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WorksheetsEarth Science Review - Final
Total questions: 60
Worksheet time: 2hrs 42mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
Which of the following is not a type of rock?
a)
Igneous
b)
Divergent
c)
Sedimentary
d)
Metamorphic
2.
Which type of heat transfer can travel through the vacuum of space?
a)
Conduction
b)
Convection
c)
Radiation
d)
Igneous
3.
What type of plate boundary created the Himalaya mountains?
a)
Continent-Continent Divergent
b)
Continent-Ocean Convergent
c)
Ocean-Ocean Convergent
d)
Continent-Continent Convergent
4.
Who first proposed the theory of continental drift?
a)
Mr. Kelley
b)
Alfred Wegner
c)
Albert Einstein
d)
Bill Nye the Science Guy
5.
What type of heat transfer does a lava lamp illustrate?
a)
Convection
b)
Conduction
c)
Radiation
d)
Divergent
6.
Touching a hot pan burns you using which type of heat transfer?
a)
Radiation
b)
Convection
c)
Conduction
d)
Science
7.
What evidence did scientists use to prove the existence of Pangaea?
a)
Fossil belts found on multiple continents.
b)
Long stretches of glacier cuts that lined up.
c)
Mountain ranges that were formed the same way.
d)
All of the above
8.
A smooth layered rock found near a dry lake bed is most likely...
a)
Igneous Rock
b)
Metamorphic Rock
c)
Flat Rock
d)
Sedimentary Rock
9.
Plate boundaries that move away from each other are called _______________.
a)
Transform
b)
Divergent
c)
Convergent
d)
Subduction
10.
When one plate is pulled down beneath another plate, this is called ________________.
a)
Subduction
b)
Convergent
c)
Divergent
d)
Transform
11.
The plate boundary that can likely cause an earthquake.
a)
Transform
b)
Divergent
c)
Convergent
d)
Subduction
12.
The plate boundary that can cause mountains to form.
a)
Divergent
b)
Convergent
c)
Subduction
d)
Tranform
13.
The theory that all the continents used to be connected as one supercontinent.
a)
Continental Drift
b)
Plate Tectonics
c)
Pangaea
d)
Glossopteris
14.
Which was not a piece of evidence that Alfred Wegener tried to use to show continental drift.
a)
Fossils
b)
Mountains
c)
Climate
d)
Water Samples
15.
Which layer does letter F show?
a)
Continental crust
b)
Oceanic crust
c)
Lithosphere
d)
Magnetosphere
16.
Which layer does letter G show?
a)
Continental crust
b)
Mantle
c)
Lithosphere
d)
Magnetosphere
17.
The sphere around Earth that protects us from solar radiation believed to be caused by the metallic inner and outer cores.
a)
Magnetosphere
b)
Lithosphere
c)
Asthenosphere
d)
Hydrosphere
18.
The layer of the Earth that we live on is the _________________.
a)
Crust
b)
Mantle
c)
Core
d)
Asthenosphere
19.
As you go deeper in Earth, temperature will increase, but pressure will decrease.
a)
True
b)
False
20.
There are many different types of coastlines throughout the world. What is the best answer for how coastlines get their shape?
a)
Movement of Waves
b)
Storm Surge
c)
Movement of Wind
d)
Temperature of water and wind factos
21.
Powerful forces in nature can shape stone and can even wear rock down so that whole mountains will actually become shorter. Which two variables can shape rock?
a)
Wind and Snow
b)
Rain and Snow
c)
Sleet and Snow
d)
Wind and Rain
22.
The process of the sediment settling in a pond is called __________________.
a)
Weathering
b)
Deposition
c)
Erosion
d)
Abiotic Fish Syndrome
23.
What is chemical weathering?
a)
the process of rock breaking apart
b)
When the composition of the rock changes and it becomes a completely different type of material
c)
When animals interacting with rock break the rock apart
d)
When you pour water onto a rock and it breaks into multiple pieces
24.
What impact do barrier islands have on coastlines?
a)
They erode the coastline
b)
They provide a buffer to keep coastlines from eroding
c)
They have no impact on coastlines
d)
The have trees that protect the island in the case of a storm surge.
25.
What is a limitation of this model?
a)
It doesn't show all the parts of the rock cycle process.
b)
The process is displayed backwards
c)
It is not a visual diagram
d)
It cant show the details because the process is complicated
26.
An example of physical weathering is when a rock is broken apart but its chemical composition does not change.
a)
true
b)
false
27.
Which is the best example of physical weathering.
a)
Iron rusting
b)
Certain types of rock (feldspar) reacting with water and turning into clay
c)
When the acid in water causes a rock's composition to change.
d)
When a rock breaks apart but does not become something new.
28.
A tree falls in the woods and cracks open a gigantic boulder.
a)
Physical Weathering
b)
Chemical Weathering
29.
Dead trees decaying in the forest.
a)
Physical Weathering
b)
Chemical Weathering
30.
Rocks expand and contract with temperature changes?
a)
True
b)
False
31.
Most of the dunes (piles of sand) that have been built up by wind or water in Florida are located:
a)
Right in the middle of the State
b)
On the coastlines
c)
In the Aquifers
d)
Near Lakes
32.
