WorksheetsMidterm Review Earth Science
Total questions: 117
Worksheet time: 2hrs 42mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
These types of rocks are formed when there is high pressure and high temperature
a)
metamorphic rock
b)
granite
c)
igneous
d)
sedimentary
2.
Weathering is caused by......
a)
sun
b)
rain
c)
wind
d)
All of the above
3.
Erosion is caused by.....
a)
The wind
b)
The sun
c)
cold air
d)
the stars
4.
Boundary where plates move right into one another.
a)
divergent
b)
convergent
c)
mountains
d)
transform
5.
Boundary where plates move away from each other.
a)
divergent
b)
convergent
c)
transform
d)
tectonic
6.
Boundary where plates slide past each other sideways.
a)
convergent
b)
divergent
c)
transform
d)
tectonic
7.
Which part of Earth's core is a mineral that causes the Earth's magnetic field?
a)
Gold
b)
Magnetite
c)
Iron
d)
Fluorite
8.
Which layer of the Earth is the thickest?
a)
Crust
b)
Mantle
c)
Outer Core
d)
Inner Core
9.
What is the process by which natural resources break down rocks?
a)
Erosion
b)
Weathering
c)
Abrasion
d)
Pressure
10.
Mechanical weathering produces physical changes in rocks.
a)
True
b)
False
11.
Ice wedging, pressure release, plant root growth, and abrasion ONLY cause mechanical weathering.
a)
Yes
b)
No
c)
They CAN all cause it
d)
I don't know...
12.
What is chemical weathering?
a)
How rocks breakdown
b)
The breakdown of rocks by chemical reactions that change the rocks makeup/composition
c)
When rocks rust
d)
Mechanical Weathering
13.
This layer of Earth is the thickest part
a)
crust
b)
outer core
c)
mantle
d)
inner core
14.
What was the name given to all the continents when they were joined as one super continent?
a)
Supreme Continent
b)
Eurasia
c)
Plate tectonics
d)
Pangea
15.
Which of these layers is ALL solid iron and nickle?
a)
inner core
b)
outer core
c)
lithosphere
d)
mesosphere
16.
Which layer of Earth is located above the outer core?
a)
crust
b)
inner core
c)
mantle
d)
lithosphere
17.
The layer that makes up most of the earth's mass and volume is the
a)
crust
b)
mantle
c)
core
d)
asthenosphere
18.
Which of the following occurs because of convection currents?
a)
Tectonic plates on the crust move.
b)
The mantle increases in size.
c)
Pressure in the crust increases.
d)
Pressure in the crust decreases.
19.
Scientists think that convection currents that move the plates flow in Earth's
a)
Continental crust
b)
Oceanic crust
c)
Asthenosphere
d)
Lithosphere
20.
The mantle of Earth is made partly of magma. When magma rises and sinks, this is called ______________.
a)
a conduction current
b)
a hot spot
c)
a volcanic eruption
d)
a convection current
21.
What is the order of the layers?
a)
inner core, lithosphere, mesosphere, outer core, asthenosphere
b)
asthenosphere, lithosphere, mesosphere, outer core, inner core
c)
lithosphere, asthenosphere, mesosphere, outer core, inner core
d)
crust, core, mantle
22.
What would happen to the convection currents if the heat from the inner core disappeared?
a)
They would stop.
b)
They would change directions.
c)
It would not change.
d)
They would speed up.
23.
The physical layer of Earth made of solid rock and soil is called the ___________.
a)
mesosphere
b)
lithosphere
c)
asthenosphere
d)
mantle
24.
Where does the heat come from that drives this convection current in the mantle?
a)
The sun
b)
The crust
c)
the mantle
d)
the core
25.
Who is the person credited with developing the theory of continental drift?
a)
Harry Hess
b)
Galileo
c)
Alfred Wegener
d)
Newton
26.
What does the theory of continental drift state?
a)
The continents were once joined in a super-continent and have moved over time
b)
Continents are stationary and do not move
c)
The Earth is broken into lithospheric plates that move due to convection currents
d)
none of the above
27.
