WorksheetsCumulative Exam 3 Review
Total questions: 65
Worksheet time: 1hrs 16mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
What will happen if you put a small compass in a magnetic field?
a)
swing randomly
b)
line up in a direction parallel to the magnetic field lines
c)
line up in a direction perpendicular to the magnetic field lines
d)
seek electrical charge concentrations
2.
Magnetic Field lines....
a)
Go out of the North side and into the South side
b)
Go out of the South side and into the North side
c)
Go out of the North side AND out of the South side
d)
Go into the North side AND go into the South side
3.
An atom that has more protons than electrons would have what charge?
a)
Positive
b)
Negative
c)
Neutral (Zero)
4.
These seismic waves can travel through both liquids and solids:
a)
p-waves
b)
s-waves
c)
surface waves
d)
z-waves
5.
This famous transform fault is located in the western United States creates significant earthquake activity for California...
a)
New Madrid
b)
Denali Fault
c)
Yellowstone
d)
San Andreas
6.
What is a break in the rock of the crust where rock surfaces slip past each other and usually occurs along plate boundaries?
a)
focus
b)
epicenter
c)
fold
d)
fault
7.
What type of seismic waves can only travel through solids?
a)
p-waves
b)
s-waves
c)
surface waves
d)
z-waves
8.
Which of the following seismic waves produce movement that is similar to rolling waves in an ocean and cause the greatest damage?
a)
p-wave
b)
s-wave
c)
surface wave
d)
z-wave
9.
Where do most earthquakes occur?
a)
inside the borders of countries
b)
on the boundaries of tectonic plates
c)
in certain climate zones
d)
None of the above.
10.
The _________ is so hot that the metals in it are all in the liquid state.
a)
crust
b)
mantle
c)
outer core
d)
inner core
11.
Which layer of Earth is made up partly of crust and partly of mantle material?
a)
lithosphere
b)
mantle
c)
asthenosphere
d)
crust
12.
Many scientists think hot plastic-like rock in the mantle is forced upward toward the surface, cools, and sinks. This process is called a(n) _________.
a)
earthquake
b)
convergent boundary
c)
volcano
d)
convection current
13.
Matching ________ on different continents are evidence for continental drift.
a)
weather systems
b)
river systems
c)
rock structures
d)
wind systems
14.
What is the correct order (starting from the surface) of Earth’s layers?
a)
mantle, outer core, inner core, crust
b)
crust, mantle, outer core, inner core
c)
outer core, inner core, crust, mantle
d)
crust, outer core, inner core, mantle
15.
Sea floor spreading is an example of this type of boundary...
a)
Convergent
b)
Divergent
c)
Transform
d)
Rift
16.
The particles produced in volcanic eruptions are called ____.
a)
laccoliths
b)
pyroclastic material
c)
calderas
d)
volcanic stocks
17.
Volcanoes are likely along the San Andreas fault in California because it is a convergent plate boundary.
a)
True
b)
False
18.
Which process of volcano formation is represented in the figure?
a)
hot spots
b)
convergent boundaries
c)
divergent boundaries
d)
land locked land masses
19.
What is the name given to the large depression left after a volcanic eruption?
a)
crater
b)
caldera
c)
kettle lake
d)
reservoir
20.
The formation of the Hawaiian Islands is one example of
a)
volcanoes forming over a hot spot.
b)
volcanoes forming along a plate boundary.
c)
the Ring of Fire.
d)
continental drift.
21.
The stress that squeezes rock until it folds or breaks is
a)
shearing.
b)
compression.
c)
tension.
d)
uplifting.
22.
Which type of plate boundary occurs at Y?
a)
divergent
b)
convergent
c)
transform
d)
sea floor spreading
23.
An earthquake's focus is directly below the ___
a)
epicenter.
b)
focal point.
c)
seismic station.
d)
core.
24.
What is this instrument?
a)
seismogram
b)
seismograph
c)
teleprompter
d)
spirograph
25.
This image is an example of a __.
a)
seismograph
b)
seismogram
c)
telegram
d)
triangulation
26.
What type of fossil fills a mold, and is a model of the actual organism?
a)
cast
b)
trace
c)
carbon imprint
27.
Fossils of fish are found under land where cows now live. What does this tell you?
a)
the fish were dropped their by flying birds
b)
this land was once under the ocean
c)
farmers fed the fish to the cows
d)
fish used to live on land
28.
This rock was made from cooling lava. What type of rock is this?
a)
Igneous
b)
Metamorphic
c)
Sedimentary
d)
Conglomerate
29.
Which of the following type of rock can form in both shallow and deep tropical seas? Invertebrate fossils, as well as remains of armored fish and shark teeth can be found in this.
a)
limestone
b)
coal
c)
conglomerates
d)
sandstone
30.
Index fossils were a widespread organism that lived for a short period of time. What do index fossils tell geologists?
a)
the relative age of the rock
b)
it helps piece together the geologic column
c)
the relative age of the index fossils
d)
all answers are correct
31.
What does the Law of Superposition helps scientists to determine?
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
32.
What type of rock do fossils form in?
a)
Igneous
b)
Sedimentary
c)
Metamorphic
d)
Classic
33.
