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WorksheetsES: L6-L9 Review
Total questions: 54
Worksheet time: 1hrs 3mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
Which statement best describes how igneous rock is formed?
a)
When weathered rock is compacted and cemented
b)
When minerals precipitate out of water
c)
When magma cools and solidifies
d)
When extreme heat and/or pressure is added to preexisting rock
2.
Which statement best describes how metamorphic rock is formed?
a)
When weathered rock is compacted and cemented
b)
When minerals precipitate out of water
c)
When magma cools and solidifies
d)
When extreme heat and/or pressure is added to preexisting rock
3.
Which statement best describes how sedimentary rock is formed?
a)
When weathered rock is compacted and cemented
b)
When exteme pressure is added to preexisting rock
c)
When magma cools and solidifies
d)
When extreme heat and pressure is added to preexisting rock
4.
What type of rock is basalt?
a)
Sedimentary
b)
Intrusive Igneous
c)
Metamorphic
d)
Extrusive Igneous
5.
What type of rock is limestone?
a)
Sedimentary
b)
Igneous
c)
Metamorphic
d)
Gemstone
6.
What type of rock is coal?
a)
Sedimentary
b)
Igneous
c)
Metamorphic
d)
Gemstone
7.
What type of rock is granite?
a)
Sedimentary
b)
Extrusive Igneous
c)
Metamorphic
d)
Intrusive Igneous
8.
What type of rock is gneiss?
a)
Sedimentary
b)
Igneous
c)
Metamorphic
d)
Gemstone
9.
What type of rock is marble?
a)
Sedimentary
b)
Igneous
c)
Metamorphic
d)
Gemstone
10.
What type of rock is shale?
a)
Sedimentary
b)
Igneous
c)
Metamorphic
d)
Gemstone
11.
What type of rock is slate?
a)
Sedimentary
b)
Igneous
c)
Metamorphic
d)
Gemstone
12.
What type of rock is pumice?
a)
Sedimentary
b)
Igneous
c)
Metamorphic
d)
Gemstone
13.
What type of rock is conglomerate?
a)
Sedimentary
b)
Igneous
c)
Metamorphic
d)
Gemstone
14.
What type of rock is sandstone?
a)
Sedimentary
b)
Igneous
c)
Metamorphic
d)
Gemstone
15.
What type of rock is it when extreme heat is added to preexisting rock when magma is near?
a)
Extrusive Igneous
b)
Intrusive Igneous
c)
Contact Metamorphic
d)
Regional Metamorphic
16.
What type of rock is it when extreme pressure (and heat) is added to preexisting rock, usually from the shift of tectonic plate?
a)
Extrusive Igneous
b)
Intrusive Igneous
c)
Contact Metamorphic
d)
Regional Metamorphic
17.
Which type of rock is it when the magma cools and hardens below Earth's surface?
a)
Extrusive Igneous
b)
Intrusive Igneous
c)
Contact Metamorphic
d)
Regional Metamorphic
18.
Which type of rock is it when the magma cools and hardens over the Earth's surface?
a)
Extrusive Igneous
b)
Intrusive Igneous
c)
Contact Metamorphic
d)
Regional Metamorphic
19.
Which is not an example of physical weathering?
a)
Frost Wedging
b)
Plant Roots
c)
Swiftly Moving Water
d)
Acid Rain
20.
Which is not an example of Chemical Weathering?
a)
Movement of Glaciers
b)
Chemical Reaction with Water
c)
Oxidation
d)
Acid Rain
21.
In what conditions would frost wedging most likely occur?
a)
Dry climate where temperatures remain below freezing
b)
Dry climate where temperatures alternate between below and above freezing
c)
Wet climate where temperatures alternate between below and above freezing
d)
Wet climate where temperatures remain below freezing
22.
Which statement is true about rocks?
a)
Rocks are composed of only one type of mineral
b)
Rocks do not contain any minerals
c)
Granite is not considered a rock
d)
Most rocks are a mixture of minerals
23.
Using the image, which sample best shows the physical properties associated with organic sedimentary rock?
a)
Rock A
b)
Rock B
c)
Rock C
d)
Rock D
24.
Using the image, which sample best shows the physical properties associated with regional metamorphic rock?
a)
Rock A
b)
Rock B
c)
Rock C
d)
Rock D
25.
Using the image, which sample best shows the physical properties associated with intrusive igneous rock?
a)
Rock A
b)
Rock B
c)
Rock C
d)
Rock D
26.
How does sedimentary rock form?
a)
Weathering, erosion, deposition, and then cementation and compaction
b)
Erosion, weathering, compaction, and then cementation and deposition
c)
Deposition, cementation, compaction, and then erosion and weathering
d)
None of the above
27.
How would Quartzite (metamorphic rock) change directly into a pile of sediments?
a)
By weathering, and erosion
b)
By cementing and compaction
c)
By melting and cooling
d)
By heat and pressure
28.
How would Schist (metamorphic rock) change directly into gneiss?
a)
By weathering, and erosion
b)
By cementing and compaction
c)
By melting and cooling
d)
By heat and pressure
29.
