Worksheets3rd Quarter Exam
Total questions: 22
Worksheet time: 11mins
What is true of all minerals?
They are inorganic, solid, and have specific chemical and physical properties.
They are almost always liquid.
All minerals glow under a fluorescent light.
All minerals must be organic, gases, and do not have specific chemical and physical properties.
What are the two categories of minerals?
Metallic and nonmetallic.
Silicate and nonsilicate.
Carbonate and silicate.
Sedimentary and metamorphic.
How is relative dating different than absolute dating?
Relative dating gives you an actual age in number.
Absolute dating is how old a layer is compared to other layers.
Relative dating is how old a layer is compared to other layers.
Absolute dating does not give you an absolute age in number.
How many years of deposition are represented by a single varve?
1
2
3
4
What are the three types of rock?
Solids, Liquids, Gasses
Igneous, Metallic, Nonmetallic
Sedimentary, Metallic, Nonmetallic
Sedimentary, Metamorphic, Igneous
During sea-floor spreading, where are the YOUNGEST rocks located?
Near the continents at the ocean trenches
In the middle of the ocean near the mid-ocean ridge
It cannot be determined.
In between the mid-ocean ridge and trenches.
What are three types of trace fossils?
Carbon films, molds, casts
Bones, teeth, hair
Foot prints, bones, skull
Bones, teeth, carbon films
What did James Hutton propose with the Principle of Uniformitarianism?
If an event is happening now, it could NOT have happened in the past.
If an event is uniform, it is happening now.
If a geologic event is happening now, it had to have happened in the past as well.
There is no relationship between the past and the present.
Which branch of Earth Science studies weather and the atmosphere?
Geology
Meteorology
Oceanography
Environmental Science
Which two elements must be present in a silicate?
Silicon and Oxygen
Carbon and Sulfur
Carbon and Oxygen
Silicon and Sulfur
How would your Mercalli rating be different if you were close to the epicenter versus far from the epicenter of an earthquake?
If would be lower closer to the epicenter and higher further away from the epicenter.
If would be higher closer to the epicenter and lower further away from the epicenter.
It would be the same.
The Mercalli rating would be the same as the Richter magnitude.
Which principle tells you that layer "C" is older than layer "B"?
Law of Cross-Cutting Relationships
Faults
Uniformitarianism
Law of Superposition
Why do earthquakes usually occur at plate boundaries?
because stress on the rocks is least at plate boundaries
because of gravity pushing down on the plates
because the stress on rock is greatest at plate boundaries
because of the magnetic qualities of the plates
At which type of plate boundary are we most likely to experience an earthquake?
Transform
Divergent
Convergent
Oceanic
What are the three types of plate boundaries?
Continental, Oceanic, Transform
Divergent, Convergent, Transform
Earthquakes, Volcanoes, Mountains
Richters, Mercallis, Divergent
In which type of rock are we most likely to find fossils and why?
Sedimentary rock because it is the softest type of rock.
Igneous rock because it is the softest type of rock.
Metamorphic rock because it is the softest type of rock.
Sedimentary rock because it is the hardest type of rock.
If 100.0 g of carbon-14 decays until only 25.0 g of carbon is left after 11,460 years, what is the half-life of carbon-14?
5,730 years
25 years
3820 years
4 years
What are TWO (2) characteristics geologists examine to determine the name of a mineral?
Color and luster
Color and chemical composition
Luster and formation process
Luster and chemical composition
How is the focus and the epicenter of an earthquake different?
The epicenter is underground but the focus is at the surface.
The focus is underground but the epicenter is at the surface.
The focus and epicenter are the same.
The focus is a measure of magnitude and the epicenter is a measure of the intensity.
What is the correct order of each layer OLDEST to YOUNGEST?
D, J, I, A, G, B, E, C, F, H
D, J, I, A, G, F, B, E, C, H
H, C, E, G, F, B, A, I, J, D
H, C, D, J, A, I B, F, G, E
Contrast renewable and nonrenewable energy resources.
Renewable resources cannot be reused, but nonrenewable resources can be reused.
Examples of renewable resources are oil and coal and examples of nonrenewable resources are wind and solar.
Renewable resources can be used to create electricity, but nonrenewable resources cannot be used to create electricity.
Renewable resources can be reused, but nonrenewable resources cannot be reused.
If 2,500 g of carbon-14 atoms are remaining in a sample, approximately how old is that
11,460 years
15,000 years
5,730 years
2500 years
