WorksheetsFinal Exam 2
Total questions: 28
Worksheet time: 28mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
What is the thinnest layer of the Earth?
a)
Mantle
b)
Crust
c)
Inner Core
d)
Outer Core
2.
What forms when 2 plates come together?
a)
Mid Ocean Ridge
b)
Rift Valley
c)
Mountain
d)
Volcanic Island
3.
What is soil made out of?
a)
Dirt
b)
Weathered Rock
c)
Organic Material
d)
Weathered Rock and Organic Material
4.
What type of plate boundary forms a mid ocean ridge?
a)
Transform (slides past each other)
b)
Convergent (comes together)
c)
Divergent (moves away from each other)
d)
Primary (moves first)
5.
Building a dam, levee, and storm drain are all ways to control what?
a)
Earthquakes
b)
Volcanoes
c)
Tornadoes
d)
Floods
6.
Which part of Earth's core is a mineral that causes the Earth's magnetic field?
a)
Gold
b)
Magnetite
c)
Iron
d)
Fluorite
7.
What processes can happen to change any rock into a sedimentary rock?
a)
Weathering and erosion
b)
Weathering and cooling
c)
Heat and pressure
d)
Heat and erosion
8.
An index fossil was found in Africa. The same type of index fossil was found in Asia. What does this tell us?
a)
This tells us nothing important.
b)
The rock layer in Africa and Asia were formed during the same time period.
c)
The fossils are not related.
d)
The fossils can be found all over the world.
9.
Which type of rock forms at the bottom of a body of water?
a)
Igneous
b)
Metamorphic
c)
Mineral
d)
Sedimentary
10.
Which would cause the MOST erosion?
a)
Planting grass in your front yard
b)
Planting trees in the park
c)
Deforestation to build a gas station
d)
Reclaiming land that was used for mining in the past
11.
Which type of rocks use the processes of compaction and cementation to form?
a)
Igneous
b)
Mineral
c)
Sedimentary
d)
Metamorphic
12.
Place the following soil layers in order from top to bottom:
bedrock, leaching, topsoil, organic, subsoil, parent material
bedrock, leaching, topsoil, organic, subsoil, parent material
a)
Organic, Topsoil, Subsoil, Leaching, Parent Material, Bedrock
b)
Organic, Topsoil, Leaching, Subsoil, Parent Material, Bedrock
c)
Topsoil, Organic, Subsoil, Leaching, Parent Material, Bedrock
d)
Topsoil, Organic, Leaching, Subsoil, Parent Material, Bedrock
13.
What is the BEST way to prevent erosion from happening in an area?
a)
Cutting down and taking away all of the trees
b)
Planting vegetation
c)
Plowing an area to remove plants
d)
Mining an area
14.
What forms by the compression of 2 continental plates?
a)
rift valley
b)
mountains
c)
islands
d)
trenches
15.
What processes power the rock cycle?
a)
Heat and pressure
b)
Cooling, breaking sediment, heat, and pressure
c)
Cooling, heat, and pressure
d)
Breaking sediment, heat and pressure
16.
What happens to a plant after it dies?
a)
It decays and becomes part of the soil.
b)
It becomes hard and forms rock.
c)
It turns black.
d)
It forms clay.
17.
Which 2 layers of the Earth form the lithosphere?
a)
Crust and Core
b)
Crust and lower mantle
c)
Crust and upper mantle
d)
Crust and middle mantle
18.
Which layer of the soil profile has the most humus?
a)
Organic Layer
b)
Topsoil
c)
Subsoil
d)
Bedrock
19.
Why is the Atlantic Ocean slowly getting bigger each year?
a)
Transform Boundary
b)
Convergent Boundary
c)
Trenches
d)
Seafloor Spreading
20.
What is the composition of the crust?
a)
Solid Rock
b)
Iron
c)
Magma
d)
Nickel
21.
Which layer of the Earth is the thickest?
a)
Crust
b)
Mantle
c)
Outer Core
d)
Inner Core
22.
Which layer of the Earth is the most dense?
a)
Crust
b)
Mantle
c)
Outer Core
d)
Inner Core
23.
What type of boundary causes sea-floor spreading?
a)
Convergent
b)
Divergent
c)
Transform
d)
Primary
24.
Which of the following statements is FALSE?
a)
Minerals are inorganic solids.
b)
Minerals are inorganic liquids with crystalline structures.
c)
Minerals are have definite compositions.
d)
Minerals are naturally occurring and have definite compositions.
25.
Which of the following statements describes how convection currents work in the mantle?
a)
Magma is heated by the crust and sinks. It then rises back up when it cools off.
b)
Magma is heated by the core and rises. It then cools off and sinks.
c)
Magma is heated by the mantle and rises. It never sinks back down.
d)
Magma is heated by the mantle and rises. It cools off and sinks back down.
26.
Which word describes how a mineral reflects light?
a)
Cleavage
b)
Fracture
c)
Luster
d)
Hardness
27.
Which seismic wave does the most damage?
a)
P Wave
b)
Body Wave
c)
S Wave
d)
Surface Wave
28.
What is the thinnest layer of the Earth?
a)
Mantle
b)
Crust
c)
Inner Core
d)
Outer Core
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