5th Grade IXL Earth and Space Test

Below are three examples of using energy from natural resources. Select the use of energy that did not add to air pollution.

• Before electricity was commonly available, many homes used lamps that burned kerosene, an oil made from petroleum.

• In the 11th century, Viking explorers used sailing ships that were moved by the wind. They used these ships to make ocean voyages.

• Because gasoline had become expensive, the engine on a police car was changed. The new engine burned propane, a fuel made from natural gas.

Muscovite has the following properties:

* naturally occurring

* solid

* fixed crystal structure

* pure substance

* not made by living things

Is muscovite a mineral?

• yes

• no

Chalk has the following properties:

* solid

* not made by living things

* naturally occurring

* no fixed crystal structure

* not a pure substance

Is chalk a mineral or a rock?

• Mineral

• Rock

This picture shows a desert in Asia. A desert is an environment that does not get much rain or snow.

Which rock is more likely to form from sediment deposited in a desert?

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Schist can form when a rock is changed by high temperature and pressure. This piece of schist formed from a sedimentary rock.

Schist forms deep below the earth's surface. Schist is made of minerals such as mica, chlorite, and graphite.

What type of rock is schist?

• metamorphic

• igneous

• sedimentary

The text below describes how an area's environment changed over time. Read the text. Then answer the question.

A fast-flowing river deposited heavy sediment grains along its banks. Light sediment such as mud was carried away by the strong water current.

How did the sediment deposited in this area change over time?

• First, a layer of sand and pebbles was deposited. Later, a layer of sand was deposited.

• First, a layer of sand was deposited. Later, a layer of sand and pebbles was deposited.

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The diagram below is a model of the rock cycle. The diagram shows how different types of rocks and materials may change over time.

Which word would fill in space # 1 in the rock cycle.

Hint: During crystallization, liquid rock cools and hardens to form solid rock.

• metamorphic rock

• igneous rock

• sediment

• sedimentary rock

• magma

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The diagram below is a model of the rock cycle. The diagram shows how different types of rocks and materials may change over time.

Which word would fill in space # 2 in the rock cycle.

Hint: During crystallization, liquid rock cools and hardens to form solid rock.

• metamorphic rock

• igneous rock

• sediment

• sedimentary rock

• magma

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The diagram below is a model of the rock cycle. The diagram shows how different types of rocks and materials may change over time.

Which word would fill in space # 3 in the rock cycle.

Hint: During crystallization, liquid rock cools and hardens to form solid rock.

• metamorphic rock

• igneous rock

• sediment

• sedimentary rock

• magma

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The diagram below is a model of the rock cycle. The diagram shows how different types of rocks and materials may change over time.

Which word would fill in space # 4 in the rock cycle.

Hint: During crystallization, liquid rock cools and hardens to form solid rock.

• metamorphic rock

• igneous rock

• sediment

• sedimentary rock

• magma

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