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Worksheets5th FSSA Earth Science 1
Total questions: 31
Worksheet time: 21mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
What are rocks made up of from nature?
a)
grass
b)
pebbles
c)
minerals
2.
What type of rock is made up of pieces of sediments that have been pressed and cemented together?
a)
Sedimentary
b)
Metamorphic
c)
Igneous
3.
These rocks were once located inside the Earth, but the heat and pressure of the rocks above caused the minerals to change.
a)
Sedimentary
b)
Metamorphic
c)
Igneous
4.
What type of rock was once melted, but has cooled and hardened?
a)
Metamorphic
b)
Sedimentary
c)
Igneous
5.
In what rock would you be likely to find fossils?
a)
Sedimentary
b)
Igneous
c)
Metamorphic
6.
What is melted material inside the Earth called?
a)
Lava
b)
Magma
c)
Juice
7.
What is the hardest mineral there is?
a)
Calcite
b)
Feldspar
c)
Quartz
d)
Diamond
8.
What property of minerals is the least likely to aid in identification of a mineral?
a)
Luster
b)
Hardness
c)
Color
d)
Streak
e)
Cleavage
9.
What property describes minerals as shiny, pearly, glassy, or dull?
a)
Luster
b)
Color
c)
Hardness
d)
Special Properties
10.
In sedimentary rocks, there are pieces of rocks called ________________ that have been pressed together.
a)
Chunks
b)
Small rocks
c)
Sediments
11.
Minerals are solid, nonliving materials that are formed in ___________.
a)
Factories
b)
Nature
c)
Classrooms
12.
Metamorphic rocks are existing rocks that have been changed into new rocks by _____.
a)
heat
b)
time
c)
pressure
d)
All of the above
13.
The continuous series of change that rocks undergo is known as the _____.
a)
rock cycle
b)
water cycle
c)
hibernation
d)
metamorphisis
14.
a)
luster
b)
streak
c)
scratch
d)
hardness
15.
a)
Fluorite
b)
Talk and Calcite
c)
Talc
d)
none of the above
16.
Emily was looking at a rock and saw tiny crystals. Emily should know that all rocks are made up of _____.
a)
diamonds
b)
minerals
c)
fossils
d)
dirt
17.
Which of the following is NOT a property that can be used to identify a mineral?
a)
luster
b)
color
c)
weight
d)
hardness
18.
Energy from the sun is . . .
a)
wind
b)
hydroelectric
c)
solar
d)
biofuel
19.
This takes millions of years to form.
a)
hydroelectric
b)
renewable
c)
solar
d)
fossil fuels
20.
The breaking down of rock is . . .
a)
weathering
b)
erosion
c)
minerals
d)
compaction
21.
A resource that can be easily replaced.
a)
renewable
b)
alternative
c)
nonrenewable
22.
Plastic water bottles.
a)
nonrenewable
b)
alternative
c)
renewable
23.
Timber, pork and corn.
a)
nonrenewable
b)
alternative
c)
renewable
24.
Best energy resource in a sunny location.
a)
wind
b)
hydroelectric
c)
solar
d)
geothermal
25.
Electricity produced by moving water.
a)
geothermal
b)
hydroelectric
c)
wind
d)
solar
26.
A resource not easily replaced.
a)
nonrenewable
b)
renewable
c)
alternative
27.
Type of fossil fuel formed from ancient organisms that lived in swamps.
a)
oil
b)
fuel
c)
coal
d)
biofuel
28.
Type of fuel formed by once living things.
a)
biofuel
b)
fossil fuel
c)
alternative
d)
renewable
29.
Any useful material found in nature.
a)
resources
b)
alternative
c)
renewable
d)
nonrenewable
30.
Diamonds and other minerals.
a)
alternative
b)
renewable
c)
nonrenewable
31.
Cotton dresses and pants.
a)
renewable
b)
nonrenewable
c)
alternative
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