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WorksheetsGeology Final
Total questions: 83
Worksheet time: 1hrs 15mins
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Class
Date
1.
All matter is made of what?
a)
energy
b)
atoms
c)
electrons
d)
compounds
2.
The positive particles of an atom are
a)
electrons
b)
positrons
c)
neutrons
d)
protons
3.
the central region of an atom where its neutrons and protons are is its
a)
nucleus
b)
electron cloud
c)
core
d)
center
4.
an atom with atomic number 6 would have how many protons
a)
6
b)
12
c)
3
d)
cannot be determined
5.
Particles in an atom that are neutral and have no charge are
a)
negatrons
b)
electrons
c)
neutrons
d)
protons
6.
By definition, a mineral has which of the following characteristic(s)?
a)
chemical composition
b)
crystalline structure
c)
natural
d)
all of the above
7.
The following image shows what mineral property?
a)
Hardness
b)
Streak
c)
Cleavage
d)
None of the above
8.
Diamond has a hardness of ___ on Mohs Hardness Scale.
a)
1
b)
5
c)
8
d)
10
9.
True or false; coal is a mineral
a)
False...negative ghostrider
b)
True...no questions asked!
10.
How effective is the physical property of color in identifying a mineral?
a)
Very effective. You can immediately identify it based only on the color.
b)
It doesn't make a difference. Every mineral can be any color.
c)
It is one property and may not be used alone to identify a mineral.
d)
Color isn't a physical property.
11.
What are the two types of luster?
a)
Metallic and Metallic
b)
Nonmetallic and Shiny
c)
Metallic and Nonmetallic
d)
Shiny and Dull
12.
Which of the following is NOT a characteristic of a mineral?
a)
Naturally Occurring
b)
Organic
c)
Chemical Composition
d)
Solid
13.
Using this scale, which mineral can scratch fluorite?
a)
Talc
b)
Gypsum
c)
Apatite
d)
Calcite
14.
Rock that forms when magma or lava cools and hardens to become solid, either beneath or on Earth’s surface
a)
Sedimentary Rock
b)
Metamorphic Rock
c)
Igneous Rock
d)
Rock Cycle
15.
Rock that forms when minerals form from solutions or sediment from older rocks get pressed and cemented together.
a)
Sedimentary Rock
b)
Metamorphic Rock
c)
Igneous Rock
16.
The series of processes in which rock changes from one type to another.
a)
Metamorphic Rock
b)
Sedimentary Rock
c)
Igneous Rock
d)
Rock Cycle
17.
Rock that forms when pressure, temperature, or chemical processes change existing rock.
a)
Igneous Rock
b)
Sedimentary Rock
c)
Metamorphic Rock
d)
Rock Cycle
18.
This image represents....
a)
Rift Zone
b)
Rock Cycle
c)
Uplift
d)
Erosion
19.
What type of rock is in the image?
a)
Metamorphic Rock
b)
Sedimentary Rock
c)
Igneous Rock
20.
rock altered, changed, by pressure and heat
a)
sedimentary rock
b)
metamorphic rock
c)
igneous
d)
erosion
21.
A natural mixture of minerals.
a)
erosion
b)
magma
c)
alloys
d)
rock
22.
Molten rock below the Earth's surface.
a)
magma
b)
lava
c)
rock
d)
erosion
23.
A type of rock that forms when particles from other rocks or the remains of plants and animals are pressed and cemented together
a)
igneous
b)
sediment
c)
erosion
d)
sedimentary rock
24.
The continuous recycling of new rock from old rock material.
a)
Rock 'n Roll
b)
erosion
c)
Rock Cycle
d)
cement
25.
When wind, water, ice and gravity move soil from one place to another.
a)
glaciers
b)
composition
c)
rock slide
d)
erosion
26.
Do all rock cycles occur underground
a)
true
b)
false
27.
Which layer of Earth is characterized by rock that is plastic, or soft enough to flow?
a)
asthenosphere
b)
crust
c)
lithosphere
d)
inner core
28.
Scientists think that convection currents that move the plates flow in Earth's
a)
Continental crust
b)
oceanic crust
c)
Asthenosphere
d)
Lithosphere
29.
Which type of evidence was NOT used by Alfred Wegener to support his continental drift hypothesis?
a)
Similar mountain ranges found on the eastern side of South America and the western side of Africa.
b)
Identical fossils found on different continents.
c)
Tropical plant fossils found in the tropics.
d)
Glacial erosion found in Australia and Africa.
