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WorksheetsOlympic Milestone Review
Total questions: 67
Worksheet time: 34mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
Rocks are made of _____.
a)
minerals
b)
metal
c)
water
d)
element
2.
Name the three types of rocks.
a)
Clay, soil, sand
b)
Sedimentary, Sediment, Basalt
c)
Extrusive Igneous, Intrusive Igneous, and Igneous
d)
Sedimentary, Igneous, Metamorphic
3.
Metamorphic Rocks are formed with _____ and _____.
a)
Temperature and Time
b)
Heat and Pressure
c)
Cementation and Compaction
d)
Pushing and Pulling
4.
Igneous rocks form when _____ or _____ cools and hardens.
a)
extrusive and instrusive
b)
sediment and sand
c)
Lava and Magma
d)
metamorphic and sedimentary
5.
Fossils are a type of _____ rocks.
a)
metamorphic
b)
igneous
c)
sedimentary
d)
extrusive igneous
6.
Sedimentary rocks form from _____ of rocks.
a)
igneous rocks
b)
metamorphic rocks
c)
all the above
d)
sediment
7.
Fossils provide information about the _____.
a)
today
b)
yesterday
c)
past
d)
future
8.
_____ is the breaking down of rocks.
a)
erosion
b)
deposition
c)
weathering
d)
soil
9.
Types if weathering are _____ and _____.
a)
erosion and deposition
b)
chemical and mechanical
c)
compaction and cementation
d)
heat and pressure
10.
Chemicals interacting with rocks to break them down is _____ weathering.
a)
physical
b)
mechanical
c)
weathering
d)
chemical
11.
When rocks and minerals are broken down into smaller pieces is _____ weathering.
a)
mechanical
b)
fast
c)
slow
d)
crystal
12.
_____ is when rocks and sediments are moved to another location.
a)
weathering
b)
erosion
c)
deposition
d)
mechanical
13.
_____ occurs when weathered rocks are dropped in a new location.
a)
deposition
b)
weathering
c)
erosion
d)
chemical weathering
14.
Soil is made of _____ rocks and decomposed _____ material.
a)
weathering, organic
b)
igneous, plastic
c)
erosion, organic
d)
deposition,plastic
15.
Name the four layers of Earth.
a)
inner core, outer core, crust, mantle
b)
crust, mantle, inner core, ourter core
c)
crust, mantle, outer core, inner core
d)
crust, mantle, core
16.
_____ is the least dense and rocky layer.
a)
crust
b)
outer core
c)
mantle
d)
inner core
17.
As you go deeper into the layers of the earth, temperature and density _____.
a)
decrease
b)
not change
c)
increase
d)
stops
18.
Which layer is a metallic solid?
a)
crust
b)
inner core
c)
mantle
d)
outer core
19.
Which layer of the earth is a metallic liquid?
a)
crust
b)
outer core
c)
inner core
d)
mantle
20.
Which layer of the earth is considered partially solid?
a)
crust
b)
outer core
c)
mantle
d)
inner core
21.
The crust and upper portion of the mantle is considered the ____.
a)
mesosphere
b)
lithosphere
c)
asthenosphere
d)
biggest
22.
The earth's lithosphere is broken into _____ plates.
a)
many
b)
asthenospheric
c)
mesospheric
d)
tectonic
23.
Where tectonic plates meet is called a plate _____.
a)
fences
b)
boundaries
c)
areas
d)
chains
24.
Name the three plate boundaries.
a)
convergent, divergent, transform
b)
divergent, transform, tectonic
c)
convergent, divergent, lithosphere
d)
transform, lithosphere, convergent
25.
The _____ is the major source for all energy sources on Earth.
a)
water
b)
sun
c)
wind
d)
waves
26.
_____ resources can only be replaced over very long periods of time.
a)
Natural
b)
Renewable
c)
Nonrenewable
d)
Recyclable
27.
_____ resources can be placed in the span of a human lifetime.
a)
Renewable
b)
Natural
c)
Nonrenewable
d)
Reuseable
28.
Preserving and protecting resources is known as _____.
a)
condensation
b)
conservation
c)
evaporation
d)
precipitation
29.
Almost 70% of Earth's surface is covered by _____.
a)
water
b)
land
c)
sand
d)
air
30.
97% of Earth's water is _____ water.
a)
fresh
b)
frozen
c)
salt
d)
dirty
31.
Name the world's 5 oceans.
a)
Atlantic, Pacific, Southern, Arctic, and Indian
b)
American, European, Asian, and Arctic
c)
Northern, Southern, Western, Eastern
d)
South American, North American, African, Arctic
32.
_____ ocean is off the coast of Georgia.
a)
Pacific
b)
Southern
c)
Atlantic
d)
Indian
33.
_____ Ocean is off the coast of California.
a)
Indian
b)
Southern
c)
Pacific
d)
Atlantic
34.
_____ are created when wind moves across the surface of water and pushes the water.
a)
currents
b)
tides
c)
waves
d)
masses
35.
