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WorksheetsEarth Science Unit Review
Total questions: 35
Worksheet time: 18mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
What is the outermost layer of the Earth that is composed of rock?
a)
Inner Core
b)
Outer Core
c)
Mantle
d)
Crust
2.
What is the thick layer of rock between the crust and the core? (Ex.:The top portion is soft and the lower portion is solid)
a)
Inner Core
b)
Outer Core
c)
Mantle
d)
Crust
3.
What is the liquid portion of the innermost layer of the Earth?
a)
Inner Core
b)
Outer Core
c)
Mantle
d)
Crust
4.
What is the solid portion of the innermost layer of Earth?
a)
Inner Core
b)
Outer Core
c)
Mantle
d)
Crust
5.
What is the type of rock that is formed when melted rock from the Earth's mantle cools and hardens. Minerals can form crystals in these rocks?
Ex: Obsidian and Granite
Ex: Obsidian and Granite
a)
Igneous
b)
Metamorphic
c)
Sedimentary
6.
What is the formed from existing rocks that are changed by heat, pressure, or chemicals below the Earth's surface?
Ex: Marble and Slate
Ex: Marble and Slate
a)
Igneous
b)
Metamorphic
c)
Sedimentary
7.
What type of rock is formed when sediment (sand, particles or rock, soils, and remains from once living things) harden together. Dissolved minerals fill in the cracks and glue the sediment together?
Ex: Limestone and shale
Ex: Limestone and shale
a)
Igneous
b)
Metamorphic
c)
Sedimentary
8.
What is a sudden movement in Earth's crust?
a)
Earthquake
b)
Volcano
c)
Landslide
d)
Flood
9.
What is an opening in the Earth's crust through which hot ash, gases, and molten rock escape from deep inside Earth?
a)
Earthquake
b)
Volcano
c)
Landslide
d)
Flood
10.
What is the sudden movement of loose rock and soil down a steep slope?
a)
Earthquake
b)
Volcano
c)
Landslide
d)
Flood
11.
What is the sudden movement of loose rock and soil down a steep slope?
a)
Earthquake
b)
Volcano
c)
Landslide
d)
Flood
12.
What is the overflowing of water especially onto normally dry land?
a)
Earthquake
b)
Volcano
c)
Landslide
d)
Flood
13.
What is the slow wearing away of rock into smaller pieces caused by moving water, ice, and chemicals?
a)
Weathering
b)
Erosion
c)
Deposition
14.
What is the movement of rock material from one place to another?
a)
Weathering
b)
Erosion
c)
Deposition
15.
What is the dropping of sediment moved by water, wind, or ice?
a)
Weathering
b)
Erosion
c)
Deposition
16.
What is the continuous series of changes that rocks go through (Rocks build up and wear away again and again) ?
a)
Weathering
b)
Rock Cycle
c)
Erosion
d)
Deposition
17.
Rocks go through a continuous series of changes. This is called the __________.
a)
Landslide
b)
Rock Cycle
c)
Flooding
d)
Land Cycle
18.
The dropping off of sediment moved by water, wind, and ice is called __________.
a)
Sedimentary
b)
Deposition
c)
Flood
d)
Erosion
19.
When plates in the crust shift, a(n) _________ can occur.
a)
Earthquake
b)
Volcano
c)
Landslide
d)
Deposition
20.
The Crust is the __________________ layer of the Earth.
a)
Innermost
b)
Liquid
c)
Cycle
d)
Outermost
21.
The outer core is mostly _______ rock.
a)
Solid
b)
Ice
c)
Liquid
d)
Gas
22.
The mantle is made of __________________.
a)
Fossils
b)
Gas and Liquid
c)
Rock
d)
Water
23.
____________________ is the slow wearing away of rock.
a)
Flooding
b)
Weathering
c)
Deposition
d)
Landslide
24.
Volcanoes release molten rock from the ____________________.
a)
Outer Core
b)
Inner Core
c)
Crust
d)
Mantle
25.
A(n)__________ occurs when rock and soil suddenly move down a steep slope.
a)
Landslide
b)
Weathering
c)
Rock Cycle
d)
Earthquake
26.
A(n) ___________________is the rising and overflowing of water.
a)
Earthquake
b)
Mudslide
c)
Flood
d)
Weathering
27.
___________________ rocks are formed when melted rocks from the Earth's mantle cool.
a)
Sedimentary
b)
Metamorphic
c)
Igneous
d)
Crystal
28.
Heat and pressure are needed to form __________ rocks.
a)
Crystal
b)
Lava
c)
Metamorphic
d)
Igneous
29.
Dissolved minerals glue sand, stone, and fossils together to form a _______________ rock.
a)
Metamorphic
b)
Sand
c)
Erosion
d)
Sedimentary
30.
Which type of rapid change helps to form igneous rock?
a)
Metamorphic
b)
Volcano
c)
Flood
d)
Weathering
31.
The movement of rock materials from one location to the next is called _________________.
a)
Erosion
b)
Weathering
c)
Crystallizing
d)
Volcano
32.
The magnitude of an earthquake is measured using the Richter Scale
a)
True
b)
False
33.
The continuous cycle that causes rocks to breakdown and form is called the soil cycle.
a)
True
b)
False
34.
Deposition is dropping of sediment moved by water, wind, and ice.
a)
True
b)
False
35.
When soil becomes wet during a landslide it is called a _______________.
a)
Volcano
b)
Mudslide
c)
Weathering
d)
Flood
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