How would sediments change directly into sedimentary rock?
a)
By weathering, and erosion
b)
By cementing and compaction
c)
By melting and cooling
d)
By heat and pressure
30.
What is the definition of weathering?
a)
The breaking down of rock by rain, wind, or ice
b)
The movement of rock through gravity or water/wind
c)
The landing spot of eroded rocks
d)
The precipitation of minerals out of water.
31.
What is the definition of deposition?
a)
The breaking down of rock by rain, wind, or ice
b)
The movement of rock through gravity or water/wind
c)
The landing spot of eroded rocks
d)
The precipitation of minerals out of water.
32.
What is the definition of erosion?
a)
The breaking down of rock by rain, wind, or ice
b)
The movement of rock through gravity or water/wind
c)
The landing spot of eroded rocks
d)
The precipitation of minerals out of water.
33.
What is the definition of uplift?
a)
When magma below the earth’s surface creates too much pressure, it can result in the rock being pushed upwards (can cause fossils to appear on mountains)
b)
The collision of two tectonic plates.
c)
When the pressure causes the rock to bend, a fold in the rock is formed.
d)
When the pressure is strong enough to cause a break, creating a fault.
34.
What components make up rich soil?
a)
Chemicals and small broken down rocks
b)
Water and small broken down rocks
c)
Organic matter and small broken down rocks
d)
Living organisms and small broken down rocks
35.
Becky carved her name on two stones. She left both of the stones in her backyard about a meter away from each other (there was no coverage for either rock). After three months, she decided to look at the rocks and noticed her name was gone on rock A but was still on rock B. Which statement best explains why her name disappeared on rock A but could still be read on rock B?
a)
Rock A undergone a longer period of weathering than rock B
b)
Rock B is composed of minerals less resistant to weathering than rock A
c)
Rock B experienced cooler temperatures than rock A
d)
Rock B was less exposed to acid rain than rock A
36.
Which of the following statements is false?
a)
Sediment from the surface is buried and formed into a sedimentary rock.
b)
Igneous rock can be heated and compressed into metamorphic rock.
c)
Igneous rock can be melted and returned to the surface by volcanic eruption.
d)
Metamorphic rock can be compressed into sedimentary rock.
37.
What method would NOT help prevent a landslide?
a)
Add vegetation to "hold" soil
b)
Build walls/barriers
c)
Better Drainage
d)
Build homes on steep slopes
38.
Which is most likely to cause a landslide?
a)
Heavy Rainfall and Gravity
b)
Chemicals (heavy pollution)
c)
Moving Ice (glaciers)
d)
Prevailing Winds
39.
What type of fossil is it when minerals replace all or part of an organism ("turning to stone")?
a)
Trace
b)
Petrified
c)
Preserved
d)
Molds/Casts
40.
What type of fossil is it when the organisms have little to no change from when is was originally fossilized?
a)
Trace
b)
Petrified
c)
Preserved
d)
Molds/Casts
41.
What type of fossil is it when it provides evidence of activities, such as a footprint?
a)
Trace
b)
Petrified
c)
Preserved
d)
Molds/Casts
42.
Which statement is false regarding mass wasting?
a)
It occurs quickly
b)
It occurs slowly
c)
It is when entire mountain sides erode away in a land or rock slide
d)
It is usually large, therefore the name "MASS" wasting
43.
What is the law of superposition?
a)
It is the aging of rocks based on their layers, surface to below (youngest to oldest)
b)
The age of rock compared to the ages of rock layers
c)
The rocks arranged vertically from largest to smallest
d)
A break in the rocks called a fault
44.
True or False: The further the rocks traveled, the more they eroded.
a)
True
b)
False
45.
True or False: Intrusions in rocks are always younger than the rock layers around and below them.
a)
True
b)
False
46.
Using the image, which layer is the oldest?
a)
Layer B
b)
Layer F
c)
Layer C
d)
Layer A
47.
Using the image, which layer is the youngest?
a)
Layer H
b)
Layer F
c)
Layer C
d)
Fault E
48.
Using the image, which is younger Fault E or Layer F?
a)
Fault E
b)
Layer F
c)
Neither
d)
Same Age
49.
Using the image, which is older Layer H or Magma Intrusion G?
a)
Magma Intrusion G
b)
Layer H
c)
Neither
d)
Same Age
50.
Which type of rock is younger than the Basalt?
a)
Schist
b)
Shale
c)
Conglomerate
d)
Limestone
51.
Which is the Basalt?
a)
Fault
b)
Fold
c)
Intrusion
d)
None of the above
52.
Which type of rock is the oldest?
a)
Schist
b)
Sandstone
c)
Conglomerate
d)
Basalt
53.
Using the image, which layers have been uplifted by the fold?
a)
A, B, D, & C
b)
B, D, C, F, & H
c)
A, B, D, C, F, & H
d)
None of the above
54.
Which of the following is most likely created by uplift?
a)
Mount Everest
b)
Grose Valley
c)
Snake River Plains
d)
Lake Michigan
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