_____ are caused by the gravitational pull from the Sun and Moon on the ocean water.
a)
fronts
b)
masses
c)
tides
d)
currents
36.
When the Sun heats liquid water causing it to change into a gas, it is _____
a)
precipitation
b)
condensation
c)
evaporation
d)
runoff
37.
Name the four main stages of the water cycle.
a)
Evaporation, Condensation, Precipitation, Runoff
b)
Sun, Condensation, Precipitation, Runoff
c)
Evaporation, Condensation, Precipitation, freezing rain
d)
Evaporation, Condensation, convection, Runoff
38.
When water vapor cools to form clouds, it is called_____.
a)
runoff
b)
evaporation
c)
condensation
d)
precipitation
39.
When clouds release water back to Earth as rain or snow ,it is called _____.
a)
runoff
b)
evaportaion
c)
condensation
d)
precipitation
40.
When water runs off and is collected in the ground or bodies of water, it is called _____.
a)
runoff
b)
precipitation
c)
condensation
d)
evaporation
41.
The condition in the atmosphere at a specific time called _____.
a)
climate
b)
weather
c)
front
d)
mass
42.
The average of conditions in the atmosphere in an area over a long period of time is _____.
a)
mass
b)
front
c)
climate
d)
weather
43.
Land absorbs loses the Sun's energy _____ than water.
a)
slower
b)
faster
c)
upper
d)
downward
44.
Water absorbs and loses Sun's energy _____ than land.
a)
upper
b)
downward
c)
faster
d)
slower
45.
A large body of air in which temperature and moisture levels are similar throughout are called _____.
a)
air front
b)
air mass
c)
air cloud
d)
air mist
46.
Warm air _____ and cold air _____.
a)
stops and starts
b)
starts and stops
c)
rises and sinks
d)
sinks and rises
47.
Tornadoes form over _____.
a)
water
b)
buildings
c)
land
d)
rivers
48.
Hurricanes form over _____.
a)
water
b)
land
c)
houses
d)
highways
49.
_____ theory is the idea that the Earth is the center of the universe.
a)
Heliocentric
b)
Geocentric
c)
Big Bang
d)
Little Bang
50.
_____ theory is the idea that the sun is the center of the universe.
a)
Heliocentric
b)
Geocentric
c)
Big Bang
d)
Little Bang
51.
List the planets in order from the Sun.
a)
Earth, Sun, Mars, Mercury
b)
Luna, Earth, Mercury, Mars
c)
Venus, Earth, Mercury, Mars
d)
Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars
52.
List the following from smallest to largest: universe, galaxy, solar system, sun, and planet.
a)
G, SS, S, P, U
b)
U, P, S, SS, G
c)
G, P, SS, S, U
d)
P, S, SS, G, U
53.
_____ _____ theory is the idea that the universe started as the result of a big explosion.
a)
Fast Explosion
b)
Slow Explosion
c)
Big Bang
d)
Big Explosion
54.
A _____ is the movement of a body in an orbit around another body.
a)
universe
b)
solar
c)
revolution
d)
rotation
55.
A _____ is the movement of a body around a central axis.
a)
rotation
b)
revolution
c)
solar
d)
planet
56.
_____ is the force that affects the motion of all objects in the universe.
a)
Revolution
b)
Gravity
c)
Inertia
d)
Rotation
57.
_____ is needed to support life on other planets.
a)
water
b)
trees
c)
people
d)
schools
58.
_____ and _____ are pieces of space rock.
a)
Asteroids and Meteoroids
b)
Comets and Meteoroids
c)
Comets and Meteors
d)
Comets and Asteroids
59.
_____ are bodies in space made of ice and dust orbit the Sun.
a)
Meteoroids
b)
Meteors
c)
Meteorites
d)
Comets
60.
Venus, Mercury, Earth, and Mars are _____ planets.
a)
Space
b)
terrestial
c)
gas
d)
dward
61.
Saturn, Uranus, Neptune, and Jupiter are _____ planets.
a)
terrestial
b)
dwarf
c)
space
d)
gas
62.
The _____ of Earth's axis is the reason for seasons.
a)
rotation
b)
revolution
c)
solar
d)
planet
63.
When the North Hemisphere of earth is tilted towards the Sun, it is _____ in Northern Hemisphere.
a)
winter
b)
spring
c)
summer
d)
fall
64.
When the Southern Hemisphere of earth is tilted towards the Sun, it is _____ in the Northern Hemisphere.
a)
summer
b)
winter
c)
spring
d)
fall
65.
When the entire moon is visible, the moon is called the _____ moon.
a)
full
b)
new
c)
1/4
d)
3/4
66.
When none of the moon is lit in the sky, the moon is called _____ moon.
a)
1/4
b)
3/4
c)
new
d)
full
67.
One cycle of the moon phases lasts approximately, _____ days.
a)
15
b)
28
c)
45
d)
356
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