choice

Which process carries rock and sediment from one place to another?

• weathering

• erosion

• deposition

Multiple Choice

What process is shown in this image?

• mechanical weathering

• erosion

• chemical weathering

• deposition

Multiple Choice

Which is NOT an agent of erosion?

• gravity

• water

• fracture

• glaciers

• wind

Multiple Choice

What type of process is shown in the image?

• chemical weathering

• erosion

• mechanical weathering

• deposition

Multiple Choice

Sand dunes and river deltas are good examples of what earth process?

• depsoition

• erosion

• chemical weathering

• mechanical weathering

Multiple Choice

Rock are classified by _____

• how they are formed

• what crystals they contain

• their color

• their regional locations

Multiple Choice

Which type of rock is formed by extreme heat and pressure?

• intrusive igenous

• extrusive igneous

• sedimentary

• metamorphic

Multiple Choice

What process would correctly label A in the rock cycle diagram?

• weathering and erosion

• high heat and pressure

• cooling molten rock

• cementation and compaction

Multiple Choice

How does sedimentary rock form?

• cooling molten rock

• high heat and or pressure

• compaction and cementation

Multiple Choice

Which rock commonly has many layers and fossils?

• intrusive igenous

• extrusive igneous

• sedimentary

• metamorphic

Multiple Choice

Which is the correct order of the layers of the Earth?

• crust, inner core, mantle, outer core

• crust, mantle, inner core, outer core

• mantle, crust, outer core, inner core

• crust, mantle, outer core, inner core,

Multiple Choice

What are the tree most abundant minerals in the crust, in order from greatest to least abundant?

• oxgyen, silicon, alluminum

• oxgyen, silicon,alluminum

• aluminum, oxgyen, silicon

• silicon, oxgyen, alluminum

Multiple Choice

Which part of the crust is more dense?

• oceanic crust

• continental crust

• there is only one type of crust

Multiple Choice

Tectonic plates move around on the _______ due to ______.

• lithosphere, convection currents

• asthenosphere, convection currents

• lithosphere, continental currents

• asthenosphere, continental currents

Multiple Choice

Why is the inner core solid?

• heat and pressure from layers above

• it is not solid, it is liquid

• the magnetic field keeps it solid

• it is rocky

Multiple Choice

What is the only liquid layer of the Earth?

• mantle

• lithosphere

• outer core

• anthenosphere

• inner core