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WorksheetsBenchmark Review
Total questions: 78
Worksheet time: 2hrs 53mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
What Georgia region do we live in?
a)
Mountain
b)
Piedmont
c)
Coastal
2.
What is the largest region in the state of Georgia?
a)
Mountain
b)
Piedmont
c)
Coastal Plains
3.
What is the name of Georgia's most popular swamp?
a)
Everglades
b)
Okefenokee Swamp
c)
Barley Barber Swamp
4.
Black Bears can be found in what Georgia region?
a)
Coastal Plain
b)
Swamp and Marsh
c)
Mountain
5.
Alligators and Snapping Turtles can both be found in what Georgia Region?
a)
Coastal
b)
Swamp and Marsh
c)
Piedmont
6.
Which tree can survive in the Swamp and Marsh region?
a)
Pine Tree
b)
Live Oak Tree
c)
Cypress Tree
7.
Sharks and Manatees can be found in which Georgia region?
a)
Coastal and Ocean
b)
Piedmont
c)
Swamps and Marshes
8.
What is the climate in the Mountain region?
a)
hot and humid
b)
cold
c)
warm
9.
Deer can be found in __________, _________, and __________ regions.
a)
Mountain, Piedmont, Coastal Plain
b)
Piedmont, Coastal Plain, Coastal and Ocean
c)
Swamp and Marsh, Pidemont, Mountain
10.
Which Georgia region has sandy soil?
a)
Piedmont
b)
Swamp and Marsh
c)
Coastal and Ocean
11.
The __________ region is highly populated (which means it has a lot of people living in the region).
a)
Mountain
b)
Coastal and Ocean
c)
Piedmont
12.
What is a feature that allows living things to survive?
a)
hibernation
b)
adaptation
c)
habitat
13.
A place where animals and plants live is called a _____________.
a)
hibernation
b)
adaptation
c)
habitat
14.
_______________ is when an animal spends the winter in kind of a deep sleep.
a)
hibernation
b)
adaptation
c)
habitat
15.
What region of Georgia has rolling hill, trees, and rivers? It is also the place where the state capitol of Georgia is located.
a)
Mountain
b)
Piedmont
c)
Coastal Plains
d)
Wetlands
16.
What is the region of Georgia that is made of a land form that is much higher than the land around it in Northern Georgia?
a)
Mountain
b)
Peidmont
c)
Coastal Plain
d)
Wetland
17.
A _______ provides everything a living thing needs to survive.
a)
environment
b)
balance
c)
adaption
d)
habitat
18.
What animal would most likely live in the Piedmont?
a)
Whale
b)
Penguin
c)
Raccoon
d)
Crab
19.
What helps animals blend in with their environment?
a)
Reproduce
b)
Migrate
c)
Hibernate
d)
Camouflage
20.
Animals hibernate when the weather is _____.
a)
warm
b)
hot
c)
cold
d)
moist
21.
Which of the following is NOT a behaviour?
a)
Migration
b)
Hibernation
c)
Extinction
22.
True or false: When an animal hibernates, its body temperature drops and its heartbeat and breathing slows down.
a)
True
b)
False
23.
What is Hardness?
a)
The tendency of a mineral to split easily along flat surfaces.
b)
A measure of how easily a mineral can be scratched.
c)
The way a mineral shines, or reflects light.
24.
What is Luster?
a)
The color of a mineral when it is ground into a powder.
b)
A measure of how easily a mineral can be scratched.
c)
The way a mineral shines, or reflects light.
25.
What is a Mineral?
a)
A nonliving solid material that has a definite chemical make up and is found in Earth's outermost layer.
b)
A measure of how easily a mineral can be scratched.
c)
The way a mineral shines, or reflects light.
26.
Another way to test hardness is...
a)
Mineral scale
b)
Moh's scale
c)
Streak scale
27.
What is a rock?
a)
Rock that forms when melted, or molten rock from deep below Earth's surface cools and hardens.
b)
A solid material made up of one or more minerals.
c)
Rock that forms when existing rocks are changed by heat, pressure, or chemicals beneath the Earth's surface.
28.
What are 3 properties that are used to identify minerals?
a)
luster, color and sound
b)
smell, color and hardness
c)
luster, color and hardness
d)
luster, smell and hardness
29.
