Quiz about Geology Pt. 1 CIA Review

Question 1

Which layer of the Earth is the least dense?

Accepted Answer

Crust

Answer

Mantle

Answer

Inner Core

Answer

Outer Core

Question 2

When Magma inside the mantle heats up, cools and sinks back down over and over is an example of _____________________________.

Accepted Answer

Convection

Answer

Magnetism

Answer

Subduction

Answer

Volcanism

Question 3

What is the composition of the OUTER CORE?

Accepted Answer

Liquid Iron and Nickel

Answer

Solid Iron and Nickel

Answer

Rocky

Answer

Soft Sand

Question 4

Which one of the following choices is a property of a mineral?

Accepted Answer

Hardness and Luster

Answer

Luster and Solid

Answer

Solid and Inorganic

Answer

Inorganic and Color

Question 5

How are a rock and mineral different from each other?

Accepted Answer

Rocks are made out of Minerals

Answer

Minerals are made out of Rocks

Answer

They are the same thing so there is no difference.

Answer

Rocks are found above ground and minerals are only found in caves.

Question 6

Rocks are classified or identified by...

Accepted Answer

how they were formed.

Answer

where they are found.

Answer

color and shape of the rock.

Answer

what they are made out of.

Question 7

Can someone show how a rock can change from one type to another in 1 month?

Accepted Answer

No, because the rock cycle is a long process and 1 month is not long enough.

Answer

No, because rocks do not change from one type to another.

Answer

Yes, because that is plenty of time for a rock to change from one type to another.

Answer

Yes, because rocks can change in less than 5 minutes.

Question 8

What is the rock cycle?

Accepted Answer

when rocks change from one type to another

Answer

how we identify a mineral

Answer

how we discover fossils in nature

Answer

when magma circulates inside of the Earth

Question 9

When temperature and pressure increase, what type of rock is formed?

Accepted Answer

Metamorphic

Answer

Igneous

Answer

Sedimentary

Answer

Minerals

Question 10

TRUE OR FALSE: Weathering is when rocks are broken apart by freezing water.

Accepted Answer

TRUE

Answer

FALSE

Question 11

Why are islands constantly changing and are not considered "permanent"?

Accepted Answer

Wind and Waves are constantly reshaping the island and moving the sand.

Answer

Earthquakes cause islands to sink.

Answer

Animals are tearing apart the island.

Answer

Houses on the island are causing the island to no longer be permanent.

Question 12

Which of the following is an example of CHEMICAL WEATHERING?

Accepted Answer

Acid Rain

Answer

Water Freezing in Rocks

Answer

Tree Roots growing into Rocks

Answer

Water running over rocks causing them to smooth out.

Question 13

What happens near the borders of tectonic plates?

Accepted Answer

Earthquakes

Answer

Hurricanes

Answer

Blizzards

Answer

Tornadoes

Question 14

What do Earthquakes and Volcanoes have in common with each other?

Accepted Answer

They both occur often where tectonic plates meet.

Answer

They both are not considered to be problems.

Answer

They are not related in anyway to each other.

Answer

They both only occur during specific times of the year.

Question 15

Which of the following is a process that would create more land on volcanic islands?

Accepted Answer

lava cooling and hardening

Answer

volcanoes melting old rock

Answer

volcanoes causing water to evaporate

Answer

minerals in seawater condensing

Question 16

Why does the Earth look different today than it did millions of year ago?

Choose the best option.

Accepted Answer

Plate tectonic plates have separated and rearranged the continents.

Answer

Oceans have reshaped the coastlines.

Answer

Volcanoes have destroyed homes and cities.

Answer

Waves and Wind have weathered and eroded the continents.

Question 17

What is created when 2 continental plates collide with one another?

Accepted Answer

Mountain Ranges

Answer

Rift Valleys

Answer

Oceans

Answer

Volcanoes

Question 18

Why do so many earthquakes and volcanoes occur near the "RING OF FIRE"?

Accepted Answer

Plate Boundaries are located hear

Answer

It has a high population

Answer

It is very windy hear

Answer

the ocean water mixes with magma inside of the mantle

Question 19

If scientist find the Mesosaurus fossil is found only in Eastern South America and Western Africa, what might be the most likely reason this occurs?

Accepted Answer

The 2 continents were once joined together and then moved apart

Answer

The Mesosaurus grew wings and flew across the Ocean

Answer

The Mesosaurus swam across the Ocean

Answer

The 2 continents have moved closer together over time

Question 20

If scientist find whale bones on top of a mountain, what might be the most likely reason this occured?

Accepted Answer

It was once covered by an ocean

Answer

It was once near a river

Answer

Whales use to roam on land

Answer

Someone put them on top of the mountain

Question 21

What can fossils tell us about the Earth?

Accepted Answer

changes in the Earth's environment

Answer

how fast rocks change

Answer

how powerful earthquakes were

Answer

how to identify a mineral

Question 22

What type of plate boundary is shown in the picture

Accepted Answer

convergent

Answer

divergent

Answer

transform

Answer

faults

Question 23

Plates boundary where plates slide or move past each other

Accepted Answer

transform

Answer

divergent

Answer

continental drift

Answer

convergent

Question 24

Occurs when a less dense plate slides under a more dense plate

Accepted Answer

subduction

Answer

tectonic plates

Answer

continental drift

Answer

landmass

Question 25

What plate boundary is shown in the picture?

Accepted Answer

divergent

Answer

convergent

Answer

transform

Answer

neither

Question 26

What type of plate boundary is shown in the picture?

Accepted Answer

transform

Answer

folded mountains

Answer

convergent

Answer

divergent

Question 27

Plates collide or converge into each other

Accepted Answer

convergent

Answer

divergent

Answer

transform

Answer

convection

Question 28

Which layer is shown in red?

Accepted Answer

inner core

Answer

crust

Answer

mantle

Answer

outer core

Question 29

Which layer is shown in brown?

Accepted Answer

crust

Answer

mantle

Answer

outer core

Answer

inner core

Question 30

The process by which natural forces break down rocks

Accepted Answer

Weathering

Answer

Erosion

Answer

Deposition

Answer

Fossils

Question 31

Which of these is an example of erosion?

Accepted Answer

wind blowing away sediment

Answer

light shining onto a mountain

Answer

rain breaking down rock

Answer

all options are correct

Question 32

What is the process called when a glacier deposits rocks in oceans and lakes?

Accepted Answer

deposition

Answer

chemical weathering

Answer

physical weathering

Answer

erosion

Question 33

Rain washing away soil from a hillside is an example of...

Accepted Answer

erosion

Answer

physical weathering

Answer

deposition

Answer

chemical weathering

Question 34

Fragments of weathered rocks are known as ____.

Accepted Answer

sediments

Answer

deposits

Answer

limestones

Answer

sandstones

Geology Pt. 1 CIA Review

35 questions

Which layer of the Earth is the least dense?

When Magma inside the mantle heats up, cools and sinks back down over and over is an example of _____________________________.

What is the composition of the OUTER CORE?

Which one of the following choices is a property of a mineral?

How are a rock and mineral different from each other?

Rocks are classified or identified by...

Can someone show how a rock can change from one type to another in 1 month?

What is the rock cycle?

When temperature and pressure increase, what type of rock is formed?

TRUE OR FALSE: Weathering is when rocks are broken apart by freezing water.

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