30.
Where does molten material from the mantle rise up during the process of sea-floor spreading?
a)
Along the mid-ocean ridge
b)
At the north and south poles
c)
Along the edges of all the continents near the shoreline and beaches
d)
at the equator
31.
The mantle of Earth is made of a plastic like material that when its heated, the material rises, cools, sinks and is then re-heated. This constant flow of a fluid is called
a)
a conduction current
b)
a hot spot
c)
a volcanic eruption
d)
a convection current
32.
How does sea floor spreading occur?
a)
It is a myth and does not occur.
b)
At mid-ocean ridges, magma is forced upward and slowly spreads the plates
c)
Organic material forms limestone on the ocean
d)
The pressure from the ocean water forces down on the sea floor and moves it
33.
According to Wegener's hypothesis of continental drift,
a)
Earth is shrinking
b)
The continents do not move, they only appear to drift.
c)
The Earth once had great land bridges that connected the continents.
d)
The continents were once joined and have since drifted apart.
34.
The Earth is made up of two types of crust. Which is more dense?
a)
Oceanic crust -basalt
b)
Oceanic crust- granite
c)
Continental crust- granite
d)
continental crust- basalt
35.
What would you be most likely to find at a transform boundary?
a)
Earthquakes
b)
Volcanoes
c)
Mountains
d)
Rift
36.
What would you be most likely to find at a convergent boundary between two pieces of oceanic crust?
a)
Mountains
b)
Rift
c)
Mid-Ocean Ridge
d)
Island Arc
37.
What would you be most likely to find at a divergent boundary between two pieces of oceanic crust?
a)
Rift
b)
Mid-Ocean Ridge
c)
Island Arc
d)
Flat land
38.
What would you be most likely to find at a convergent boundary between two pieces of continental crust?
a)
Volcano
b)
Mountain
c)
Rift
d)
Island Arc
39.
Which of the following statements is false?
a)
Oceanic crust is made of basalt
b)
Oceanic crust is thinner than continental crust
c)
Oceanic crust is less dense than continental crust
d)
Oceanic crust is younger than continental crust
40.
A subduction zone is formed...
a)
when one tectonic plate sinks below another
b)
at every type of convergent plate boundary
c)
at every type of divergent plate boundary
d)
at transform boundaries
41.
A subduction zone is formed...
a)
when one tectonic plate sinks below another
b)
at every type of convergent plate boundary
c)
at every type of divergent plate boundary
d)
at transform boundaries
42.
What kind of plate boundary is shown here?
a)
divergent
b)
convergent
c)
transform
d)
strike slip
43.
Plate movement is caused by ______________.
a)
the rotation of the Earth
b)
ocean tides
c)
convection currents in the mantle
d)
the moon's gravity
44.
What process is occurring at Z?
a)
Convection currents
b)
Subduction
c)
Two plates moving apart
d)
New ocean floor forming
45.
Name this Boundary type
a)
Convergent boundary
b)
Divergent Boundary
c)
Transform
d)
Equal Arm Balance
46.
These seismic waves can only travel through solids:
a)
p-waves
b)
s-waves
c)
surface waves
d)
z-waves
47.
These seismic waves can travel through both liquids and solids:
a)
p-waves
b)
s-waves
c)
surface waves
d)
z-waves
48.
These seismic waves arrive first to signal an earthquake and can damage buildings.
a)
p-waves
b)
s-waves
c)
surface waves
d)
z-waves
49.
These seismic waves produce movement that is similar to rolling waves in an ocean:
a)
p-wave
b)
s-wave
c)
surface wave
d)
z-wave
50.
These seismic waves are slower and arrive last but causes severe damage:
a)
p-waves
b)
s-waves
c)
surface waves
d)
z-waves
51.
The point on the surface directly above the focus:
a)
earthquake
b)
seismic waves
c)
seismographic station
d)
epicenter
52.
The area beneath Earth's surface where rock that was under stress begins to break or move triggering an earthquake:
a)
earthquake
b)
seismic waves
c)
focus
d)
epicenter
53.
This word describes the size of the earthquake:
a)
seismograph
b)
magnitude
c)
focus
d)
epicenter
54.