Texture is based on:
a)
size & shape of a rock's mineral grains
b)
how/where a rock forms
c)
the minerals a rock is made up of
30.
Which of these is a characteristic of a mineral?
a)
It is organic
b)
It exists in a liquid state
c)
It is a naturally formed
d)
It has a varying chemical composition
31.
All rocks contain at least one mineral.
a)
True
b)
False
32.
What is the Scale of Hardness called?
a)
Rae's Scale
b)
The Hardness Scale
c)
The Mohs Scale
d)
The Hands Scale
33.
The movement of weathered rock and soil is called
a)
erosion
b)
weathering
c)
deposition
d)
transportation
34.
What is the hardest mineral there is?
a)
Calcite
b)
Feldspar
c)
Quartz
d)
Diamond
35.
When rock is broken up on Earth's surface it is called
a)
weathering
b)
erosion
c)
lithification
d)
compaction
36.
Which of the following minerals is the softest?
a)
talc
b)
quartz
c)
diamond
d)
calcite
37.
Which statement best describes rocks and minerals?
a)
Rocks are soft and minerals are hard.
b)
Rocks are large and minerals are small.
Rocks are large and minerals are small.
Rocks are large and minerals are small.
c)
Rocks are a mixture of different minerals.
d)
Rocks break into minerals because of weathering.
38.
Which statement describes an example of weathering?
a)
Strong winds that blow soil off of a farmers field.
b)
Water or plant roots break rocks into smaller pieces.
c)
Wet soil slides down a hillside after a summer rainstorm.
d)
A fast moving river carries rocks downstream.
39.
During winters in Utah, water enters into road pavement and freezes. This breaks apart the pavement, causing cracks and potholes. This is an example of which action?
a)
Condensing
b)
Eroding
c)
Evaporating
d)
Weathering
40.
Which sentence correctly describes the difference between weathering and erosion?
a)
Weathering is the wearing down of rocks, and erosion is the movement of earth materials.
b)
Weathering is the movement of earth materials, and erosion is the wearing down of rocks.
c)
Weathering is the cementing of rocks together, and erosion is the breaking down of soils.
d)
Weathering is the breaking down of soils, and erosion is the cementing of rocks together.
41.
All rocks contain at least one mineral.
a)
True
b)
False
42.
Weathering is defined as________
a)
The transport of sediments
b)
The breaking down of rocks into sediment
c)
The deposit of sediment
d)
None of these
43.
Erosion is defined as ________
a)
The transport of sediment
b)
The break down of rocks into sediment
c)
the depositing of sediment
d)
None of these
44.
A measure of how easily a mineral can be scratched is:
a)
cleavage
b)
color
c)
streak
d)
hardness
45.
A mineral that is shiny like a metal is:
a)
nonmetallic
b)
luster
c)
mineral
d)
metallic
46.
The way a mineral shines or reflects light is:
a)
luster
b)
streak
c)
hardness
d)
cleavage
47.
A mineral that is dull or glassy is:
a)
rocks
b)
nonmetallic
c)
luster
d)
metallic
48.
According to the law of superposition, which layer is the youngest?
a)
A
b)
B
c)
C
49.
Which rock layer in the diagram seems to be the oldest?
a)
F
b)
E
c)
B
d)
A
50.
What information can a fossilized plant give scientists?
a)
what color the plants were long ago
b)
what kind of animals existed long ago
c)
what dinosaurs looked like long ago
d)
what environments were like long ago
51.
What can scientists learn from studying plant fossils?
a)
how long ago the plant lived
b)
how the plant became extinct
c)
how many plants were in the area
d)
how many animals were in the area
52.
A family was hiking on a mountain and found several fossils, including a shark tooth and a clam shell. How has the area changed?
a)
It used to warmer.
b)
It used to be colder.
c)
It used to be an ocean.
d)
It used to be a desert.
53.
Which is an example of a fossil?
a)
a footprint in a rock
b)
a seashell under water
c)
a leaf in a puddle
d)
a bone on top of the ground
54.
What does this fossil of a leaf most likely show?
a)
The plant was eaten by an animal.
b)
The plant lived a long time ago.
c)
The plant died on a rock.
d)
The plant lived on rocky places.
55.