What are mid-ocean ridges?
a)
A chain of underwater waterfalls
b)
A chain of underwater volcanos
c)
A chain of underwater mountains
d)
A chain of underwater rocks
28.
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
29.
Whenever a subduction zone is formed a ______ is formed.
a)
Mountain
b)
Island Arc
c)
Rift
d)
Volcano
30.
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
31.
What is Pangaea?
a)
The name of a German Scientist
b)
the name of the supercontinent that existed millions of years ago
c)
another name for continental drift
d)
the name of an ancient fossil
32.
Which is true for all rocks?
a)
They are made up of living crystals.
b)
They are usually man-made.
c)
They are made up of one or more minerals.
d)
They contain at least 5 kinds of minerals.
33.
What can help a scientist identify a rock?
a)
the weight of a rock
b)
the temperature of where the rock was found
c)
the minerals that the rock contains
34.
What is a sedimentary rock?
a)
rock that is cooled form molten lava
b)
rock that is formed by heat and pressure
c)
rock that is formed by layers of sedimentbeing pressed together
35.
What is an igneous rock?
a)
rock that is cooled form molten lava
b)
rock that is formed by heat and pressure
c)
rock that is formed by layers of sedimentbeing pressed together
36.
What is a metamorphic rock?
a)
rock that is cooled form molten lava
b)
rock that is formed by heat and pressure
c)
rock that is formed by layers of sedimentbeing pressed together
37.
What is weathering?
a)
changes in rain patterns over a long period of time
b)
the breakdown of rocks by both physical and chemical agents
c)
the movements of dirt in the air
d)
forces that move small pieces of rock from one place to another
38.
What is erosion?
a)
changes in rain patterns over a long period of time
b)
the breakdown of rocks
c)
the collection of dirt in the air
d)
forces that move Earth materials from one place to another
39.
What is a type of mass movement by gravity?
a)
dune
b)
loess
c)
glacier
d)
mudslide
40.
Which erosion agent is used to develop a creep?
a)
gravity
b)
glaciers
c)
oxidation
d)
wind
41.
What do you call a mudflow, landslide, creep, and slump?
a)
Erosion
b)
Natural Disater
c)
Mass Movement
d)
Danger
42.
How does fossil evidence support Wegener's hypothesis of continental drift?
a)
Similar fossils are found along continental margins that appear to join together.
b)
Fossils are found in areas where the present-day climate could not have supported the organisms that made the fossils.
c)
Similar fossils of giant, land-dwelling dinosaurs are found on continents separated by oceans.
d)
all of the above
43.
What is the force that moves the continents?
a)
Conduction
b)
Convection
c)
Radiation
d)
Conveyor belts
44.
What is the longest mountain chain in the world?
a)
Appalachians
b)
Mid Ocean Ridges
c)
Rocky Mountains
45.
What are pieces of lithosphere that carry pieces of crust?
a)
Tectonic Plates
b)
Tectonic shells
c)
Plates
46.
Sea-floor spreading begins at the
a)
Deep ocean trench
b)
Mid-ocean ridge
Mid-ocean ridge
Mid-ocean ridge
c)
Continent's edge
47.
Igneous rocks are classified by their ......
a)
Dullness
b)
Color and Shape
c)
MIneral compostion
d)
No Comment
48.
when lava cools to quickly what forms
a)
Granit
b)
Marble
c)
Obsidian
d)
PURE GOLD!!!
49.
Texture Refers to..
a)
Color and shape
b)
Size and Shape
c)
Distribution of crystals
d)
Size, Shape, and Distribution of crystals
50.
The process by which metamorphic rocks are formed is:
a)
heat and pressure
b)
compaction and cementation
c)
melting and cooling
d)
weathering and erosion
51.
This word describes the process when a rock is broken down into smaller pieces:
a)
texture
b)
weathering
c)
composition
d)
erosion
52.
_______ rock forms when magma or lava cools and hardens
a)
Metamorphic
b)
Sedimentary
c)
Igneous
d)
Oceanic
53.
If you find seashells in a rock, you know it is:
a)
igneous
b)
sedimentary
c)
metamorphic
d)
oceanic
54.
