WorksheetsGeology Review
Total questions: 24
Worksheet time: 18mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
Which type of rock results from melting and cooling of magma?
a)
Igneous
b)
Metamorphic
c)
Sedimentary
d)
Extrusive
2.
Which type of rock forms from extreme heat and pressure?
a)
Igneous
b)
Sedimentary
c)
Organic
d)
Metamorphic
3.
A metamorphic rock changes into an igneous rock by what two processes?
a)
Melting and cooling
b)
Extreme heat and pressure
c)
Compaction and cementation
d)
Weathering and erosion
4.
This rock was found near the mouth of a volcano. What type of rock is this?
a)
Sedimentary
b)
Igneous
c)
Metamorphic
5.
What are the 3 major types of rocks?
a)
Igneous, Metamorphic, Sedimentary
b)
Metamorphic, Igneous, Cementation
c)
Brown, Red, Gray
d)
Streak, Hardness, Breakage
6.
This rock started as lava that cooled and then was heated and put under pressure over time. What type of rock is this?
a)
Sedimentar
b)
Igneous
c)
Metamorphic
7.
How light reflects off of a mineral is called the mineral's
a)
luster
b)
streak
c)
cleavage
d)
fracture
8.
Using the Mohs _____________ scale, you can determine the minerals ______________. This scale ranks minerals from softest to hardest.
a)
Color
b)
Streak
c)
Luster
d)
Hardness
9.
What type of plate boundary is this?
a)
Plate
b)
Divergent
c)
Convergent
d)
Transform
10.
What type of plate boundary is this?
a)
Plate
b)
Divergent
c)
Convergent
d)
Transform
11.
What type of event will occur at this boundary?
a)
Earthquake
b)
Volcano Eruption
c)
Tornado
d)
Mountain Building
12.
A divergent boundary occurs when plates ....
a)
Pull apart
b)
Come together
c)
Slide past each other
d)
subducting
13.
Oceanic Trenches are formed by _______ plate boundaries
a)
Convergent
b)
Transform
c)
Plate
d)
Divergent
14.
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
15.
A fault is formed by the movement of a __________ plate boundary
a)
Transform
b)
Convergent
c)
Divergent
16.
Mountains are created when....
a)
Two continental plates collide
b)
Two oceanic plates pull apart
c)
An Oceanic plate subducts under a Continental Plate
d)
Two continental plates pull apart
17.
This layer of Earth is the thickest part
a)
crust
b)
outer core
c)
mantle
d)
inner core
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.
The physical layer of Earth made of solid rock and soil is called the ___________.
a)
mesosphere
b)
lithosphere
c)
asthenosphere
d)
mantle
20.
Diamond has a hardness of ___ on Mohs Hardness Scale.
a)
1
b)
5
c)
8
d)
10
21.
How do you test the hardness of a mineral?
a)
Throw it against a wall
b)
Step on it
c)
Scratch Test
22.
Diamonds cannot scratch other diamonds.
a)
True
b)
False
23.
Quartz has a value of
a)
5
b)
6
c)
7
d)
8
24.
A fingernail has a hardness of
a)
1
b)
1.5
c)
2
d)
2.5
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