What does this fossil have in common with a living leaf?
a)
It has the same shape.
b)
It has tissue of a real leaf.
c)
It stores energy.
d)
It was dug from the earth.
56.
What are fossils?
a)
preserved remains or evidence of ancient living things
b)
old decomposed extinct animals
c)
new species
d)
ancient buildings and caves
57.
The most important aspects of formation of fossils in general are:
a)
Quick dead and soft parts
b)
Slow dead and hard parts
c)
Quick burial and hard parts
d)
Slow burial and soft parts
58.
An organism that no longer lives is called?
a)
Decayed
b)
Evolved
c)
Extinct
d)
Preserved
59.
What are the remains of once living things called?
a)
amber
b)
fossils
c)
species
d)
extinct
60.
What do you call hardened tree sap?
a)
amber
b)
species
c)
mutation
d)
anthropology
61.
This is when living species can no longer can be found or died off?
a)
mutation
b)
species
c)
amber
d)
extinct
62.
What is the definition of CONDUCTION?
a)
When heat is transferred from objects like rays of light or electromagnetically.
b)
a hot liquid or air that expands, becomes less dense, and rises or becomes more dense, and sinks.
c)
When heat transfers from objects that are touching.
d)
When heat transfers through the heater or AC in your house.
63.
Heat transfers from an area of ____temperature to an area of ___ temperature.
a)
high to low
b)
low to high
c)
high to high
64.
What happens when ice cubes melt in a glass?
a)
Heat travels from the ice to the warmer water.
b)
No energy is transferred.
c)
Heat is transferred from the warmer water to the ice cubes.
65.
heat always travels from _____ to ______ objects
a)
hot to cold
b)
cold to hot
c)
cold to cold
d)
hot to hot
66.
Higher temperatures mean faster moving molecules.
a)
true
b)
false
67.
Al rubbed two blocks of wood together. When he finished, he noticed that the sides that were rubbed together were warm. What caused the sides of the wood to be warm?
a)
burning
b)
electricity
c)
friction
d)
mixing
68.
Most pots used to cook with have handles that are made of either plastic or wood. These materials are used because they will stay cool to the touch while being used on the stove. Why are many handles made of plastic or wood?
a)
They look best
b)
They will get very hot
c)
They are good conductors
d)
They are good insulators
69.
Which instrument should be used to measure temperature?
a)
stop watch
b)
thermometer
c)
measuring tape
d)
graduated cylinder
70.
Forest fires broke out in Okefenokee Swamp in Georgia a couple of years ago. The fires damaged many trees and plants in the swamp. How was heat produced which caused damage to the trees and plants?
a)
burning
b)
convection
c)
friction
d)
radiation
71.
Heat always transfers from a _____ object to a ____ object.
a)
warmer, cooler
b)
cooler, warmer
72.
Amy put hot water in a cup. When she picked the cup up, the handle was very hot. Why was the handle hot?
a)
Heat moved from the handle to the air
b)
Heat moved from the hot water to the handle
c)
Heat moved from Amy to the handle
d)
Heat moved from the handle to the air
73.
Susan has a metal spoon, a rubber spoon, a plastic spoon, and a wooden spoon. Which spoon will get the hottest the quickest?
a)
wooden spoon
b)
rubber spoon
c)
plastic spoon
d)
metal spoon
74.
Nancy wants to take yogurt to school. She decides to pack her lunch in an insulated lunch box. What will the insulated lunch box do to the yogurt?
a)
It will freeze it
b)
It will warm it
c)
It will thaw it
d)
It will keep it cool
75.
Lane puts Plaster of Paris and water in a small cup. He stirs it. The cup is hot when he touches it. What caused heat to be given off?
a)
burning
b)
electricity
c)
mixing
d)
friction
76.
Which statement is true?
a)
Heat energy from the sun is transferred to both land and water.
b)
Heat energy from the sun is transferred to neither land or water
c)
Heat energy from the sun is transferred to land, but not water on the Earth's surface.
d)
Heat energy from the sun is transferred to water, but not land on the Earth's surface
77.
Which answer best explains why you would wear thick, warm clothing in very cold weather?
a)
to conduct heat
b)
to keep cool
c)
to make heat
d)
to help insulate against the cold
78.
An animal's fur acts as an
a)
conductor
b)
insulator
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