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WorksheetsChapter 8 and 9
Total questions: 80
Worksheet time: 56mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
The color of a mineral in powder form is called the mineral's
a)
hardness
b)
specific gravity
c)
luster
d)
streak
2.
How light reflects off of a mineral is called the mineral's
a)
luster
b)
streak
c)
cleavage
d)
fracture
3.
Why is coal not a mineral?
a)
It's not a solid
b)
It is man-made
c)
It is not inorganic
d)
It is made of carbon
4.
The following image shows what mineral property?
a)
Hardness
b)
Streak
c)
Cleavage
d)
Density
5.
Diamond has a hardness of ___ on Mohs Hardness Scale.
a)
1
b)
5
c)
8
d)
10
6.
By definition, a mineral has which of the following characteristic(s)?
a)
definite chemical composition
b)
crystal structure
c)
naturally occuring
d)
all of the above
7.
How do you test the hardness of a mineral?
a)
Throw it against a wall
b)
Step on it
c)
Scratch Test
d)
Kick it until it breaks
8.
Where is magma?
a)
inside
b)
outside
9.
Intrusive Igneous rocks will be
a)
coarse grain
b)
fine grain
10.
What is the most common Extrusive igneous rock?
a)
Granite
b)
Basalt
c)
Pumice
d)
Scorie
11.
What do we call where Igneous rocks form?
a)
location
b)
destination
c)
origin
d)
spawn point
12.
How do Intrusive Igneous rocks cool?
a)
quickly
b)
slowly
c)
really fast
13.
The process in which dissolved minerals crystallize and glue sediment together.
a)
cementation
b)
deposition
c)
organic rock
14.
Sedimentary rocks are formed by
a)
Cooling of lava or magma
b)
Heat and pressure
c)
Compacting and cementing
15.
How is sediment formed?
a)
Weathering and Erosion
b)
Melting
c)
Pressure
16.
What is the breaking down of rocks?
a)
Weathering
b)
Clastic
c)
Vesicular
17.
Fossils are made by
a)
Plants dying
b)
Animals or plants are imprinted on a layer of sedimentary rock
c)
Breaking down of rocks
18.
When metamorphic rocks are formed, the extreme pressure is usually caused by the _______.
a)
gravity in the atmosphere
b)
collision of tectonic plates
c)
the fiery hot magma in the Earth's mantle
d)
weight of the mountains
19.
When metamorphic rocks are formed, the extreme heat is usually caused by the _______.
a)
gravity in the atmosphere
b)
collision of tectonic plates
c)
the fiery hot magma in the Earth's mantle
d)
weight of the mountains
20.
Metamorphic rocks are formed by ___.
a)
existing rocks are baked and squeezed by pressure
b)
small pieces of rock are compacted and cemented together
c)
magma or lava cools and hardens
d)
igneous rocks are broken into pieces
21.
Metamorphic rocks form from ___.
a)
igneous rocks
b)
other metamorphic rocks
c)
sedimentary rocks
d)
all types of rocks
22.
When you are describing the sizes of the mineral grains in a rock, you are detailing the rock's _____
a)
Texture
b)
Composition
c)
Sedimentation
d)
Igneous-ness
23.
The individual particles that make up a rock are known as _____
a)
Grains
b)
Textures
c)
Metamorphs
d)
Lava
24.
What are the 3 major types of rocks?
a)
Igneous, Metamorphic, Sedimentary
b)
Metamorphic, Igneous, Cementation
c)
Brown, Red, Gray
d)
Streak, Hardness, Breakage
25.
Two ways to describe types of igneous rocks are _____
a)
Extrusive and Intrusive
b)
Foliated and Non-Foliated
c)
Clastic and Biochemical
d)
Black and Gray
26.
What process is used to form sedimentary rocks?
a)
Lava cools and hardens to form a rock.
b)
Weathering, Erosion, Deposition, Compaction, Cementation
c)
Extreme heat and pressure from inside the Earth turn rocks into new rocks.
d)
Magma trapped under the Earth's surface cools and solidifies.
27.
Coal is an example of a _______ sedimentary rock.
a)
Chemical
b)
Organic
c)
Clastic
d)
Intrusive
28.
Which type of metamorphic rock has minerals in bands or stripes?
a)
Nonfoliated
b)
Coarse grained
c)
Fine grained
d)
Foliated
29.
What is the MAIN way rocks are classified?
a)
Their color and shapes
b)
How they form
c)
Mineral bands
d)
Where they form
30.
Which of the following are nonrenewable resources?
a)
Plants and animals
b)
Wind and water
c)
Sunlight and water
d)
Coal and petroleum
31.
What causes magma to form?
a)
A rise in temperature
b)
A change in the rock's composition
c)
A decrease of pressure
d)
All of the above
32.
Which is not a characteristic of a mineral?
a)
Organic
b)
Naturally Formed
c)
Inorganic
d)
Definite crystalline structure
33.
A mineral is broken into pieces using a hammer. The rocks edges are straight and even. What property does this mineral have?
a)
Fracture
b)
Hardness
c)
Cleavage
d)
Luster
34.
________ rocks contain parallel layers of flat and elongated minerals.
a)
foliated
b)
nonfoliated
c)
igneous
d)
clastic
35.
Marble is a(n) _________________ metamorphic rock.
a)
foliated
b)
nonfoliated
c)
extrusive
d)
intrusive
36.
The minerals or bits of other materials that form a rock are called _________.
a)
foliated
b)
nonfoliated
c)
grains
d)
sediments
37.
Extrusive igneous rocks have
a)
small crystals or no crystals
b)
large crystals
38.
Intrusive igneous rocks have
a)
small crystals or no crystals
b)
large crystals
39.
