Unit 1 Review- Earth Science

Multiple Choice

_{Which rock layer in the diagram seems to be the oldest?}

• F
• E
• B
• A

Multiple Choice

All living things on earth are part of the....

• Biosphere
• Geosphere
• Hydrosphere
• Cryosphere

Metamorphic Rocks

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All frozen water on Earth is...

• Hydrosphere
• Geosphere
• Cryosphere
• Atmosphere

Metamorphic Rock Features

• Foliation, the appearance of banding such as gneissic banding. Nonfoliated rocks are a single solid color.

• Rock Cleavage occurs when rocks tend to split or break along a single planar fabric caused by the intense pressure of metamorphism

• Lineation occurs when minerals within the rock become aligned in the same direction.

Multiple Choice

Water evaporating from the surface of a lake moves from the...

• Atmosphere to the geosphere 
• Geosphere to the hydrosphere 
• Hydrosphere to the atmosphere 
• Atmosphere to the hydrosphere 

Multiple Choice

What metamorphic feature is being illustrated in this sample of schist.

• rock cleavage

• foliation

• lineation

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When a plants takes carbon dioxide from the air which two spheres are interacting? 

• Biosphere and atmosphere 
• Geosphere and atmosphere 
• Hydrosphere and atmosphere 
• Atmosphere and atmosphere 

Metamorphism of Igneous Rocks

• Basalt will become greenstone (shown with veins) or greenschist

• Rhyolite becomes metarhyolite and then schist

• Plutonic granite becomes deformed granite or gneiss

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When volcanoes erupt, dust and ash particles spread through much of the air blocking the sun.  Which two spheres are interacting? 

• Hydrosphere and atmosphere 
• Geosphere and atmosphere 
• Biosphere and atmosphere 
• Atmosphere and atmosphere 

Metamorphism of Igneous Rocks

• Basalt will become greenstone (shown with veins) or greenschist

• Rhyolite becomes metarhyolite and then schist

• Plutonic granite becomes deformed granite or gneiss

Multiple Choice

 One example of how the hydrosphere interacts with the ____________ is when waves hit rocks. 

•  Atmosphere
•  Geosphere
• Biosphere
• Hydrosphere

Multiple Choice

Which of these metamorphic rocks is not made from an igneous parent rock?

• greenstone

• schist

• gneiss

• quartite

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Factories polluting the air by burning fossil fuels is an example of which interaction?

• hydrosphere- biosphere

• biosphere-geosphere

• biosphere-atmosphere

• geosphere-biosphere

Major causes of metamorphism

• Contact metamorphism, when rock comes into close contact with a heat source such like a magma chamber

• Regional metamorphism, when stress from tectonic collisions creates large scale metamorphism

Multiple Choice

Florida's unique sandy soil and subtropical climate are ideal for growing orange trees. Which of these parts of the Earth system are interacting when Florida’s orange trees grow?

• biosphere, hydrosphere, and atmosphere

• geosphere, cryosphere, and atmosphere

• biosphere, hydrosphere, and cryosphere

• cryosphere, atmosphere, and hydrosphere

Multiple Choice

The type of metamorphism shown here that is caused by the collision of two continental plates is

• contact metamorphism

• regional metamorphism

Multiple Choice

Which of the following is found in the earths Geosphere

• Soil

• Rocks

• Minerals

• All of the Above

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The type of metamorphism displayed here in the Marin Headlands was caused by

• Burial

• Subduction

• Hot Fluids

Multiple Choice

Oceans, rivers, lakes, and clouds are all part of which of Earth's spheres?

• Hydrosphere

• Biosphere

• Atmosphere

• Geosphere

Multiple Choice

What is created if sediments are compacted and cemented together?

• sedimentary rocks

• igneous rocks

• metamorphic rocks

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This sphere includes the continents, the ocean floor, all the rocks on the surface, and all of the sand in the deserts. 

• Hydrosphere 
• Biosphere 
• Atmosphere 
• Geosphere 

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Composed of all the water on or near the earth

• Hydrosphere 
• Biosphere 
• Atmosphere 
• Geosphere 

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How many steps are there in the sedimentary rock formation process?

• 3

• 5

• 2

• 7

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Body of air surrounding our planet. 

• Hydrosphere 
• Biosphere 
• Atmosphere 
• Geosphere 

Multiple Choice

Oceans, rivers, lakes, and the moisture in the air are all part of which of Earth's spheres? 

