WorksheetsReview for nine weeks exam
Total questions: 28
Worksheet time: 14mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
Which layer is the most dense?
a)
crust
b)
upper mantle
c)
lower mantle
d)
core
2.
Which is the hottest layer?
a)
crust
b)
upper mantle
c)
lower mantle
d)
core
3.
Which layer is less dense than the mantle?
a)
crust
b)
upper mantle
c)
lower mantle
d)
core
4.
Which layer causes convection currents in the mantle?
a)
crust
b)
upper mantle
c)
lower mantle
d)
core
5.
What happens to the crust because of the convection currents in the mantle
a)
It become less dense
b)
It becomes more dense
c)
it gets thinner
d)
tectonic plates move
6.
What part of the earth's layers generates the magnetic field?
a)
crust
b)
upper mantle
c)
lower mantle
d)
core
7.
What is the lithosphere?
a)
crust
b)
upper mantle
c)
lower mantle
d)
A and B but not C
8.
How do we know that the magnetic poles have changed in the past?
a)
the difference in the magnetic fields in the Himalayan Mountains
b)
the difference in the magnetic fields in the ridges of the Mid-Atlantic Ridge
c)
The magma coming out of the hotspots around the world
d)
The Ring of Fire
9.
Which of these mineral physical characteristics measure the way a mineral breaks
a)
luster
streak
streak
b)
luster
c)
cleavage
d)
hardness
10.
If you can NOT scratch a diamond with your fingernail, which is harder?
a)
fingernail
b)
diamond
c)
They are the same hardness
11.
Which of these DOES NOT describe a mineral
a)
organic
b)
solid
c)
natural occuring
d)
inorganic
12.
Where does the heat and pressure come from to form rocks?
a)
the plate diverging
b)
the crust
c)
the mantle
d)
the plates converging
13.
Which is NOT a type of rock?
a)
igneous
b)
sedimentary
c)
lithosphere
d)
metamorphic
14.
Why aren't sedimentary rocks found on the moon?
a)
it is made of cheese
b)
no weathering
c)
no pressure
d)
no heat
15.
Metamorphic rocks are formed by__________________?
a)
pressure
b)
heat and pressure
c)
heat
16.
What does the formation of sedimentary rock depend on?
a)
pressure
b)
heat and pressure
c)
heat
17.
When you find line of volcanic islands in the middle of a tectonic plate what had created this?
a)
convergent boundary
b)
divergent boundary
c)
transform boundary
d)
hotspot
18.
In the geologic process what has caused the most changes in Georgia's landscape over the last 10,000 - 20,000 years?
a)
plate movement
b)
weathering and erosion
c)
earthquakes
d)
volcanoes
19.
Why is the Atlantic Ocean growing by a few centimeters a year?
a)
hotspot
b)
divergent boundary
c)
transform boundary
d)
convergent boundary
20.
What plate action would explain a mountain range near a seacoast?
a)
hotspot
b)
divergent boundary
c)
convergent boundary
d)
transform boundary
21.
What is sediment?
a)
Small pieces of rock and minerals
b)
makes most of the sedimentary rocks
c)
this plus pressure makes a sedimentary rock
d)
all of the above are true
22.
What facts do scientists have to explain continental drift?
a)
the same type of fossils on either side of an ocean
b)
the same rock layers that are seperated by a large ar
c)
the continents seem to fit together
d)
All of the above are correct
23.
How do scientists explain ocean fossils found on the top of a mountain?
a)
Because of continental to continental divergent boundaries - the ocean floor was shoved up.
b)
Because of continental to continental convergent boundaries - the ocean floor was shoved up.
c)
Because of transform boundaries the water was once as high as the mountains.
d)
there was an ocean on top of a mountain
24.
What are the basic components of soil?
a)
sediments
b)
minerals and water
c)
clay, earth and marble
d)
sand, organic matter, and clay
25.
Which soil profile would have the most sand?
a)
desert
b)
tropcial
c)
temperate
d)
arctic
26.
Which soil profile would have the most sand?
a)
desert
b)
tropcial
c)
temperate
d)
arctic
27.
What is bedrock?
a)
a hard place to sleep
b)
a place where rocks are in the soil
c)
the place where there is solid rock in the soil layers
28.
Which would settle to the bottom of a settling bottle?
a)
silt
b)
sand
c)
pebbles
d)
water
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