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Unit 5 Review

Total questions: 25

Worksheet time: 25mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Which layer of Earth is located above the outer core and has convection currents that move tectonic plates?

a)

crust

b)

inner core

c)

mantle

d)

lithosphere

2.

What is the rigid layer of the Earth's surface made up of the crust and upper mantle called?

a)

asthenosphere

b)

lithosphere

c)

mesosphere

d)

continental crust

3.

What layer is the thinnest and least dense?

a)

Crust

b)

Mantle

c)

Core

d)

They are all the same size

4.
What is the correct order (starting from the surface) of Earth's layers?
a)
crust, outer core, inner core, mantle
b)
mantle, outer core, inner core, crust
c)
crust, mantle, outer core, inner core
d)
outer core, inner core, crust, mantle
5.
Earth's inner core is...
a)
a dense ball of solid iron and nickel.
b)
a layer of molten iron and nickel.
c)
a layer of hot rock.
d)
a layer of rock that forms Earth's outer skin.
6.

Earth's magnetic field results from convection currents in the

a)

mantle

b)

outer core

c)

inner core

d)

crust

7.
What is the difference between the inner and outer core?
a)
The outer core is liquid, the inner core is solid.
b)
The inner core is liquid and the outer core is solid.
c)
The outer core is made of nickel and the inner core is made of iron.
d)
The outer core is hotter than the inner core.
8.

Which objects would a magnet attract?

a)

a glass bottle

b)

a piece of paper

c)

a paper clip and compass

d)

a rubber eraser and iron fillings

9.

What force is caused by the attraction and repulsion between charged protons and electrons in atoms?

a)

magnetic force

b)

electric force

c)

gravitational force

d)

friction

10.

What force is an attractive pull towards the center of an object's mass? Its strength depends on the mass and distance of the two objects involved.

a)

magnetic force

b)

electric force

c)

gravitational force

d)

friction

11.

What is the formula for density?

a)

mass x volume

b)

mass / volume

c)

volume x mass

d)

volume/ mass

12.
Put the liquids in order from most dense to least dense?
a)
4, 3, 2, 1
b)
1, 2, 3, 4
c)
3, 4, 2, 1, 
d)
4, 3, 1, 2
13.
Which box has a higher density?  
a)
Box A
b)
Box B
c)
cannot be determined
d)
they are the same
14.
A student knows the mass of an object. What other variable does the student need to know to calculate the object's density?
a)
Color
b)
Weight
c)
Volume
d)
Length
15.

Which of the following correctly identifies each state of matter shown?

a)

1= liquid, 2= gas, 3= solid

b)

1= solid, 2= liquid, 3= gas

c)

1= liquid, 2= solid, 3= gas

16.

If you heat a liquid, which state of matter will it become?

a)

solid

b)

stay a liquid

c)

gas

d)

plasma

17.
The particles that make up a solid move   ___ than do the particles that make
up a gas.
a)
more slowly
b)
more quickly
c)
in the same way
d)
more quickly and farther
18.
When the temperature of matter increases the particles...
a)
speed up and move closer
b)
speed up and move farther apart
c)
slow down and move closer together
d)
slow down and move farther apart
19.

A gas changes in to a liquid when it is...

a)

Heated and energy is added

b)

Cooled and energy is removed

c)

Heated and energy is removed

d)

Cooled and energy is added

20.

This is a low place in between two hills or mountains formed by erosion by a river or glacier.

a)

Sinkhole

b)

Valley

c)

Delta

d)

Lake

21.

What process would form a delta at the mouth of a river?

a)

Weathering

b)

Erosion

c)

Deposition

22.
What is the process that picks up and moves weathered rocks?
a)
deposition
b)
landslide
c)
weathering
d)
erosion
23.

What landform is made from the chemical weathering of limestone, causing a depression in the surface?

a)

delta

b)

sinkhole

c)

dune

d)

valley

24.

What landform is made from wind erosion and deposition as the wind hits obstacles like grass, causing it to drop sediment down in a pile?

a)

bay

b)

delta

c)

plateau

d)

dune

25.

Which of the following created the Himalayan Mountains?

a)

weathering and erosion from glaciers

b)

chemical weathering of rock

c)

wind depositing sediment into large piles

d)

two tectonic plates colliding at a convergent boundary