A stress force that pulls Earth's crust apart and becomes thin in the middle is known as:
a)
tension
b)
compression
c)
shearing
d)
uplifting
55.
A stress force that squeezes rock until it folds or breaks:
a)
tension
b)
compression
c)
shearing
d)
uplifting
56.
What do you call a mountain that forms when molten rock, called magma, is forced to the Earth's surface?
a)
volcano
b)
mountain
c)
caldera
d)
Paricutin
57.
What is magma that flows onto the Earth's surface?
a)
mountain
b)
lava
c)
tephra
d)
crater
58.
What is fragments of rock that are created by volcanic eruptions?
a)
Pyroclastic Material
b)
shield
c)
divergent
d)
hot spot
59.
A shield volcano erupts nonexplosive eruptions of lava
a)
True
b)
False
60.
What kind of volcano is made of alternating layers of lava and tephra? (also called strata volcano)
a)
composat
b)
composite
c)
cinder
61.
What is the opening at the top of a volcano called?
a)
side vent
b)
central vent
c)
vent
d)
crater
62.
A low silica volcano makes what type of explosion
a)
quiet eruption
b)
explosive eruption
63.
A high silica volcano makes what type of an explosive?
a)
quiet eruption
b)
explosive eruption
64.
The process that breaks down rocks and other materials on Earth's surface is called
a)
weathering
b)
erosion
c)
soil conservation
d)
decomposition
65.
During chemical weathering, what can happen to the type of rock that has undergone chemical weathering?
a)
a new rock is produced that is larger than the original rock
b)
a new rock is produced that is the same as the original rock
c)
a new rock is produced that is different from the original rock
d)
no new rock is created - it is just smaller in size
66.
Which of the following is an example of mechanical weathering?
a)
Acidic groundwater dissolving limestone
b)
frost wedging
c)
Paper being burned
67.
Which agents break down earth materials?
a)
wind only
b)
earthquakes and gravity
c)
ice and 007
d)
wind, water, and ice
68.
What are the two factors that affect the rate at which weathering occurs?
a)
climate and mass of rock
b)
climate and size of rock
c)
type of rock and size of rock
d)
type of rock and climate
69.
What is the relationship between surface area and the rate of weathering?
a)
As surface area increases, the rate of weathering decreases
b)
As surface area increases, the rate of weathering increases
c)
As surface area decreases, the rate of weathering increases
d)
There is no relationship
70.
Flood water pounding against a canyon wall and wearing it down
a)
Weathering
b)
Erosion
c)
Deposition
71.
Rain washing away soil from a hillside
a)
Weathering
b)
Erosion
c)
Deposition
72.
Layers of sediment forming at the bottom of the ocean floor
a)
Weathering
b)
Erosion
c)
Deposition
73.
Deltas forming at the mouths of rivers
a)
Weathering
b)
Erosion
c)
Deposition
74.
What is the major cause of weathering and erosion?
a)
wind
b)
ice
c)
glaciers
d)
moving water
75.
What is an enormous mass of ice moving over land?
a)
glacier
b)
iceberg
c)
ice wedging
d)
dune
76.
The Law of Superposition helps scientists to determine what?
a)
The absolute age of rock layers
b)
The age of fossils
c)
The relative age of rock layers
d)
the super powers of rocks
77.
Relative dating of rock layers tells us that the deeper we dig, _______.
a)
the younger the rocks get
b)
the smellier the rocks get
c)
the harder the rocks get
d)
the older the rocks get
78.
The Geologic Time Scale is a record of what?
a)
old geologists
b)
sweet geology music
c)
the known history of rocks and fossils
d)
a list of every living thing ever
79.
The process by which running water, wind, or ice carry away bits of broken-up rock
a)
weathering
b)
sedimentation
c)
erosion
d)
cementation
80.
A break in the Earth's crust
a)
fault
b)
mountain
c)
plate
d)
fossil
81.
How do scientists figure out the relative age of rocks/fossils?
a)
Use the Law of Superposition
b)
Use the Law of Uniformitarianism
c)
Use Catastrophism
d)
Use Original Horizontality
82.
Older rocks contained within newer rocks are called...
a)
intrusions
b)
inclusions
c)
fossils
d)
faults
83.
Which of the following correctly lists the layers in order from oldest to youngest?
a)
A, B, C, D, E
b)
E, B, C, D, A
c)
E, D, C, B, A
d)
C, B, A, D, E
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