Science Chapter 7 Quiz

The two kinds of crust are ___ and oceanic.

• continental

• crustal plate

• mantle

The soil-horizon layers are humus, topsoil, subsoil, and ___.

• sandstone

• gravel

• loam

• bedrock

• clay

A(n) ___ has never been found in the fossil record.

• mammal

• transitional form

• ocean animal

• dinosaur

• sauropod

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS4-1

The layer of the earth beneath the crust is called the ___.

• mantle

• core

• magma

• crust

• lithosphere

Tags

NGSS.HS-ESS2-3

Pumice, obsidian, and granite are ___ rocks.

• igneous

• metamorphic

• sedimentary

Matter that settles to the bottom or sides of a body of water is ___.

• obsidian

• sand

• granite

• sediment

• clay

To test the hardness of rock, geologists use the ___ test.

• fracture

• scratch

• streak

The temperature of the earth ___ as its layers deepen.

• decreases

• increases

• stays the same

Is hydropower a renewable or nonrenewable energy source?

• Renewable

• Nonrenewable

• Both

• Neither

Is natural gas a renewable or nonrenewable energy source?

• Renewable

• Nonrenewable

• Both

• Neither