Sediment being dropped off and laid to rest is:
a)
Deposition
b)
Erosion
c)
Weathering
d)
Stratification
55.
Is this metamorphic rock's texture foliated or non-foliated?
a)
foliated
b)
non-foliated
56.
Rocks formed from pieces of other rocks are:
a)
Igneous
b)
Sedimentary
c)
Metamorphic
57.
What is the purpose of a map scale?
a)
To weigh the political power of the states
b)
To show where things are located on the map
c)
Compare the distance measured on the map to the actual distance on Earth
d)
To show how large the map is
58.
What device is used to measure an Earthquake's magnitude?
a)
Ripher Scale
b)
Weight Scale
c)
Richter Scale
59.
What kind of map shows the elevation areas in land?
a)
Climate Maps
b)
Physical Maps
c)
Topographic Maps
60.
What is the center of the earth called?
a)
Mantle
b)
Outer Core
c)
Inner Core
61.
Divergent
a)
collide
b)
divide
c)
slide past each other
d)
noce
62.
convergent
a)
collide
b)
divide
c)
slide past each other
d)
noce
63.
What type of boundary creates a volcanic arc?
a)
convergent ocean ocean
b)
convergent ocean continental
c)
convergent continental continental
d)
divergent
64.
What type of boundary creates an island arc?
a)
convergent ocean ocean
b)
convergent ocean continental
c)
convergent continental continental
d)
divergent
65.
What type of boundary creates new seafloor?
a)
convergent ocean ocean
b)
convergent ocean continental
c)
convergent continental continental
d)
divergent
66.
What type of boundary creates a mountain chain?
a)
convergent ocean ocean
b)
convergent ocean continental
c)
convergent continental continental
d)
divergent
67.
Which type of boundary creates an earthquake?
a)
transform
b)
divergent
c)
convergent
68.
Which type of boundary is the San Andres Fault?
a)
convergent
b)
divergent
c)
transform
69.
The Andes mountains and volcanoes are made by the South American Plate and Pacific Plate colliding, this is known as
a)
convergent ocean ocean
b)
transform
c)
convergent continental continental
d)
convergent ocean continental
70.
The Himalayan mountains are in the middle of a continent, what boundary creates them?
a)
transform
b)
convergent ocean continental
c)
convergent continental continental
d)
convergent ocean ocean
71.
What is the ring of fire?
a)
A ring of volcanoes around the Atlantic Ocean
b)
A ring of volcanoes around the Indian Ocean
c)
A ring of Volcanoes around the Pacific Ocean
d)
A ring of volcanoes around the entire globe
72.
What is a hot spot?
a)
A place that gets hit the most by the sun's rays
b)
When a mantle plume rises and breaks through the crust
c)
Every place with a volcano
d)
A place with temperatures above 90 degrees F
73.
What do hot spots create?
a)
earthquakes
b)
tsunamis
c)
island chains
d)
seafloor
74.
Magma is
a)
liquid minerals
b)
liquid chemicals
c)
liquid rock
d)
the same as lava
75.
What two things determine which type of magma & volcano is created
a)
viscosity & temperature
b)
viscosity & gas content
c)
gas content & temperature
d)
location & temperature
76.
Which volcano has a broad base and gentle sloping sides?
a)
stratovolcano
b)
shield
c)
cinder cone
77.
Which volcano has steep slopes and grows very tall?
a)
stratovolcano
b)
shield
c)
cinder cone
78.
Which volcano has steep slopes but is short
a)
stratovolcano
b)
shield
c)
cinder cone
79.
Which volcano does not grow very tall and has gradual slopes?
a)
stratovolcano
b)
shield
c)
cinder cone
80.
What part of the volcano stores the melted rock?
a)
magma vacuole
b)
magma chamber
c)
magma crevice
d)
magma hole
81.
Which part of the volcano does the lava usually spew out of?
a)
mantle
b)
crater
c)
main vent
d)
side vent
82.
a)
normal fault
b)
reverse fault
c)
strike-slip fault
83.
a)
normal fault
b)
reverse fault
c)
strike-slip fault
84.
