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MF Unit 1 Test

Total questions: 25

Worksheet time: 13mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

This occurs when the sun heats the water on the ground

a)

Transpiration

b)

Evaporation

c)

Condensation

d)

Precipitation

2.

This is a process similar to evaporation but it involves plants.

a)

Transpiration

b)

Evaporation

c)

Condensation

d)

Precipitation

3.

What is the opposite of evaporation, when water vapor cools down, the water molecules lose energy and slow down?

a)

Precipitation

b)

Evaporation

c)

Condensation

d)

Transpiration

4.

What is water released from clouds in the form of rain, hail, sleet or snow called?

a)

Precipitation

b)

Condensation

c)

Transpiration

d)

Evaporation

5.

This is the process by which rock materials are broken down by the action of physical and chemical process.

a)

Weathering

b)

Sediment

c)

Mineral 

d)

Erosion 

6.

What is the mechanical breakdown of rocks into smaller pieces that involves only physical change?

a)

Chemical Weathering

b)

Melting

c)

Physical Weathering

7.

What is the breakdown and decomposition of rocks as a result of chemical reactions and processes?

a)

Physical Weathering

b)

Chemical Weathering

c)

Melting

8.

Fragments of weathered rock is called what?

a)

Weathering

b)

Sediment

c)

Mineral

d)

Erosion

9.

This is the process by which wind, water, ice, or gravity transport weathered materials from one location to another.

a)

Weathering

b)

Mineral

c)

Sediment

d)

Erosion

10.

This is a naturally occurring and usually inorganic solid.

a)

Mineral

b)

Sediment

c)

Erosion 

d)

Weathering

11.

Which statements describe physical weathering?

a)

Two rocks hit against each other in a fast-flowing stream and break apart.

b)

Oxygen and water change the composition of the mineral in a rock.

c)

Small rocks are pushed together when a mole digs an underground den.

12.

What type of physical weathering could cause a rock to break apart?

a)

Abrasions of the surface caused by rocks being moved

b)

Gravity acting upon the loose rocks and dirt in the area

c)

Water freezing in the rock crevasses

13.

Which description is evidence of chemical weathering?

a)

A rock in a windy desert has scratches on its surface.

b)

A rock turns reddish color when exposed to air and water.

c)

A rock in a tundra has deep cracks filled with ice.

d)

A rock on a steep slope falls to the ground and breaks apart.

14.

Which of the following processes can form a mineral?

a)

Cooling of melted rock

b)

Changing heat and pressure

c)

Erosion of sediment

15.

What occurs when the eroded materials are dropped?

a)

Erosion

b)

Dropping

c)

Moving

d)

Deposition

16.

What type of rock is made when magma or lava is being cooled?

a)

Rock and Roll

b)

Metamorphic Rock

c)

Sedimentary Rock

d)

Igneous Rock

17.

When sediments are compact or are cemented together by new minerals what type of rock is made?

a)

Igneous Rock

b)

Rock and Roll

c)

Sedimentary Rock

d)

Metamorphic Rock

18.

When a change of temperature, pressure, or both cause the texture of a rock to change it from what type of rock?

a)

Rock and Roll

b)

Metamorphic Rock

c)

Igneous Rock

d)

Sedimentary Rock

19.

When weathering and erosion occur on all types of rock what is made?

a)

Magma

b)

Metamorphic Rocks

c)

Sedimentary Rocks

d)

Sediments

20.

What type of rock is formed inside the earth from magma?

a)

Extrusive Igneous Rock

b)

Intrusive Igneous Rock

c)

Crystal Rock

d)

Mineral Rocks

21.

What type of rock is formed outside the earth from lava? It can be glassy or holey.

a)

Holey Rocks

b)

Crystals Rocks

c)

Extrusive Igneous Rock

d)

Intrusive Igneous Rock

22.

What statements are true about the Rock Cycle?

a)

The processes that form different kinds of rock and recycle matter on Earth do not have one defined pathway.

b)

The Rock Cycle shows how the processes that form different kinds of rock are related.

c)

It can take up to over 100 million years for rocks to form in the rock cycle.

23.

Below are the energy source for the processes in the rock cycle. Which ones are correct?

a)

Melting and cooling: Earth’s interior

b)

Erosion and Deposition: Sun

c)

Changing temperature and pressure: Earth’s interior

24.

Which statement is incorrect about rock cycle processes. Metamorphic rock will sometimes become an igneous rock before it becomes another type of metamorphic rock.

a)

Igneous rock will sometimes change as a result of temperature.

b)

Sedimentary rock will always be eroded before becoming another type of sedimentary rock.

c)

Magma will sometimes result in igneous rock when cooled.

d)

Metamorphic rock will sometimes become an igneous rock before it becomes another type of metamorphic rock.

25.

Based on what you know about coal mining,what type of rock is coal?

a)

Sedimentary

b)

Igneous

c)

Metamorphic

d)

None, coal is coal.