This is an inherited trait that increases an organism’s chance of surviving and reproducing in its environment...
a)
adaptation
b)
fossils
c)
reproduction
d)
mitosis
34.
According to Darwin’s theory, what process causes populations to change as their environment changes?
a)
natural selection
b)
artificial selection
c)
selective breeding
d)
purebreeding
35.
Relative dating of rock layers tells us that the deeper we dig, _______.
a)
the younger the rocks get
b)
the darker the rocks get
c)
the harder the rocks get
d)
the older the rocks get
36.
What principle proves Layer 1 is younger than 2?
a)
superposition
b)
crosscutting
c)
inclusions
d)
horizonality
37.
Which best describes radiometric dating?
a)
using instruments that detect radioactivity to figure out how old something is
b)
measuring the relative amounts of a radioactive isotope and a daughter product to figure out the age of a sample
c)
measuring how quickly the different radioactive isotopes in a sample decay to figure out the age of the sample
d)
using short-wavelength electromagnetic radiation to determine the age of a sample
38.
Study the image.
What type of inheritance pattern shows BOTH traits in possible offspring?
What type of inheritance pattern shows BOTH traits in possible offspring?
a)
complete dominance
b)
incomplete dominance
c)
co-dominance
d)
dominant pattern
39.
Study the image.
What is this type of inheritance pattern (when there is a MIXTURE or BLEND of two traits from the parents)?
What is this type of inheritance pattern (when there is a MIXTURE or BLEND of two traits from the parents)?
a)
incomplete dominance
b)
co-dominance
c)
complete dominance
d)
recessive pattern
40.
Study the image.
Freckles (F) are dominant over no freckles.
What is the phenotype of individual #3?
Freckles (F) are dominant over no freckles.
What is the phenotype of individual #3?
a)
Ff
b)
ff
c)
freckles
d)
no freckles
41.
Which law of genetics states that alleles are separated?
a)
Law of Independent Assortment
b)
Law of Segregation
c)
Law of Mendel
d)
Law of Separation
42.
What is one advantage of sexual reproduction?
a)
offspring are identical to parents
b)
offspring are resistant to viruses
c)
offspring are born live, rather than from eggs
d)
offspring inherit a wider variety of genetic information
43.
Your eye color has nothing to do with whether you have a "hitchhikers" thumb.
What principle explains this example?
What principle explains this example?
a)
law of segregation
b)
both of Mendel's laws
c)
neither of Mendel's laws
d)
law of independent assortment
44.
What do close contour lines represent on a map?
a)
waterfall
b)
steep area
c)
gradual area
d)
river
45.
Determine the contour interval
a)
10 m
b)
20 m
c)
50 m
d)
100 m
46.
What is the map symbol (darker lines)?
a)
roads
b)
index contour
c)
contour interval
d)
waves
47.
What is a constructive force in which sediments have been moved from one place and fall out of the water in another place?
a)
deposition
b)
weathering
c)
glacier
d)
sink hole
48.
Water that fills the cracks and spaces in underground soil and rock layers is called
a)
salt water
b)
rainwater
c)
groundwater
d)
water vapor
49.
The removal of weathered material from one location to another is a destructive process called___________?
a)
Rounding
b)
Deposition
c)
Erosion
d)
Weathering
50.
What is B?
a)
Evaporation
b)
Condensation
c)
Precipitation
d)
Runoff
51.
What is till called that is dropped at the front of a glacier?
a)
till
b)
dirt
c)
moraine
d)
hills
52.
Where does erosion occur on a meander?
a)
the outside of the curve
b)
the inside of the curve
c)
along the inside bank of the river
d)
in the middle of the channel
53.
Humus is.....
a)
the dead parts of plants and animals in soil.
b)
A food we eat with pretzels.
c)
The tiny particles inside of soil
d)
The roots that come off of a plant and live in soil.
54.
Rust that forms on rocks or metal because of extended exposure to oxygen is what example of chemical weathering?
a)
carbon dioxide (carbonic acid)
b)
acid rain
c)
oxidation
d)
lichens
55.
Layers of soil are also known as:
a)
Soil Profiles
b)
Soil Horizons
c)
Soil Cores
d)
Soil Pores
56.
Recording data on how yellow or orange leaves turn in October by describing them as "green" "slightly yellow" "very yellow" or "orange" is ____ data
a)
quantitative
b)
qualitative
57.
What is the name of a large rock or boulder transported from a distant source by a glacier?
a)
erratic
b)
till
c)
moraine
d)
drumlin
58.
This is an example of...
a)
attraction
b)
repulsion
59.
An atom that has more protons than electrons would have what charge?
a)
Positive
b)
Negative
c)
Neutral (Zero)
60.
What is the net force on the box?
a)
80 N left
b)
80 N right
c)
20 N left
d)
20 N right
61.
Your weight is constant everywhere in the universe
a)
True
b)
False
62.
At which point is potential energy greatest?
a)
W
b)
X
c)
Y
d)
Z
63.
Gravity attracts all objects towards one another.
a)
False
b)
True
c)
It depends on where you are at.
d)
Gravity doesn't affect me.
64.
This picture shows which process?
a)
mitosis
b)
meiosis
c)
the cell cycle
65.
This image shows which process?
a)
mitosis
b)
meiosis
c)
the cell cycle
d)
alleles
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