What type of stress causes these folds?
a)
compression
b)
shearing
c)
tension
85.
a)
normal fault
b)
reverse fault
c)
strike-slip fault
86.
a)
normal fault
b)
reverse fault
c)
strike-slip fault
87.
a)
normal fault
b)
reverse fault
c)
strike-slip fault
88.
a)
normal fault
b)
reverse fault
c)
strike-slip fault
89.
What is an anticline?
a)
A fold that bends up
b)
A fold that bends down
90.
What is a syncline?
a)
A fold that bends down
b)
A fold that bends up
101.
Folded mountains form ___.
a)
when a state of isostasy occurs
b)
when continents collide
c)
when continents diverge
d)
after huge earthquakes
92.
The block of rock that forms the upper half of a fault?
a)
hanging wall
hanging wall
hanging wall
b)
cliff wall
c)
fault
d)
reverse fault
93.
What is subduction?
a)
one plate collides with another
b)
one plate destroys another
c)
one plate goes beneath another
d)
one plate divides another
94.
What type of fault is this?
a)
normal fault
b)
reverse fault
c)
strike-slip fault
d)
Tenson
95.
The cat is standing on the...
a)
foot wall
b)
hanging wall
c)
left
d)
weirdest elevator ever
96.
A downward fold in rock formed by compression in Earth's crust?
a)
anticline
b)
syncline
c)
fracture
d)
strike-slip fault
97.
What is this boundary?
a)
convergent
b)
transform
c)
subduction
d)
divergent
98.
Which fault doesn't move up or down?
a)
Strike-slip
b)
Convergent
c)
Transform
d)
Shearing
99.
What Geologic Activity is occurring in this picture?
a)
Sea-floor Spreading
b)
Volcano forming
c)
Earthquake
d)
Mountain building
100.
Which Plate Boundary does the picture illustrate?
a)
Divergent Boundary
b)
Transform Boundary
c)
Convergent Boundary
101.
Folded mountains form ___.
a)
when a state of isostasy occurs
b)
when continents collide
c)
when continents diverge
d)
after huge earthquakes
102.
How does a reverse fault form?
a)
The hanging wall moves upward relative to the footwall.
b)
Compression thrusts the fault into reverse.
c)
Blocks slide past each other.
d)
The hanging wall moves downward relative to the footwall.
103.
What is the color of a mineral in powdered form called?
a)
Gas
b)
Fracture
c)
Streak
d)
Liquid
104.
The hardest known mineral on the Mohs Hardness Scale is:
a)
Fluorite
b)
Sypsum
c)
Topaz
d)
Diamond
105.
What occurs when minerals break unevenly along curved or irregular surfaces?
a)
Luster
b)
Fracture
c)
Cleavage
d)
Streak
106.
A break along a smooth, flat surface is
a)
cleavage
b)
streak
c)
magnetism
d)
fracture
107.
The definition of a mineral does NOT include:
a)
crystalline structure
b)
solid
c)
organic
d)
natural
108.
A mineral breaks into pieces like are shown in the picture. How would you describe its breakage?
a)
Fracture
b)
Cleavage
c)
Glassy
d)
Waxy
109.
A mineral breaks into pieces like are shown in the picture. How would you describe its breakage?
a)
Fracture
b)
Cleavage
c)
Glassy
d)
Waxy
110.
What mineral is known as "fools gold"?
a)
graphite
b)
quartz
c)
galena
d)
pyrite
111.
What mineral can pick up a paperclip because of it's magnetic properties?
a)
galena
b)
graphite
c)
magnetite
d)
hematite
112.
Which mineral smells like rotten eggs?
a)
talc
b)
sulfer
c)
mica
d)
pyrite
113.
A mineral's resistance to being scratched is called?
a)
streak
b)
luster
c)
hardness
d)
heft
114.
Can a penny scratch fluorite?
a)
Yes
b)
No
115.
Can a glass plate scratch apatite?
a)
Yes
b)
No
116.
What mineral is salt?
a)
quartz
b)
sulfur
c)
halite
d)
calcite
117.
Which mineral property is being shown here?
a)
luster
b)
hardness
c)
cleavage
d)
streak
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