Nonfoliated metamorphic rocks have
a)
parallel layers
b)
interlocking block-like crystals
40.
When you watch a volcano erupt molten rock, you are seeing _____
a)
Lava
b)
Magma
c)
Mineral Crystals
d)
Igneous Rocks
41.
The natural chemical or physical processes that breaks down rock on Earth's surface.
a)
weathering
b)
erosion
c)
deposition
d)
jackhammering
42.
The process by which water, ice, wind or gravity moves weathered rock and soil from one place to another.
a)
weathering
b)
erosion
c)
deposition
d)
dumptruck
43.
This type of weathering occurs when rock is physically broken down into smaller pieces of rock.
a)
mechanical weathering
b)
chemical weathering
c)
erosion weathering
d)
deposition
44.
This type of weathering occurs when rocks weaken then break down due to chemical changes in the composition of the rock.
a)
mechanical weathering
b)
chemical weathering
c)
erosion weathering
d)
deposition
45.
What are the two processes that change Earth's surface?
a)
Erosion and Abrasion
b)
Erosion and Deposition
c)
Deposition and Abrasion
d)
Constructive and Deductive
46.
The four agents of erosion are water, wind, gravity, and _____.
a)
groundwater
b)
abrasion
c)
ice
d)
acid rain
47.
Occurs when water enters a crack and freezes
a)
frost-wedging
b)
sediment
c)
chemical weathering
d)
physical weathering
48.
Small pieces of grains and weathered rock, sometimes small pieces from living things.
a)
frost-wedging
b)
sediment
c)
chemical weathering
d)
physical weathering
49.
Weathering from this may create a U-shaped valley
a)
erosion
b)
glacier
c)
sedimentary rocks
d)
weathering
50.
What do we call water that flows over the ground surface rather than soaking in?
a)
runoff
b)
discharge
c)
recharge
d)
tributary
51.
What occurs when water flows or collects over land that is usually dry.
a)
dam
b)
flood
c)
floodway
d)
levee
52.
A long time when there is very little rain.
a)
Drought
b)
Flood
c)
Volcano
d)
Erosion
53.
What can stop erosion?
a)
Cutting trees
b)
Volcanos
c)
Rocks
d)
Planting trees and grass
54.
Volcanoes, Earthquakes, and Floods are all examples of?
a)
Fast Changes
b)
Slow Changes
55.
A kind of change that happens when streams, rivers, or lakes get too full.
a)
Volcano
b)
flood
c)
drought
d)
erosion
56.
What occurs when water flows or collects over land that is usually dry.
a)
dam
b)
flood
c)
floodway
d)
levee
57.
The material moved by erosion.
a)
sediment
b)
landslide
c)
delta
d)
material
58.
The process by which natural forces move weathered rock and soil from one place to another.
a)
uniformitarianism
b)
erosion
c)
deposition
d)
sediment
59.
Occurs where the agents of erosion deposit, or lay down, sediment.
a)
weathering
b)
deposition
c)
deflation
d)
erosion
60.
Any one of several processes that move sediment downhill.
a)
erosion
b)
abrasion
c)
plucking
d)
mass movement
61.
Rock and soil slide quickly down a steep slope: the most destructive kind of mass movement
a)
landslide
b)
mudflow
c)
slump
d)
creep
62.
A mass of rock and soil that has suddenly slipped down a slope.
a)
landslide
b)
mudflow
c)
slump
d)
creep
63.
The very slow downhill movement of rock and soil.
a)
landslide
b)
mudflow
c)
slump
d)
creep
64.
Water that moves over Earth's surface.
a)
runoff
b)
delta
c)
meander
d)
river
65.
An area of wave-washed sediment along a coast.
a)
delta
b)
beach
c)
barrier beach
d)
meander
66.
A loop-like bend in the course of a river.
a)
meander
b)
delta
c)
river
d)
stream
67.
Sediment deposited where a river flows into an ocean or lake and builds up a landform.
a)
barrier beach
b)
beach
c)
meander
d)
delta
68.
Any large mass of ice that moves slowly over land.
a)
erosion
b)
wind
c)
glacier
d)
water
69.
A continually flowing body of water formed as streams join together.
a)
river
b)
stream
c)
delta
d)
meander
70.
Sediment carried by wind that polishes rock when it hits it.
a)
loess
b)
deflation
c)
abrasion
d)
deposition
71.
Fine, wind-deposited sediment.
a)
loess
b)
sand dune
c)
deflation
d)
abrasion
72.
A deposit of wind-blown sand.
a)
loess
b)
sand dune
c)
deflation
d)
abrasion
73.
The process by which wind removes surface materials.
a)
deposition
b)
erosion
c)
weathering
d)
deflation
74.
The picture below shows a geological landform on Earth. This landform is always found along the shoreline of a body of water. It is usually made up of loose particles, such as sand and rock.
a)
a canyon
b)
an ocean ridge
c)
a beach
d)
a fault line
75.
Ocean currents and waves deposit sand and dirt offshore from the mainland. These deposits build into new landforms called -
a)
barrier islands.
b)
rift zones.
c)
rip tides.
d)
inlets.
76.
Where does the sand that creates beaches come from?
a)
ocean floor
b)
waves
c)
rivers
d)
stormes
77.
This is
a)
Longshore Drift
b)
Nearshore currents
c)
Attrition
d)
Undertow
78.
This is
a)
Longshore Drift
b)
Nearshore currents
c)
Attrition
d)
Undertow
79.
A point of land, usually high, that extends out into the water is called a _________________________.
a)
bay
b)
headland
c)
delta
d)
deposition
80.
A large mass of sediment deposited at the mouth of a river is called a _______________.
a)
bay
b)
delta
c)
headland
d)
morraine
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