• Hydrosphere 
• Biosphere 
• Atmosphere 
• Geosphere 

Multiple Choice

what's bigger an eon or an era

• eon

• era

• none of the above

Multiple Choice

All frozen water on Earth is...

• Hydrosphere
• Geosphere
• Cryosphere
• Atmosphere

Multiple Choice

Which sphere would contain the sand at the beach?

• geosphere
• atmosphere
• hydrosphere
• biosphere

Multiple Select

the three eras in the Phanerozoic are

• Paleozoic

• Cenozoic

• Mesozoic

• Proterozoic

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Which sphere would contain whales and dolphins?

• geosphere
• biosphere
• hydrosphere
• atmosphere

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Which sphere would contain the oxygen that we breathe?

• geosphere
• atmosphere
• biosphere
• hydrosphere

Multiple Choice

List the time periods largest to smallest

• eras, eons, periods, epoch

• epoch, eras, eons, periods

• eons, eras, periods, epochs

• epochs, periods, eras, eons

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Which sphere contains all of Earth's water?

• geosphere
• biosphere
• atmosphere
• hydrosphere

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Which of the following does NOT belong in the biosphere?

• coral
• grass
• starfish
• clouds

​​a. Triassic- rise of diapsid reptiles who survived the permian extinction, mammals and flies

​Therapsids are the ancestors of mammals today

​​a. Triassic- rise of diapsid reptiles who survived the permian extinction, mammals and flies

​b. Jurassic- dinosaurs, angiosperms, feathered reptiles, marine reptiles and birds

a. Quaternary- diverse fruit bearig plants, primates, bears, saber-toothed cats, wolves and modern animals you see today

a. Quaternary- diverse fruit bearig plants, primates, bears, saber-toothed cats, wolves and modern animals you see today

a. Quaternary- diverse fruit bearig plants, primates, bears, saber-toothed cats, wolves and modern animals you see today

​How are fossils formed?

1. ​MUMMIFICATION- dehydration of organisms​

2. ​AMBER- organisms get stuck in hardened tree saps

3.TAR PITS- thick petroleum formation that preserves animals

​How are fossils formed?

4. FREEZING- cold climate prevents decaying to happen

5.PETRIFICATION- (Sedimentary)organic materials replaced with rock

6.TRACES- footprints, molds, cast , imprints

Multiple Choice

What are fossils?

• Is the change over time in populations of related organisms.

• Are the remains or evidence of once living organisms.

• A chart that divides Earth history into different time units.

• Occurs when the last individual organism of a species dies.

Multiple Choice

Look at the picture... What is circled?

• A Mold

• A Cast

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A bug stuck in amber is an example of what type of fossil?

• Cast

• Trace

• Mold

• Preserved Remains

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Which area would a shark tooth most likely be found? 

• Area A
• Area B
• Area C
• Area D

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This type of fossil forms when sediments bury an organism and then sediments change into rock; the organism decays leaving a cavity in the shape of the organism.

• mold
• cast
• petrified
• trace

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This type of fossil forms when organisms or parts, like leaves, stems, flowers, fish, are pressed between layers of soft mud or clay that hardens squeezing almost all the decaying organism away leaving the carbon imprint in the rock.

• trace
• preserved or original remains
• carbonized or carbon film
• permineralized or petrified

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Remains of animals can be preserved by preventing them from decaying. What substances might help preserve parts or a whole animal

• Tar, amber, ice

• Rock, amber, ice

• ice, carbonization, trace

• tar, carbonization, rock

Multiple Choice

The epoch we are currently living in is the

• Holocene

• Quaternary

• Cambrian

• Pleistocene

Multiple Choice

The second broadest category of geologic time is______________?. The Cenozoic is one of them.

• era

• eon

• epoch

• period

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What are the names of ALL parts of the geologic time scale in correct order from broadest to narrowest?

• era, period, eon

• eon, era, period, epoch

• era, eon, epoch, period

• eon, era, epoch, period

Multiple Choice

Which of the following questions can be answered by studying these fossil layers?

• What did the fish eat?

• Which organisms lived before/after/or at the same time?

• Why did dinosaurs become extinct?

• Are reptiles the ancestors to birds or fish?

Multiple Choice

Which type of rock is most likely to contain fossils?

• Igneous

• Metamorphic

• Sedimentary

• Volcanic

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Which of the following is an example of a trace fossil?

• Dinosaur bone

• Footprint

• Leaf imprint

• Amber with insect