A solid rock statue stands in the courtyard of a park. In the winter it gets cold and the statue undergoes freezing temperatures. What is most likely to happen to the rock over time.
a)
snow and rain will erode the statue
b)
It will crack due to freezing and thawing
c)
High winds could cause the statue to crack and erode
d)
It will crack due to physical weathering that changes what the rock is made of
33.
How do you BEST describe an area where ocean and land meet up.
a)
Island Formation
b)
Coastlines
c)
Deltas
d)
Valleys
34.
What is NOT an example of erosion?
a)
Rocks breaking apart from heavy things falling on them.
b)
Rocks cracking and breaking due to pressure
c)
A rainstorm that causes a lake to overflow and sediment to wash away
d)
Rocks cracking and breaking due to temperature changes
35.
A middle school student does an experiment on rocks. He wants to replicate the process of erosion. He buys a rock tumbler to replicate the process of erosion. After 3 days of the rock being tumbled (eroded) what does it look like?
a)
Extremely rough and spikey
b)
Smooth but very dull
c)
Shiny but with many cracks and lines
d)
Smooth and shiny with very few lines and cracks
36.
Which of these best describes a lake.
a)
An area where a river dumps into an ocean or large body of water
b)
A body of water surrounded by land on all sides
c)
A river flowing to the ocean
d)
A piece of land surrounded by water on all sides
37.
In Egypt the Nile River dumps into the Mediterranean Sea. Right where the river dumps into the sea it creates a shape that looks like triangle. What type of landform is this?
a)
River
b)
Valley
c)
Delta
d)
Cliff
38.
In central Florida, 80% of lakes are actually sinkholes. What causes most of the sinkholes in Florida?
a)
When the feldspar beneath the surface of the earth erodes away
b)
When a river dumps into an ocean area
c)
When limestone rock erodes away
d)
There are no sinkholes in Florida
39.
Nile Valley was created when water from a river washed soil away from specific areas creating a depression in the land. What other weathering process creates valleys?
a)
Rain
b)
Snow
c)
Glaciers
d)
Lakes
40.
Earthquakes generally occur at plate boundaries, where
a)
stress on rocks is greatest
b)
the most rock is found
c)
stress on rocks is low
d)
magnetic pull is greatest
41.
The event that marks the beginning of our known universe
a)
Theory of Evolution
b)
Big Bang Theory
c)
Cell Theory
d)
Blackhole theory
42.
According to the Big Bang Theory how old is the universe?
a)
Thousands of years.
b)
Millions of years.
c)
Billions of years.
d)
Eternal.
43.
Which star color is the coldest?
a)
Yellow Star
b)
Red Star
c)
Orange Star
d)
Blue Star
44.
Which of these stars is hottest?
a)
Red Star
b)
Yellow Star
c)
Orange Star
d)
Blue Star
45.
Which category is our Sun located in?
a)
White Dwarfs
b)
Supergiants
c)
Main Sequence
d)
Giants
46.
What are the the 3 types of galaxies?
a)
Spiral Galaxies, Regular Galaxies, and Lliptical Galaxies
b)
Spiral Galaxies, Irregular Galaxies, and Elliptical Galaxies
c)
Milky Way, Elliptical Galaxies, and Spiral Galaxies
d)
Milky Way, Elliptical Galaxies, and Irregular Galaxies
47.
What type of galaxy is this?
a)
Spiral
b)
Elliptical
c)
Irregular
d)
Irrational
48.
What type of galaxy is this?
a)
Spiral
b)
Elliptical
c)
Irregular
d)
Irrational
49.
How many stars are in a galaxy.
a)
millions or billions
b)
thousands
c)
hundreds
d)
Ten
50.
What are in galaxies?
a)
ice and rock
b)
dust, gas, and stars
c)
stars and ice
d)
water and dust
51.
What is the process that occurs in the core of a star, like the sun, that produces energy?
a)
fission
b)
fusion
c)
decay
d)
convection
52.
Galaxies that are moving away from us are ______ shifting?
a)
red
b)
blue
c)
yellow
d)
green
53.
Which section of the Electromagnetic spectrum is the ONLY one we can see?
a)
X-rays
b)
Visible Light
c)
Gamma Rays
d)
Ultraviolet Rays
54.
Stars are formed in a cloud of gas and dust called a
a)
nebula
b)
black hole
c)
white dwarf
d)
Super Giant
55.
What type of galaxy is this?
a)
spiral
b)
elliptical
c)
irregular
d)
quasar
56.
What type of galaxy is this?
a)
spiral
b)
elliptical
c)
irregular
d)
quasar
57.
What type of galaxy is this?
a)
spiral
b)
elliptical
c)
irregular
d)
quasar
58.
Our solar system is located inside a galaxy called the _____________.
a)
Local Group
b)
Milky Way
c)
Andromeda
d)
Constellation
59.
Which fact about the SUN is FALSE?
a)
The sun is a medium sized star.
b)
The sun is near the center of a disc-shaped galaxy of stars.
c)
The sun is thousands of times closer to the Earth than any other star.
d)
The sun is about 2/3 of the way out from the middle of the Milky Way.
60.
Stars produce
a)
Heat
b)
light
c)
both heat and light
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